Apple iPod 4 GB mini M9160LL/A (Silver) OLD MODEL
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Customer Review: Long Story, Bad Conclusion
Summary: 1 Stars
If I could give it zero stars, I would. First off, I took a chance on it because I thought that it would be a great way to carry all my music in one place. In the end, I went through four ipods and I'm probably out at least fifty bucks once I finish selling it on ebay.
The first one had problems with the sound, so it was exchanged after less than three months. Then, it got replaced again for the same problem less than three months later. I thought my problems were gone, but the next one they gave me had a battery that would only run for half an hour, which eventually dwindled down to a mere fifteen minutes. They sent me a new one, and I decided that was it and to sell it.
The other thing that most people don't know is that their "protection plans" sounds like something the Mafia would offer. They are just a way to squeeze more money out of you and you'll need them because they don't build their products that well. I saw all kinds of people in the Genius Bar who had lots of problems with their stuff. After the last phone call I had with the customer service, they told me that after that call, the next one would be $50. The protection plan for the ipods runs at about $60. It's got to make you think, why have such expensive protection plans? Because Apple has made it so that they're stuff will break so you'll need them. I'm out of the Mac Cult.
Get an iriver, a sandisk, or a creative muvo. Just don't bother with this.
Customer Review: Almost Perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
The ipod mini has almost everything that the ipod has in a smaller package.
Design:
Apple really went all out for this one. The ipod mini seems smaller than my credit card! It's also nice to know that there are more colors available. I happened to choose silver because all the other ones seems too girly. The overall design is simplistic. There are no parts jutting out or any hooks for clothes to snag on. This creates a rather sleek appearance that is in some way, attractive. The screen is conveniently backlit and is large enough to display basic information, yet small enough to relax my concerns about a scratched screen.
Functionality:
The ipod mini delivered exceptional sound quality when I compared it to other mp3 players. I used the same speakers for all devices so I know that the results are fair. The menus are very intuitive. They aren't graphical but simple and easy to understand. My 5 year-old cousin was easily able to figure out the menus.
Compatibility:
Alas, this is where the ipod's shortcomings are most obvious. To connect the ipod with your computer you must use iTunes. This is one of the few flaws I have found in the ipod. Another flaw would be file type compatibility. WMA files won't work on the ipod. You must use AAC or MP3.
Overall, I found the ipod mini to be a near perfect mp3 player. Throw in WMA and RA compatibility and driverless connectivity and it would have been perfect.
Customer Review: Too many glitches....Not worth buying
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a serious business, management audiobooks listener. Over last two years, I must have heard around 70 books. Keeping track of cassettes, CDs was a big hasstle until I discovered that audible.com offers a lot of MP3 format. So through their online promotion, I purchased I-POD mini gold from Amazon. I run Windows XP on my computer. I quickly subscribed to Audible.com's Wall Street Journal and started using i-pod on my way to office. and here starts my misery:
The software of I-Pod from the day one gives a lot of problem. System hangs or I-tunes responds with a lag of 30 seconds. It just tests your patience. Sometimes i-tunes doesn't kick off automatically or sometimes it opens yet does not recognizes I-Pod. So every day at 7A.M. I spend 10 minutes to half an hour struggling to download my WSJ News capsule. Great promist but very poor delivery!!
And the worst was when I called support number of I-Pod, the lady in India said that I will have to pay $50 for the support. She said only first call is free and all subsequent calls will be charged??? What kind of service is this.
I spend $180 on audible subscriptions and $250 on I-pod only to get nothing..Very bad experience
My recommendation: Don't fall into the hype. Let Apple and Microsoft resolve their issues. Buy some smaller 128/256MB MP3 player and don't make your life complicated in the name of listening I-POD.
Rajit Parashar
Customer Review: WMA issue
Summary: 5 Stars
I am delighted overall with the ipod, though I think the earbuds could be improved.
What I want to address is the issue of WMA compatibility. Since I use a Mac, this issue is not that important to me, but I see it raised in many reviews, insofar as it applies to windows users. The apple site advertises WMA conversion on windows (to either AAC or MP3). In other words, for windows machines, itunes permits you to import WMA files, converting them either to Apple's proprietary format or to the more universally used MP3 format. I don't understand why there are so many statements that the ipod is "WMA incompatible". Is it that the WMA files do not physically reside on the ipod? Or is it that the extra step of conversion is inconvenient?
One thing that may be an issue is that the WMA files must be "unprotected". Apparently WM Player by default rips files from a CD into "protected" format and you have to change this default setting in WMP before the songs can be imported. This means 2 steps: 1) a one time change of your WMP settings 2) dragging your WMA files into itunes to convert them.
Perhaps someone might address this in a more factual way than I am capable of. It seems to me that the ipod can readily utilize WMA files, but that there is a convenience factor--is the overall usability of other mp3 players sufficiently superior to the itunes/ipod interface that the steps outlined above are burdensome?
Customer Review: this is too cool!
Summary: 5 Stars
The manufacturers explain all the specs very well, but if you're reading these reviews, you probably want to hear from someone who had used the mini. I have been waiting for an iPod, but didn't want an mp3 player that was as big or as white as a regular iPod. Minis have the bonus of being very small and come in different colors. The little cutie is so easy to use, skip reading the instructions. I use mine with a Ti4 (that's a G4 Titanium powerbook to you Pentium users). iTunes and iPod together make it incredibly easy to put your entire music collection on your computer and select which songs/playlists you want to bring everywhere with you. The transfer of my small library of 1 gig took about a minute, and each time I add songs to the different playlists, it takes less than a second to update all the playlists. I also imported my contacts and calendar from Entourage (or Palm Desktop works, too).
The scroll/touchpad is very senstive, but there is a lock button on the top so you can throw the ipod in a bag or pocket and your volume and other settings won't be affected. I also purchased an FM transmitter to use in my car and my other radios around the house. The earbuds for me were too uncomfortable so I got new headphones, and now life is good.
The games are crap, but who buys one of these for games? I'm sure more people will add their own reviews which may give you different information than this.