Apple iPod classic 80 GB Silver (6th Generation) OLD MODEL by Apple Computer
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Digital camera reviews of Apple iPod classic 80 GB Silver (6th Generation) OLD MODEL
Digital camera Review: Apple 80 GB iPod
Summary: 4 Stars
So far so good. Haven't had any problems. My only complaint is learning how to use it. Instructions are online. Luckily, I have lots of young friends who know everything!Digital camera Review: Apple 80 GB iPod Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this as a gift for my husband for his birthday. Overall, it's easy to load music and movies onto and has a ton of space. Considering his original iPod was a Nano Shuffle, this is a considerable upgrade.
I like the brushed silver finish and the size is a little bigger (though a little thinner) than a cell phone. It's not super small, so if you're using it to exercise, you may want to consider an arm band. At first, my husband thought it was too big to use when he worked out (he's used to the Nano, remember), but now that he's discovered he can load movies onto it, there's a new found love!
Overall, I am extremely pleased with the product and my purchase!
Digital camera Review: Apple 80 GB iPod classic silver
Summary: 5 Stars
Apple 80 GB iPod classic Silver (6th Generation)
It is good look and a wonderful gift for teenager.
Digital camera Review: Apple IPOD Classic
Summary: 1 Stars
Tracing initial shipment indicated that USPS had been notified for pick-up, but there was no routing info from USPS. Amazon indicated that USPS did not always post promptly, AND that they could not verify if the package had been handed over to USPS for shipment. Amazon indicated that USPS had the package, and I would have to wait for the actual delivery. A few weeks later, we still had not received it. As we suspected, Amazon then said the package had been lost, and they would ship another. However, by that time we had purchased the IPOD from Best Buy. We refused the shipment, and are currently waiting credit.Digital camera Review: Apple Lost a Loyal Customer.
Summary: 2 Stars
I had the venerable (and superior) 5.5 "Video". It was the device that introduced me to mobile music, and we shared 2 very meaningful years together. When the time came to upgrade, primarily for storage reasons, I gravitated towards the iPod Classic as a result of my great experience with the Video. But I also looked around at competing players and weighed their merits. What finally cinched it was the vast array of accessories available for the iPod. Like that, I remained in the Apple fold.
This device is at best a mediocre media player. At worst, it is Apple's clear intent to say, "Screw you" to it's customers. Read on for an explanation of the latter.
I have similar complaints as most. Coverflow is a gimmick, useful about as long as it takes for your eyes to widen and your lips to form an "O" shape. Then it is readily apparent that the Classic..a unit ostensibly designed to hold a gazillion albums, is too severely underpowered to keep up with its OWN SELLING POINT. Yes, I did update the firmware. Still, this didn't bother me too terribly much, as I prefer the classic menus - and then I found that they too are hobbled. For instance, when I select on artist in the text-only mode, all four or five albums of said artist will load in the screen far ahead of their accompanying album art...and user input isn't recognized until all of the art loads. This results in a fairly significant lag from when the titles appear on the screen and when I can actually select the album for playback. It's irritating as all hell, particularly if you're trying to hear, say, track 5 but must wait for the Classic to cycle through it's own features before you can so much as select from a list. Disabling ALL album art in iTunes (another piece of crap) solves all of these problems. Yet the question remains - why load your player with features that it will choke on? It was just as dumb when they sold 'Vista-capable' computers with 512MB of RAM. Now, perhaps this isn't an issue when there aren't 1000 albums loaded on the device...but isn't this why Apple markets it as, "Decisions, who needs 'em?" You're SUPPOSED to have that much music on a 80GB player.
Audio quality is fine. Nothing stellar, but not so far removed from it's direct competitors that I'd recommend another player for that reason alone. However, I TOTALLY suggest a new set of 'phones. The bundled ones are, as you may have heard, complete crap. They may sound fair if they are what you're accustomed to, but a '78 Corvette might feel fast until you drive a Ferrari. Just sayin'.
Now for the severe gripes. My drive started audibly clicking while incidentally two weeks out of warranty (am not angry with the warranty period; it's a fact of life). If your drive clicks very, very quietly, like you can only hear it while pressing your ear to the chrome...that's perfectly normal. However, mine was audible from three or four feet from my ears, and I could feel it grinding in my hand. This is a sign of impending drive failure, and my solution was to throw a replacement iPod-compatible drive that I happened to have lying around, because I'm a geek like that. Well, iPods before the Classic are designed to easily be taken apart (they're simply well-adhesed) using controlled force and a tiny screwdriver, guitar pick, etc. What did I find out about the Classic? IT'S BEEN DESIGNED TO BE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE APART. The Classic will be hopelessly DAMAGED if you take it apart, due to the clips now integrated to the casing where there were none before. There is only ONE reason for Apple to have added this design. The message: Dear consumer: We see you tried to fix your iPod yourself, and thus trying to avoid buying a new one! Hahahahaha!!! You lose! Buy new!
Words cannot describe the anger I felt when I discovered this. It is the ULTIMATE slap in the face, and proof of my earlier suspicions that Apple is irritating company that thrives on zombie hipsters lauding their products while droning away in a rigidly controlled ecosystem of hard and software. I now despise this company so much that my anger has effected the quality of this review. But here it is, anyway.
Also, the decision-swaying fact that there are tons of iPod-specific accessories available? That's true. But it's a silly reason to purchase a media player, particularly when the player itself is so woefully underpowered. I for one was very happy after divorcing myself of all things Apple.
The Classic is the worst iPod ever made. And that's too bad, because the Video was one of the great loves of my tech life. I mourned it's loss. The Classic? Ugh.