Apple iPod 40 GB White M9245LL/A (3rd Generation) OLD MODEL by Apple Computer
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Digital camera reviews of Apple iPod 40 GB White M9245LL/A (3rd Generation) OLD MODEL
Digital camera Review: 40Gigs is Finally HERE!
Summary: 5 Stars
Apple announced the release of the 40gig iPod Monday morning, and I was downloading my music collection onto mine later that evening. I have approximately 44 gigs of MP3s converted at 192kbps equalling about 7400 songs on my external hard drive. I own 99.9% of them on CD, and now they all fit (except my Christmas and Classical CDs) onto the iPod AT ONCE. Now when I play music on random I have 6552 songs cycling through. I can listen to the iPod all day and not even hear the same artist twice!! With the advent of iTMS I can download songs I hear from the radio, preview them for a while, and purchase the albums later. I can't wait to see what happens to all of this when the windows market gets their version of iTMS. Instead of Apple bragging about 10 million MP3s sold, it will be something like 100 million.Get on the wave of the future, get yourself one of these iPods. I owned a first generation that had a moving wheel. The new versions sport touch wheels with no moving parts and are both sleek and elegant. The only advice I would give is to test out better headphones after a while, as I've found the stock headphones deficient on sound quality (although excellent on comfort.) You can't miss with this product.
10/03 Update: iTMS on iTunes for Windows is here. Now anyone anywhere can access books, radio programs, and 400,000 songs legally downloadable and put it straight onto their iPOD. Coolest part: your favorite artist may soon list his own personal favorite MP3 playlist that you can download to hear what they like. Michael Stipe has one that I'm thinking about getting. As for problems, anyone with a minute of time can problem solve anything that might happen wrong with this iPOD. You'll really be missing out if you don't hang on to the iPOD.
1/04: Just got a digital camera. For the same price of a larger compact card, I got a card reader that transfers images and stores them onto the iPod. Works effortlessly and perfectly with no hassle, as expected. Now I have Gigs of space for digital photos while on vacation, as well as all my music and whatever else I might need on the 40 gig harddrive.
Digital camera Review: 5 months and counting...
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, I have had my iPod now for about 5 months and have had no porblems with the iPod at all. The remote broke within the first 2 months, but took it back to the apple store and they replaced it with no trouble. The earphones that come with it dont fit me so i have never used them, so i cannot comment on the quality.I consider myself an average user to the 40 gig iPod so far I have about 5500 songs and it has never erased. I use it mostly on my commute on the bus and when i am cleaning at work in the mornings, and have never had a problem with the battery running out. I plug it in to charge every night and also use it in the car for which i bought a charger for the car. In other words, i love it i love it i love it!!!! Get one today!
Digital camera Review: A Dream Come True on a PC Platform
Summary: 5 Stars
The 40GB iPod is a dream come true. It was easy to set up on a PC by utilizing the docking station (included with the iPod) and the Dock Connector to USB 2.0 + Firewire cable. To ensure the utmost in compatibility I installed the free iTunes software and started importing my CD collection of music and books. Quite rapidly I had a full range of genres to listen to on the iPod and have been adding additional media daily. Soon I will be able to completely eliminate my two Sony 200 CD juke boxes that take up lots of valuable space in my office. And the iPod shuffle feature is far more random by category than the Sony juke boxes. The battery lasts in excess of 7 hours while using Sony noice cancellation headphones for air travel - what a treat. I then purchased the Belkin microphone and have been recording business meetings. For my staff, I then produce CD copies of the recordings to ensure we are all on the same page. I have also purchased iTrip that transmits via an FM signal whatever I would like to play from my library of available media through an FM radio. This feature is especially useful when traveling and in rental cars where local stations can't be counted on to provide the music I like to listen to (I have also used it in my own car in place of my 6 CD disk changer). Finally, I found free shareware Outpod and have imported my contacts from my Microsoft Outlook into my iPod.
The functionality of this device amazes me everyday. Well worth the investment if you are going to utilize its functionality to the fullest.
Digital camera Review: A Great Product at the Time
Summary: 5 Stars
I got the 40GB 3rd Generation iPod for Christmas a few months after it came on the market. I am an avid music fan, so I honestly do have in upwards of 40GB of music that I listen to on a regular basis. The iPod was $500 dollars when I got it, which is extremely pricy in my opinion. However, it did come with a dock, power adapter, and belt-clip holder. I used this mainly at college when walking between classes, and it was great for that application.
PROS:
I don't care what some of these people are saying, this thing is durable. I've dropped this thing many times, including drops from at least 4-5' up in the air onto concrete, and other than the aesthetics being diminished, the hard-drive has continued to work flawlessly.
The sound is great, I've hooked this up through an iTrip to the radio, with RCA jacks to my stereo, etc, and the sound is always surprising to people that don't realize its an iPod.
The user interface is EXTREMELY easy, which is one of the main reasons I got it. I wanted something that I could navigate through on the fly extremely quickly.
CONS:
Ever since I got this thing certain songs will not transfer over 100% from my computer to the iPod. It changes everytime I reformat the iPod, which leads me to believe there are just some bad sectors on the hard-drive (which is bound to happen over time).
The buttons being heat-sensitive are a pain (probably why they changed them for future generation iPods). When its cold outside you have to try and warm the iPod before any buttons will work, which can sometimes be very inconvienent. Also, they won't work if you're wearing gloves since not enough body heat will activate the buttons.
The metal and plastic are WAY to easily scratched. I used the belt-buckle holder for at a year, and would just keep it in my back jeans pocket. The holder did more scratching to the finish than the denim jeans did!
The headphone jack is pretty loose after all the usage it has gone though. This is a big problem for most portable electronics, so I guess I can't fault apple for it too....but I will.
The battery is pretty crappy if you're looking to use this thing for more than a few hours, which is obviously why apple had that big lawsuit and offered to replace batteries if you could prove that yours was bad. I didn't hear about the replacement plan till too late, but I typically have it out of the dock for only an hour of listening at a time. The charge diminishes faster than it should if it isn't plugged into the dock on a regular basis. After only 2 days or so, the battery is completely dead, even if you didn't use it.
Now that I'm working in the "real world", I use my iPod plugged in via the dock all day, so batteries really aren't an issue.
In the end, I think this is a great product that is giving me 3+ years of enjoyment. If I could do it again, I would have waited for the 4th Generation iPods to come out, but who knows if I could have waited that long.
I figure this thing will keep working for years to come, and for every year it does, it makes that $500 price tag look less and less. I have many friends with many different types of cheap mp3 players, and most of them are lucky if they last over a year. Apple prides themselves on quality, and this is a quality product.
Digital camera Review: A HUGE WOW!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
All my life I have been a huge fan of everything Microsoft like. I never understood what people found in Apple products until I got my iPod. I also own Creative Zen and Creative Jukebox III. There is no comparison here. IPod simply rocks. If you can spend some extra money, you will NOT regret it. I used Windows XP + iSync, and I love it. Sometimes spending more money can get you so much more. Life is very short, enjoy it !