Apple iPod 40 GB White MP3 Player

Pros: There are no pro's to a piece of hardware that doesn't work.
Cons: It doesn't work. STAY AWAY!

I bought a brand new 40gb ipod and was initally impressed. Nice packaging and the itunes software works well. I spent a week loading my new toy with uncompressed .wav files. That is when I discovered the first dirty secret of the ipod. You are unable ...

Pros: Huge storage capacity. Small-ish size. Great design. Chick factor.
Cons: Huge price tag. Small-ISH size. Scratches easy. Dork factor.

Okay, I could write a lengthy review based on specs and trials and the like, convincing you why you should or should not purchase an iPod, let alone a 40 gig monster, but as you can see, you can read that above. What I will say is that this little beast i ...

Pros: Elegant interface, great software, small size, great sound.
Cons: No support for FLAC or SHN.

I love music. Everywhere I go, I surround myself with the sounds of new music. I've had a personal audio player for over 30 years, starting with the miniature AM radio I walked around with as a kid, graduating to a Walkman cassette player, the a Walkman ...

Pros: Astonishing storage, great sound quality, good interface
Cons: Costly, short battery life, buggy battery indicator

I've managed to put 1345 songs on my iPod, roughly FOUR DAYS of continuous music, and I've only used 6GB of my 40 GB memory. (Plus, I use a higher bitrate than the default when I encode files.) Simply amazing. Other reviewers' beefs are on the mark ...

Pros: light, easy to operate, holds tons of music
Cons: pricey

i love my iPod. Holds tons of music. Easy to use. It rocks. I have an entire week's worth of music. 7 consecutive days without a repeat. I took two crates of CDs and crammed into this little box, not much bigger than a cell phone. I take it to ...

Pros: could hold thousands of songs, easy to download songs
Cons: crashed on me earlier than I would've liked

My first ever mp3 player was the Apple Ipod 3rd Generation player, which had 40 GB of memory. I probably had 2,200 songs or so, and it only used up maybe 7 or 8 GB of memory. Any time I had new songs to add to my Ipod, I would load them into Itunes, ...

Pros: 10,000 songs in a handheld device - amazing! Playlists rock! Love iPod's interface!
Cons: Doesn't seem to work well on Windows 2000 SP4

This review is slightly revised... I revised it after some folks visited my initial review and helped me realize that I wasn't entirely clear on some of my points. I purchased an iPod for my PC. I have Windows ME on my home machine -- the sales rep ...

Pros: Design and simplicity of use
Cons: Battery life

I've tried several MP3 players and this one is by far the best. It is literally "useful art" in the practicality of it's design. Never before has an MP3 player been so easy to use - from the PC software to the play lists to the controls on the device. Definitely worth the premium vs. other devices.

One major concern, however, is the short battery life. Mine gets 7 hours on a full charge. To me, this is low by about 20 hours. Maybe my expectations are too high... but how about a battery upgrade from Apple?

Pros: Best of Breed Awesome sounding earphones Ease of use Mass storage
Cons: Wish it came in more colors-Mac white is driving me nuts!

The IPOD sets the standard for high storage MP3 or AAC music files. The pressure-sensitive spin dial is unrivaled in ease of use and efficiency- compared to switches and toggles and push buttons on other ones. Careful with it being compatible with both Windows and Mac. It is compatible with Windows OR Mac-big difference-you have to reformat to work with Windows so if you want to share it across Windows and Mac, forget it. I haven't had the battery life problem other people have had, but then I've only had it a few months. Alarm clock is a cool added feature.

Pros: Scroll wheel.
Cons: Converts all your mp3 files to iTunes format...evil! Apple charges a fortune to repl. batt.

iPod converts all your mp3 files to the evil, itunes format which locks you into Apple h/w and s/w media players. This severely limits, or eliminates the compatibility of your music files with other mp3 devices and applications.

iRiver H300 series maintains the file format of the source, and requires NO driver. It uses a generic driver, and is a portable USB storage device. It plays mp3, and wma. It's hi-res color display views jpeg images. It has a great FM radio. It reads text files, and it has an excellent audio recorder!

The only thing it has going for it is the scroll wheel....whoopee.

Pros: Nice look, touch interface (nice),a lot of accesories
Cons: Battery life, very, very prone to bumps and dinks! battery life under five hours,

I just bought a 40gb iPod. This thing is Awsome! The portability is great! and yes it is small...very small, especially the fact that it holds about 10,000 songs! behind all that, it does have its flaws. I bring mine to school alot, so i may listen to it during off time in class or between classes. So I end up playing music for about an hour( on a full charge) and i come home with (what it shows me) about half full.I would not count on the battery, i would get the back-up battery that goes in at the firewire port. Also, the iPod has a pretty face. KEEP IT THAT WAY! i have a case and i have a medium scratch on the screen and i have no idea how it got their. I would caution anyone who braught it anywhere naked. everything else is just fine, and the AAC format is awsome as well.The nice thing too is that they have companies like Belkin making a crapload of accesories for the iPod. Alot of options!

Pros: mass adoption
Cons: bad service, costly "free" warranty service.

I downloaded the latest firmware update to Ipod.

Long story short. No amount of "resetting" would allow access or operation. Exclamation / file symbol error.

Under 1-year Warranty

Call Apple Service - They say send it in. (at a cost of $ 50).

Service center looks at it - says nothing is wrong!

Get ipod back - same symptom (the exclamation / file screen in the window)

Decent product - very bad service.

Pros: ALL your music all the time
Cons: Kinda spendy but worth it and Will ruin repetitive commercial radio for you.

First I would like to say that the iPod is the ONLY electronic device that has changed my life for the better. It allows me to have ALL my music with me wherever I go. Put it on random and it's like you own personal soundtrack. I can hardly stand to listen to the radio anymore. I am spoiled. I started with the original 5 Gig [ Still going strong but FULL. ] Then I had to get a 20 which has all my music on it and is still only 3/4 full. NOW I could not resist the NEW i Pod and got a 40 Gig that is kinda empty. I love the new dock thing. I have dropped my iPod 3 feet to a steel deck and it did not even skip, I think the plastic was slightly dented but that adds charm. I have never got the battery life they say but close 8 hours is about my max and less if I jump around the playlists. and ALL computer companys lie about the battery life. Now I am afraid I will sooner or later have to get a mini Pod too.

Pros: 10,000 song memory,backlit screen,popularity
Cons: battery,costumer care,desigh-back,non-turning wheel

Well I have been wanting an ipod for a year now but cant aford it. Finally I was able to try one out because my cousin had one but I was not very impressed when comparing to the dell dj 20. I found that the non-turning wheel became very anoying because it caused heat friction and became uncomterble to use after a while. The battery life was poor and the back scratced very easily! The thing that is nice about the ipod is the 10,000 song memory. I am very happy with my Dell dj 20 and would recomend over the ipod! Better price more for the buck and better battery life!

Do yourself a favor get a Dell dj 20 more for the buck!
You cant go rong with Dell!

Pros: -Capacity -Size -Design -Basically everything you can think of
Cons: -Cost

Well Apple sure have done it again! 10,000 of your favorite songs in your pocket! I ordered one of these about two weeks ago along with the new iBook G4 and had too wait a week for the iPod since it was back-ordered. I got it and was amazed how small it is! I had the original 5GB model and it looks like an antique beside the new one! In short it is THE best MP3 Player on the market at the moment. If you have been thinking about getting one... don't think any longer, just buy one!