Apple iPod 4 GB mini M9160LL/A (Silver) OLD MODEL
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Customer Review: It;s my baby!
Summary: 5 Stars
I got my mini about nine monthes ago right before they were discontinued (which, in my opinion, was a big mistake on Apple's part) and I absolutely love it! Mine is pink, and the color is so nice, the design sleek and seamless all around. It's smooth metal casing is really nice and different. The clickwheel is smooth and I have had no problems with it.
It holds a little less than 1,000 songs due to different formatting, but it's still a good amount; iTunes is easily understandable and functional as well. The ipod mini is approx. 1/2 of an inch think and slides into pockets easily, while not being as flimsy as the nano feels to me. The clickwheel is a great and fast way to scroll through hundreds of songs, raher than, as on my brother's mp3 player, needing to press "next" everytime you change the song. The backlight is fine, and does it's job; my one complaint on that would be that, as I mainly use it on the bus at 6:00 am, it is quite bright and hurts my eyes.
Another huge plus to owning a member of the ipiod "family" is the countless accesories that have become availible exclusively to them. I myself have a case, an iSkin which I have come to adore, high quality headphones and the iBass, which is another great speaker product for ipods. I've actually invested waay more on accessorites for my mini than it cost itself, but that's how much I love it!
For having so many great features, this is priced very reasonably. Even when I got it and it was $200, I still felt that it was well worth the money. BUY THIS NOW!!!! it's amazing!
Customer Review: Really Good
Summary: 4 Stars
This is really good. I bought it last weekend (today is thursday)and it has worked really really well. It plays the music i put on it better then ive ever heard it before, even better then my cd player. It has really good controls and buttons, which i think are much easier then those of my brothers 15 GB ipod. The battery life is fine, i dont know why people keep saying its not enough. Eight hours is alot. Think about it, how many days a week are you going to spend exactly eight hours listening to your ipod, espeially if you have school. Also, the storage space is actually alot as well if u think about it. 1,000 songs is alot of music to hold at one time. Most people who have the 15 GB or higher hardly fill up more then 1,000 songs anyway. Besides if you get tired of the music that you have on it, then take it off by simply hooking it up to itunes and deleting it off and then you can fill it up again with new music. I also like the material its made of more then the normal ipods, because the mini is made of a metal that doesn't scratch unless you purposely get something sharp and scratch it. The only problem that i had with it (I dont have it anymore) is that when i hooked it up to my PC, it was encredibly hard to get i to work. Ive had itunes for a month or so, so its not like im new to itunes. I plugged it in and it had all of these different formatting errors that took me roughly four hours to figure out and fix. So unless you're a computer genious, then plan to spend a couple hours being really angry that it wont instantly download your music.Customer Review: Easy to Use / Sounds Great,but Some Features are Frustrating
Summary: 3 Stars
My sister bought my father an iPod. I have been setting up my father's iPod for him, and it is easy to see why the iPod is so popular. "Ripping" CDs to your computer hard drive and transferring them to your iPod is tremendously easy, and the iPod's menu is intuitive. One of the best compliments I can pay? I found my father with his eyes closed, kicking back in his easy chair, the iPod earbuds hooked up to his ears--he had the biggest smile on his face. I have found the device to be frustrating in some ways, though. First, while it is easy to transfer music TO the device, new users should be forewarned that it takes much more work to transfer music back FROM the device to your computer--and regenerate your playlists (in case, for instance, your computer hard drive crashes, or in my case, when I tried to copy my Dad's music files from his C: to his D: drive and accidentally corrupted the files; I had to completely rerip scores of CDs). You also can share the music between your iPod and only ONE computer.(Apple limits how you transfer your files to make it more difficult for people to pirate music, but it also limits legitimate use of music you legally own). Secondly, the iTunes music store is not available in Asia, where my father lives. (Again, because Apple is afraid that people in this region might pirate music), which unfortunately limits my father's ability to legitimately buy and download music. Those are severe limitations, so I can only give the device three stars. I will not buy one fo myself, but overall, it has been a great gift for my Dad.Customer Review: Nice, But Flawed
Summary: 3 Stars
I use my Ipod mini with a PC and have had it since launch. First of all, its a nice design that can't be argued. Apple has put some nice touches on it. It includes Itunes as well. Of course the MINI could be better. Battery life is good. But there are some flaws that make this MP3 player not so desirable.Flaws:
1) The first night I took my Mini home, it froze, as I'm sure many of you have read about already. I freaked out and it took me a while to figure out how to reset it. It still occasionally freezes and although I can fix it quickly, I always get nervous.."What if my songs DID get deleted?"
2) The 'On The Go' Playlist is odd. You can only add songs, but you can't edit that playlist. If you don't like one part of it, your forced to delete the entire playlist or live with it.
3) One of the most major flaws I encountered was recently I noticed that you CANNOT transfer songs from my ipod to your PC. I even downloaded the upgrade Itunes 4.6 and it still did this. You are only limited to burn songs to your ipod. This can be very frustrating if you want to switch songs from one computer to the other using your Ipod, because you can't do it! I was very surprised about this.
4) Price and Value. This is an Apple Product. It is expensive, hands down, and worst of all, it only has 4 gb compared to the 20 gb available by other companies nowadays.
If you are a sentimental person and will get joy out of the product just by listening songs that make you smile, then this will work fine. But so will any other MP3 player.
Customer Review: The ipod mini is awesome, but must be handled with care
Summary: 5 Stars
The ipods definitely outrank any other mp3 player in quality. I know because I have had 3 mp3 players before this one. But the fact of the mattter is that the ipod mini is a hard drive player, meaning it has parts that move inside of the thing. Therefore, significant force will cause the hard drive to work improperly. But the ipod mini is incredibly strudy, so if you get one, don't TOSS it in your purse, or run 1o miles with it like these other idiots and you should be fine in the event of minor tremors. They wonder, "oh why is my ipod not working," well that's because you treat the thing like a frickin' baseball. If you want an mp3 to accompany you in an activity that will require a LOT of movement, then get the flash based ipod nano or shuffle, where there are no moving parts, but a smaller storage. But if you have a huge assortment of songs, then hard drives will sure as hell be able to hold all those songs. And that's the difference between flash based mp3s and hard drive mp3s. So, if you are willing to buy the mini, you have to understand that difference and the fact that the mini, despite how sturdy, will crash if you disrupt the hard drive inside by slamming it, trhowing it, dropping it every ten minutes, etc. And the batery, just get the third gen. minis that have an 18 hour battery life, and if it dies for good, buy a battery pack for about 30 dollars. That's all there is to it. Just treat your mini like you would a child and distrust these people who say their's doesn't work. That is only because they make it not work, not Apple.