Apple iPod 4 GB mini M9160LL/A (Silver) OLD MODEL
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Customer Review: Apple's iPOD = Creme of the Crop
Summary: 5 Stars
The biggest choice you'll have to wrestle with is size. Not the 3.6 inches long, or 3.6 ounces it weighs... rather the storage size. This model is 4GB - which will hold approx 1000 songs. The 20GB might be overkill, but it's fun to think about the possibilities. The Apple iPOD is easy to use - easy to add songs in, take songs out. The battery charge lasts approx 8 hours; takes 3-4 hours to fully charge again (80% charged in 2 hours I read). Unit comes with earbud headphones (delivering excellent full-bodied crisp sound), a belt clip, AC adaptor, as well as the hook up for your PC. Capable of playing MP3's. Very customizable: main menu features; playlists; shuffle songs or albums; repeat functions; alarms and sleep timers; 20 different equalizer settings; displays (date/time/etc); sound checks; etc. The size is amazing - the mini fits in my pocket with my cell phone and I almost don't notice it. In the dark, the display reads nicely. Only bad comment is that during the daylight hours, I wish the LED backlight was brighter. Max operating altitude is approx 10,000 feet (the thin air definitely effects the playback - found this out on our last Colorado vacation in the mountains). Overall an outstanding iPOD/MP3 player. Available in several colors (blue/gold/silver/pink/green). Apple still makes the best unit in 2005 and everyone and their brother is now trying to copy them. Toughest choice you'll have to make is whether to get the 1GB (250 songs), 4GB (1000 songs), or 20GB (5000 songs). Stick with Apple and you won't go wrong. Great unit!Customer Review: Great Product....Lousy Service
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a long distance runner who spends hours on the road each week getting ready for Triathlons and Marathons. Music is important to my runs as it helps keep me on pace and at the same time help the miles dissapear more quicky. And before I bought the mini ipod I must admit that I suffered from Ipod envy. I loved the interface and the ease of use of the big unit but to my mind they were too big and too bulky for long distance running. Instead, I made due with products like the Rio Cali and a couple of others that were fine units but had limited memory and difficult user interface. Needless to say I was very excited with Apple introduced the Mini Ipod. In fact, I got one on the first day they were available. The unit was everything I hoped for...lots of space for a variety of music...good interface and small enough to fit on my arm. It was great in fact until about two months after I got the unit when it broke. As I had bought the extended warrantee I did not worry. I called Apple and they sent out a box for me to ship my unit back to them for repair. Well that was two months ago and my unit still is back. They first time they sent it back to me still not operating. Then they botched sending me a new box to ship the unit back to them not once but twice. And, now I just sit waiting for the unit to be sent back to me.
Considering what I paid for the unit, the fact that I also bought the extended warrantee and that I have been able to use the unit two months out of four, I can not possibly reccomend this unit to anyone.
Customer Review: everything is great except the battery life
Summary: 3 Stars
first i should start by saying the iPod Mini is my first MP3 player. i've never used any other MP3 players, so i'm not sure how the iPod is in comparison. i chose the iPod after doing a lot of online research. i had friends that had iPods and loved them. so i finally decided on a mini.
it took a while to set up and configure, but i read through the manual and everything was fine. i do like the iTunes software, and found it pretty easy to import my CDs. the design is nice and fairly simple to navigate. the mini holds about 1000 songs which is fine if you have a moderately sized music collection. i have about 300 songs so far and will probably get another 500 to fit on there.
however, after charging the iPod overnight, i discovered that i only get about 2 hours of battery life. what i was not aware of is that the iPod drains the battery even when it's turned off. after a few days the battery is completely drained, even if i only listen to it for an hour total. i tried to find out if this was normal, and found nothing of help on their support website (which was pretty difficult to navigate). i finally went to an Apple store and left it with them overnight. they said that it got the average amount of battery life when they ran it and that it's normal for it to use up the battery even when it's turned off.
so overall, i gave the iPod 3 stars because it's a good product if you don't need a lot of battery life. i would recommend considering other options before deciding on an iPod.
Customer Review: Not bad after initial panic
Summary: 4 Stars
The iPod took me more than 4 hours setup with my Windows XP. The formatting process took more than 2 hours and appeared to hang. The iPod screen and the manual warned me not to disconnect, and I wasn't sure whether I should terminate the process in the middle of formatting. I began to search google and Apple's support web site. It turned out this happened to other people as well. I was told to terminate the formatting screen because the software would get stuck and need a kick. The registration process then continues. But after I started iTune, iTune told me that the drive was not formatted and gave me a choice to restore to factory default, which I did. After some more work (it took so long that I couldn't remember what followed afterwards), I seemed to be able to connect to iTune. But the iTune software is not intuitive to Windows users. It took me a while to read the user manual online and figured out how to transfer the Playlists onto iPod. It would not take drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer like other MP3 players would. It also took some time to find out how to make the proper eject icon show up in order to disconnect the iPod properly. The whole iTune learning must have taken another hour.
The battery didn't seem to last too long. play for about 4 hours and I need to re-charge. Nevertheless, all is well after this. The iPod itself was tuitive and easy to navigate. I learned to use podcast to download my favorite radio show to iPod as well. It has been fun so far.
Customer Review: Stunningly great player
Summary: 5 Stars
Bullet review:1) Size: incredibly small. The mini, width and length, is the size of a business card. The weight feels like nothing--I forget I was carrying it in my pants pocket. The smallests, lightest player you could imagine.
2) Controls: all of the controls are on the wheel--instead of the four buttons on the full size iPod, they are built in the scroll wheel. Also unlike the full size iPod, the buttons are click buttons meaning you get tactile feedback and, more importantly for northern weather, the five main controls can be operated with gloves on. Only scrolling requires fingertip operation.
3) Sound: pretty much perfect through the included headphones.
4) Software: iTunes is easy to operate, and of course you can rip in your CDs to store on the mini.
5) Case: unlike the full size iPod that religiously shows the prints of any finger that gets anywhere near it, the mini's case goes not show fingerprints, is scratch resistant, and doesn't demand that you keep in a case to keep it in good shape.
6) Storage: 4GB. It is what it is. I have about 80 GB of tracks ripped on my desktop machines, so even the largest iPod would involve swapping tracks in and out for me. The question is whether you need 1000 songs on the machine at once.
7) Style: unquestionably the best looking player on the market, ever. For comparison, take a look at the soon to be release Nomad MuVo2 player--the Nomad looks like spare 70's transistor radio with an LCD stuck on.