Apple iPod Photo 60 GB White M9586LL/A (4th Generation) OLD MODEL by Apple Computer
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Digital camera reviews of Apple iPod Photo 60 GB White M9586LL/A (4th Generation) OLD MODEL
Digital camera Review: Bigger, but needs innovation to become 'better.'
Summary: 3 Stars
Let me get one thing straight: I love my ipod. I don't think there's a better mp3 player currently on the market.
That said, I think Apple has been lazy to truly innovate. They keep adding capacity to the hard drive, and making small feature improvements/bug fixes, but essentially they're coasting on past success.
But, on to my review. The reason I only gave the 60 gig ipod photo 3 stars is because I think Apple failed to realize the consequences that having 60 gigs of space will have on users.
With 60 gigs of music/photos (I'll be writing primarily about music) users' needs change. It's incredibly difficult to manage that much music. The hard drive tends to be a bit slow when its spinning across thousands of songs or photos to find just what you want (considering the size of this thing, though, it's impressive--but hey, we're spoiled).
What I want more than anytyhing is the ability to easily add a song to a playlist while listening to it. Sure, you can go back to the list of songs and add it to the "on the go" playlist, but that's not good enough. I want to shuffle through all my music and assign the songs to playlists while I listen. I don't think that's too much to ask, and I think it's the only logical way for anybody to manage that much music without sitting in front of their computer for hours.
Who knows, maybe Apple in all their infinite wisdom and mercy will find it in their hearts to offer such a feature.
Digital camera Review: Finally after years, I have one.
Summary: 5 Stars
The first ever MP3 player I purchased was a 128MB flash MP3 player from Rio back in 1999. Its interface was buggy and never interacted with my computer properly. When Apple came out with the iPod, I was ecstatic, only to find out that it was compatible with Macs only. I had been watching the now defunct TechTV for years and only heard praise after praise for this disk-based MP3 player. I knew that regardless of how many PC compatible clones came out, I would get the iPod someday.
That day was June 3, 2005 (unfortunately for me, about a week before the price drop). I had been using iTunes to download and listen to music for about a year now, switching to it after my computer crashed yet again.
The iPod was singly the best purchase I've ever made. It, along with a radio tuner accessory, have gone with me everywhere. I recommend this product for anyone wanting an easy and convenient way to bring a months worth of music with them and have it available on the fly! (And I'm only using about half of the drive space!) This is a must buy!
Digital camera Review: Great Product - To much $$$
Summary: 4 Stars
The iPod Photo is great, don't get me wrong, but the outrageous price isn't worth the O.K features. Let's face it, the color screen is nice and the album art viewing is fine - but $600 for a MP3 player, C'mon! No one needs 60 GB of storage, when Apple comes out with a 20 GB Photo model for less than $325, call me. I'll be first in line!Digital camera Review: Great Product - but is it reliable?
Summary: 4 Stars
I love to listen to them as I drive. I download 2 more books per month from my Audible subscription, and the average book is over 10 hours long. I have been using a very small mp3 player called audible otis. It has worked for me for years, but only holds about half a book. I saved up and invested in the 60 gig I-Pod so that I could carry all my books with me. It works marvelously for the books. I loaded almost 10 gigs in less than a half hour. Listening to the books is very enjoyable, as you can move through chapters easily. The volume adjustment is intuitive without even looking at the machine. There is plenty of volume for driving, even in my noisy jeep. I can also listen at night as there is a nifty sleep timer. I have not even played with the I-pods ability to load and show digital pictures, but I look forward to that feature also. I took other reviewers advice and added a nice leather cover to keep my new machine from scratching. I hope to add a car charger and the gadget that lets you listen to the I-pod through your car radio soon. Now the negative, my first I-pod only lasted 5 days. After 5 days, during which I babied it like a new child, the menu feature quit working. It was impossible to use the whole top of the click wheel. I returned it to Best Buy and asked if they got a lot of returns. They said that I-pods come back frequently. I am really glad that I bought it at Best Buy with the 3 year warranty as I am now really worried about long term reliability. If I had purchased the machine from the Apple site, I would have had to send it back in the first week. Best Buy agreed to give my 10% educational discount, so the price was the same at the store as at the web site. When it broke, they gave me a new one on the spot. The machine must be sent back to the factory to have the battery replaced, and the cost is around $80.00, so the warranty will pay for itself if the battery quits holding its charge once during the first 3 years. Am I sorry I bought it? Nope! It is so great to have all my books to choose from, that I will probably always have an I-pod. I hope that long term reliability will not be an issue, but the fun of having it will keep me coming back even if I do have some problems. I might even try music at some point LOL.Digital camera Review: Here is the latest news about iPod photo
Summary: 5 Stars
**** LATEST update to iPod family ****
- iPod & iPod photo lines merged; no more iPod photo 30 GB
- iPod comes in two capacities - 20 GB ($299), 60 GB ($399) with color screen & photo support
- U2 iPod (20 GB) down to $329 from $349 - with color screen & photo support
- iPod shuffle 1 GB down to $129 from $149
- iPod 60 GB down to $399 from $449
- new version of iTunes (4.9) that support podcasts
Today (23 Feb 2005), Apple announced a major change in its iPod lineup and here is how it affects iPod photo models:
> iPod 40 GB is discontinued
> iPod photo 40 GB is discontinued
> iPod photo 30 GB (new product) replaces the 40 GB iPod photo and the regular iPod 40 GB
> iPod photo 60 GB now costs $150 less -- $449 instead of $599
> iPod photo 30 GB costs $349 ($150 less than iPod photo 40 GB and $50 less than regular iPod 40 GB)
> iPod dock ($39), AV cable ($19), carrying case ($29), and firewire cable ($19) do not ship with iPod photo (you may not really need them)
> Now we get three things with iPod photo: earphones, USB (not firewire) based AC adapter, USB 2.0 cable
> In additon to the above, a firewire cable continues to ship with iPod 20 GB & iPod U2 edition
> iPod photo Camera Connector is introduced - this can be used for connecting your digital camera directly to the iPod
Since I have iPod 40 GB as well as iPod photo 60 GB, I strongly recommend iPod photo for those who are looking beyond the iPod 20 GB. The color screen has much better resolution and it also has a scrolling feature for long texts.