Apple iPod 4 GB mini M9160LL/A (Silver) OLD MODEL by Apple Computer
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Digital camera reviews of Apple iPod 4 GB mini M9160LL/A (Silver) OLD MODEL
Digital camera Review: A little confusing at first.....
Summary: 5 Stars
I must say, after I figured out how to navigate with this, I found it very easy to operate and the sound that comes out of it is probably the best I've heard yet. It was so easy getting the songs loaded on to it. I also have the FM transmitter for listening in my car or anywhere else there is a FM radio....I love it and am pleased with it.Digital camera Review: A must have for music fans with a decent library of songs
Summary: 4 Stars
I have had my silver apple ipod mini since christmas and i have over 780 songs uploaded on it so far. This is a very slick and very handy mp3 player. The scroll wheel in my mind is almost revolutionary in how simple it is to navigate with. It is so simple to transfer music onto your ipod all you do is plug it in to your usb port and itunes automatically transfers the songs straight onto it. My biggest and ONLY gripe withthe ipod mini is the battery life. Simply put the battery life completely sucks. Unless you are willing to run your battery COMPLETELY down until it is barely running you will get about 5 hours max out of a normal battery charge 3 1/2 or 4 if you are using the backlight at all. The backlight seriously sucks up the battery extremely!!! Iwill have to get a car adapter for it to charge with if i am on any road trip, but the thing is a little cigarrete lighter charger for your ipod mini will cost you over 40.00!!! Kind of expensive hardware after you just got done laying down almost 300 bucks for the mini. But like i said the battery is my only gripe and this is def the coolest christmas present i have gotten in a long time!!Digital camera Review: A must have!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was unsure whether I wanted an ipod mini at first because of it's smaller drive (4gb) compared to the similarily priced 15 gig iPod. I gotta say, after using it for two days I couldn't be happier with my decision. It's necessary to hold and use one of these to truly understand it's appeal. It's practically exactly the same size and weight of my samsung flip phone, which means I completely forget the iPod mini is even in my pocket alot of times...it's that small. The one-piece case appears to be so strong I wouldn't doubt it could stand on it as long as I wanted to without causing any damage, I would bet even a car wouldn't damage it much : if you are worried about protecting your investment, this is something to think about. I know I'll drop the thing at least a few times, and I dont doubt it'll hold up just fine.Digital camera Review: A near perfect MP3 player with a few minor flaws
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently perchased the ipod mini silver from BestBuy a week or two ago, and I loved it. Unfortunately I dropped a heavy charger on the screen and it cracked, so, just my luck I guess. But my dad bought me another one and sold the cracked one on ebay. I got my new one tonight, and it works pretty much the same, except I'm VERY careful with it now. I guess it's not really that the ipod is, well, flimsy, because it's really actually quite durable. Just dont drop anything on the screen, because it IS glass and the LCD will just flow together. It's my fault, but yeah, now to get on with my review, about the actual product.
I bought the ipod for the same general reason that everyone bought it. It's sexy, slim, and I certainly dont need any more than 4 GB of space. I've heard that it's actually 3.7 GB, but none of the less it'll still take a whikle to fill up that space. Right now I have about 900 MB, so yeah. Anyway the ipod mini is sturdy, perfectly designed, and beautiful, so no cons on the easthetics. My few minor nitpicks are the durability of the screen, and the clickwheel. I told you about the screen, how it can easily be broken. So be sure to get yourself a nice case to protect your investment. And the clickwheel is a bit unreliable at times too. Dont get me wrong, it's amazing technology, but I've had friends say that their clickwheel popped out or broke off or something... so be gentle with that too. But the rest is sound, minis are equipped with an anodized aluminium case that resists stains and scratches.. or so apple claims. I've seen them get scratched, but meh. Anyway, the interface/menus are really great, nothing to poke there, Apple's award winning menus and navigation are perfect, and all at the touch of your thumb. And the backlit LCD display isn't a horrid bright blue or green like so many earlier electronics, it has a beautiful extremely BRIGHT backlight that's a very pretty light blue color, very clear, very easy on the eyes, and very very bright. You can like use ipods to signal in airplanes.
And now for the software aspect. I have windows XP and it actually works pretty well. Itunes is a pretty good music program with very few flaws. The nitpicks I have are these: It's a little slow, and I have a decently fast computer, 1.8 ghz, and the reaction time for clicking on some things is a little prelonged, but that's just me being nurotic. Another downside is when you buy songs off the itunes built in music store, they're in a format called MPEG4, which is apparently some new kind of file that only plays on iPods. Windows Media player wont play them, my other RCA MP3 player wont play them, and they're protected so you can't convert them (to my knowledge) so Apple kinda screwed us windows users there. But I guess we can just use iTunes and our ipods to play music for the rest of our lives, so who cares. Plus, these new file types do sound great.. I only wish they would just let us download universal MP3 files. Oh and you dont have to have a credit card to download music. I just went up to Target and bought a 15 dollar itunes card, it let's you download 15 bucks worth of songs, however what is actually kindof misleading about these though is that you THINK that you're gonna get 15 songs, but you dont. They actually charge tax on their songs, so by the time you buy 13 or 14 songs, you're done. You'd have like 45 cents left or something. Not a big problem, but that is a bit tricky. Napster sells 11 dollar cards and you can get exactly 11 songs on theirs.
Anyway, onto the longterm issues. If you're going to buy an ipod, make sure that you're getting a warranty on it, because it really sucks to pay 250 bucks, have it break, and thats the end. Also word has it that the ipod battery gives up after a year or two, and you have to send it in and have it fixed for 100 bucks. So see if you can get a battery warranty protection plan also. That's what I got the first time, unfortunately, Bestbuy only replaces your battery, they dont give a rats ass about cracked screens. Be very wise when buying these, think about it.
And that's about it, except for one thing. A lot of people are liking this but there's one thing pushing them away, the price. And you're right, it is quite a bit overpriced. Most of what your paying for is the Apple brand. That's why the new Dell pocket DJ is a lot cheaper and of a lot better value. The Dell Pocket DJ is the same size, and same basic look as the apple ipod mini. It costs 50 bucks cheaper and it has 5 GB, not 4. So there you go. You can buy into the Apple craze, like I did, or you can go with the dell Jukebox, and be a bit smarter. The only reason I liked this one more is because I like how it looks more, because I'm just an aesthetics person. But you make the choice for you, style or storage.
Hope this helps!
Digital camera Review: A no brainer MP3 player
Summary: 5 Stars
Its a pleasure to be the first reviewer of this item. I purchased the first commercially Mp3 player as soon as it came out. It was the Rio PMP 300 which held a whopping 32 mg dedicated memory card. These babies have changed. This Ipod mini is by far the best MP3 player I have had yet. This includes Creative nomad
jukeboxes, the zen series, Archos, CD Mp3 players almost all the Rio models, etc. It was hard for me to by an Apple product because I am a PC clone person. On with the review.
Good Stuff:
Small as hell but easy to use with my big hands.
Volume gets real loud if needed. I read somewhere that the Ipod's don't have any umph when it comes to volume. This mini unit gives you more than enough volume.
Very easy to learn and use. This is a no brainer. Even though I am a computer geek of sorts its a pleasure to have something work like its supposed to. The computer setup is just as easy.
The sound quality is as good as any other unit I have had.
The click control is slick. Its hard to describe but it makes
this unit the best of the best for going through the menus and song selection.
Not so good stuff.
I am not too crazy about the equalizer selections. Their are about 15 or so modes to select from. I would prefer a bass, treble, and other manual settings.
As usual, the headphones are not so good. This is normal for every MP3 unit I have ever owned. My favorite portable headset
for the money is the Koss ear plugs. I replace the plug part with ear plugs that you can buy in a drug store.
Any thing with non-removable batteries worries me, but not enough to change my mind about this great unit.