Apple iPod photo 4th Generation (20 GB) MP3 Player

Pros: Amazingly intuitive and long battery.
Cons: Still excruciatingly expensive. Battery not user replaceable, must convert WMA files.

I love music. Over many years I have bought thousands of cassettes, vinyl records, and loads of cds. After finally building my digital collection (it was a *lot* of work), I have an amazing 17 GB of music. That is a lot of tunes. I had thought about ...

Pros: holds an amazing number of songs, sound quality, easy of use
Cons: cost, difficult to replace battery myself or have to send out to Apple

When gifts were being sent out around Christmas, one of the first things I heard that someone received was an MP3 player. I could hardly contain my excitement at the prospect of owning one of these machines. I didn rsquo;t get that, but for once my ...

Pros: holds 5,000 songs, improved battery life, very sleek, lots of features, great software
Cons: accessories horribly overpriced, no built-in AM/FM radio

The advertising crew at Apple has done an incredible job. They've managed to convince nearly every consumer in America that if they want an MP3 player, they need an Apple iPod. The iPod is synonymous with MP3 players in this day and age, and you can see ...

Pros: compact, holds a ton of songs, very easy to use, fun to play with
Cons: none

With the saturation of the market with iPods, Apple has really found itself rolling in the money with an idea that wasn't really their own, but one which they have greatly improved upon. With the iPod, people can now take nearly all of their music ...

Pros: 20 gigs, 10,000 songs, ease of use, iTunes ...
Cons: Too fragile?

As someone who obviously doesn't adapt well to new technology, I dismissed the iPod as something that wasn't necessary. I have CD's. I have MP3's. I have a CD player. I have a computer. I have one MP3 player. I have one minidisc player. And until just ...

Pros: great digital music player, cool to have, easy to use, LOTS of storage
Cons: more expensive than most competition

As I write this, I am on using of the greatest gadgets I have ever used, my 20GB Apple iPod. It started out with the 'gee factor' (as in "Gee, that looks like a swell thing to own"), but quickly went up the scale to the Cool Item That I ...

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I remember getting my first audiocassette. It was actually a “Weird Al” tape. I used to play it over and over again. I couldn’t wait to get home from school to use it. Then I discovered CDs. (Actually, my first CD was also a “Weird ...

Pros: Holds thousands of songs, easy to use, generally fantastic
Cons: scratches easily, music cannot be taken from the iPod

I actually find it hard to believe there was a time before my iPod. As sad as that sounds, it is actually a fact that it now seems alien to me to have to take a bus, car or even solo-walk without Apple’s little white music machine. Is this a dreadful ...

Pros: Amazing sound, appearance, battery, hardrive, size, and ease of use. This thing has everything.
Cons: Still a bit pricey; still no included case

Hundreds and thousands of 3rd generation Ipod orders are being cancelled as I type. For behold, the mighty and iron-fist ruler that has been known to many as the Ipod has now been improved beyond your wildest dreams. I just returned my 3rd generation ...

Pros: HD size, take your music anywhere, playlists make it easy to hear what you want
Cons: scratches easy, earbuds, not exactly cheap price-wise

The Background In July of 2003, a coworker showed up one day with his new 10 GB iPod. This was a Gen3 Pod, and I thought it was one of the coolest things I'd ever seen. I decided right then to start saving my money...for an MP3 player. ...

Pros: sound quality, stylish, functionality, ergonomics, small size, large hard drive capacity, excellent jog wheel
Cons: battery life, ear buds can hurt, some syncing issues, easily scratched, should come with dock.

The Introduction The only word to describe my Apple iPod and me is love. An iPod is easily one of the best investments a person can make if you love music and have an extensive collection. First of all, I ordered my iPod from the Apple ...

Pros: Everything...Except:
Cons: Can't shuffle playlists! Some accessories are crappy. Pretty pricey, but worth it!

Oh how I have waited for this day. I have prayed and hoped and dreamed of it. I have been obsessed with the idea of owning an iPod, ever since the first one came out. So glad I waited and got the 4th Generation! I absolutely love it, and wanted to ...

Pros: Nice build, well thought out design, reasonably small, excellent sound, excellent screen. Very trendy.
Cons: Mediocre headphones. No case. Internal battery. No radio. No dictaphone or voice recorder.

Introduction The Apple IPod is a compact portable audio player with an internal hard disk for storing music files. Build/design The general appearance is pleasing, with a white front, and metallic sides and back. The white front is ...

Pros: Small, beautifully made, holds my ENTIRE music collection, VERY COOL!
Cons: A bit pricey at $299, a touch heavy, few cases for the new model

Background: Wow, I seem to be the first person to review the new 4th generation iPod. Well, it is THE first review of THIS iPod, but my first review of ANY iPod, so here goes. First off, I am an IPod newbie, though I’ve had more music players over ...

Pros: The storage space, battery life, backlight, sound quality
Cons: The click wheel

When the Apple’s iPod first came out I’ve always wanted one because it did exactly what I’ve always wanted, to be able to play all the music that I like without having to change CD or be at a computer. Of course I thought I would never be ...

Pros: Excellent sound, huge storage capacity, portability, easy controls and operations
Cons: Pricey, horrible software

I received the iPod 20 GB as a Xmas gift. Overall I am very impressed with it. It's by far the best portable MP3 player I've owned. Here is why: Looks: The player is mostly white with a gray LCD screen that is easy to read, with an optional ...

Pros: The perfect size, elegant and well-built, great interface, flawless sound
Cons: Easy to scratch, haven't figured out hot to shuffle playlists

In short, the iPod is an incredibly useful music player and external hard drive. You can use it to listen to your favorite music and at the same time use it to store documents and files from your computer or transfer stuff between computers. The ...

Pros: size, itunes software, ease of use, sound quality
Cons: Not at all durable, Battery runs out much more quickly than advertised, expensive

I have owned an ipod from each generation. My first generation, 5 gigabyte ipod was purchased 2 years ago. It was quickly stolen, so i moved on to a 2nd generation 10 gigabyte ipod. I purchased this item used, hoping to do a battery replacement ...

Pros: Elegant design and user interface, big capacity in a slim package, custom accessories available
Cons: Few accessories included, flawed case design, no support for WMA format, battery not user-replaceable

I've owned several MP3 players over the last few years, and I've had plenty of chance to use them and develop some likes and dislikes. Someone just gave me a new 4th-generation iPod, so I thought I'd give it a review from the perspective of an ...

Pros: What the iPod is ideally suited for. How many of us are young rollerbladers anyway?!?
Cons: Use a direct connection only! Avoid FM transmitters: they're dangerous and unsatisfactory.

Folks, this is what the iPod was made for! Forget those ads showing kids zoning out with their tunes on the sidewalks. For the rest of us, the ideal use of the iPod is in the car, where you're likely spending increasingly larger amounts of your ...

Pros: Design, storage capacity, holds all music, games, hard-drive, portable, back-lit, you can dance with it
Cons: Scratches easily, replacement battery costs $100, expensive, no belt clip like the mini

About a month ago, I was pondering over what I wanted for Christmas; a very early Christmas present. There were a lot of things I wanted like lip gloss or CD's, but those things really weren't important enought to be called awesome Christmas presents. ...

Pros: Having your whole music library in the palm of your hand.
Cons: Not durable, horrible software, navigation and buttons. Breaks every few months. Bad headphones.

I have owned this ipod for 1 year. I bought my ipod from best buy with the extended warranty. I hate the ipod and will never buy any apple products again. I researched mp3 players for about a month before I bought my ipod. I had an iriver cd/mp3 player ...

Pros: Sound! size and iTunes
Cons: The feeling you get in your gut knowing you spent 300 bucks on it

After years of jumping from one budget music player to another I finally crumbled and got an iPod. After recovering from the $300 deduction on my debit card, I began to realize how awesome this thing is! First of all Apple couldn't make your new ...

Pros: -Good capacity -Simple for newbies to Apple -Satisfys computer veterans -Files storage
Cons: -Apple's software and firmware -Battery not user replacable

The iPod 20GB 4G is the greatest iPod on the market. Before owning an iPod, I owned a iRiver MP3 and WMA player (good for people with small collections). I am very happy I got the iPod 20GB 4G. Most people have a very hard time trusting the Apple ...

Pros: great idea, compact music collection, saves CD piles
Cons: scratching, battery drains out quick

So the ipod, everybody knows about them, either everybody has one or everybody wants one. For many years ever since the ipod was first started I knew I wanted one, I saw it always in the must have gadgets pages. The only problem, the price, who in their ...

Pros: Great sound, compact, easy to use.
Cons: Can't transfer music from the iPod to the computer or otherwise.

This has got to be the greatest, most innovative piece of technology that has grazed my world to date. Get a clue Bill Gates- this may be the one thing that you didn't think of first. I sing in a cover band locally, so my iPod is my right hand. I'm ...

Pros: Intuitive design, beautifully made, software works well
Cons: A bit heavy, Battery hog with backlight enabled, too nice to drop

Apple has created a beautifully finished product as their sales leader. Some of the distinct right out of the box features that I liked were the click-wheel which functions both as a scroll and selector is quite ingenious. Other great features are the ...

Pros: Capacity, ease of use, form factor, durability, versatility
Cons: Cost, lack of good replacement earphones

I got myself a 20GB click-wheel iPod about a year ago, and I have NOT treated it kindly. I've carried it everywhere, in all kinds of weather; I've used it as a music player, voice recorder, and portable hard drive; it's shared pockets with keys, cell ...

Pros: Sound, Click Wheel, Interface, Software
Cons: Warantee, Durablity, Price

Well, I am a high school student that is constantly listening to music. I listen to it during school, while studying, and one the way to and from hockey games and practices. It just can't keep up. I've had my iPod for over 1 year now and here is what ...

Pros: High Fidelity. Extreme portability of your music library.
Cons: In my opinion, number of songs which can be stored is exaggerated.

I have been reluctant to go totally digital. I was amazed and excited by the introduction of CD players, some 20 years ago. Now, I purchased a white 20 GB IPOD on eBay for well under $100. What a terrific item this IPOD has turned out to be. ...

Pros: Intuitive controls, light, dependable, easy organization of music, great sound
Cons: Price, battery life.

The iPod keeps getting better. This fourth generation 20GB is the best yet, with a click wheel and better battery life. The pros to this unit are its small size and weight, intuitive and easy controls, great sound, strong durability, and fast hard drive. ...

Pros: Coolest design, well ported over to Windows
Cons: Expensive, non user replaceable battery, did I say expensive.

I bought one of the first digital music players that came out (can anyone say Sony Music Stick) and quickly returned it because of the terrible copy protection scheme. I then bought a Creative Labs Nomad II that I still use for working out (no skips). I ...

Pros: Good sound quality, iPod Wiz/Linux
Cons: Price, can't play WMAs, Notes feature isn't polished yet. bad battery and exterior.

Okay so the iPod is a great MP3 player. I love it. The problem is, it's overrated due to lack of features, technical problems, and high price tag. Ease of Use: 3/5 Now the iPod itself is very simple to figure out. After a good 4 minutes with ...

Pros: nice design, free support at apple stores
Cons: expensive, glitchy, weak on windows, few features, only decent sound quality

NOTE: this review reflects usage with windows XP i got the iPod because i heard so many great things about it. overall, i'm happy, but a bit frustrated (and disappointed). things i'm happy about: * the iPod is smooth and doesn't have any jagged ...

Pros: probably the most compact 20GB MP3 player out there. Solidly built. Nice packaging.
Cons: non-customizable equalizer, poor-sounding stock headphones, overly sensitive touch wheel (esp. for volume control).

This is my first purchase of an iPod, and my second purchase of a portable MP3 player (my other is a Rio Cali). I was able to get a $30 educational discount since I work at a University. Going into the purchase I already knew of the pros and cons ...

Pros: Capacity, Craftsmanship, Intuitive, Good Value
Cons: BATTERY LIFE, Compatibility, "Hiccups", Volume equalizer

I'm all about short reviews, as I hate reading people's life stories. In short, the iPod is a good machine. However, it might be a wee bit overrated as far as I'm concerned. Here's my breakdown: Pros: - The capacity is unrivaled. Other ...

Pros: Sound Quality, User Interface, Styling, iTunes, Size/Weight, Battery Life, Accessories, Dension ice>Link Car Interface
Cons: No radio tuner

I need to say first that I am devoted Apple fan forever, and however objective I will try to be in my review it's important to keep that in mind. Apple iPod is the second MP3 player that I own. Some four years ago I first purchased Nomad Jukebox Zen ...

Pros: Battery life, design, storage capacity
Cons: None!

First of all, I am completely and totally biased--I love absolutely anything made my Apple. I really believe in the concept of "you get what you pay for." I had wanted an iPod for quite some time--long before the fad began. I finally got one a couple ...

Pros: Sound quality
Cons: Included earbuds

I've had my IPOD for 2 weeks now, and read all of the reviews on IPOD, and earphones/headphones, and the music quality. I've also tried several experiments while importing CD's from my music library into IPOD, the results were simply amazing. Try this ...

Pros: great sound quality, nice design, lightweight
Cons: too many to list, biggest are the battery and price

the apple iPod, I saw the product and decided to try it since everyone and their mama in the media talks about it. So I purchased mine, immediately I hated the fact that iTunes was required. Then I realized that I can't keep WMA on the player - which ...

Pros: Fairly rugged, decent price for the space.
Cons: Scratches easily, Doesn't work all that well with windows.

I bought this iPod a few months ago and have been using it daily ever since. While it is a nice MP3 player, it's not the life changing experience everyone seems to make it out to be. The menu system is a fairly simple affair that seems to work fairly ...

Pros: Versatility, accessories, fast uploads, works great with iTunes
Cons: The Price is High!

The I pod is simple in it's look and similar to other MP3 players in basic functionality. The look is super-clean. I'm certain everyone has seen them a million times. The sound is incredible and it has all the necessary functionality of a great MP3 ...

Pros: Color screen, Apple reputation, disk space, sound, sleep timer
Cons: Cheap headphones, dock not included, no .OGG, scratches easily, weird controls, battery, no editing

I purchased a 20GB color-screen 4th generation iPod from Circuit City when my little Rio Karma MP3 player died after one year's use. Since I had the Circuit City "Protection Plan" (a warranty) for the Karma, I was issued a $250 Circuit City gift ...

Pros: Easy to use, sounds excellent, feels good and solid. Works like it's supposed to.
Cons: Chrome back is easy to scratch and loves fingerprints.

This is my first iPod- i got it three days ago. So far I am impressed by the sound quality and the features. The click wheel makes it very easy to scroll through a large music library, change the volume, access menus, etc. Very intuitive. The included ...

Pros: excellent sound quality, click wheel makes it fun to use, harman-kardon earbuds, design, firmware update
Cons: no wma, no line in, no drag & drop, battery lasts only 12h

The first thing you notice when you buy an ipod is its box. A black cube with the apple logo on the top, the ipod logo in silver on one side and photos of the ipod on the others.IN order to open it you slide the part with the apple logo out and you see ...

Pros: easy to use, large capacity, small
Cons: durability, overpriced, compatibility, no playlist shuffle

I've had my iPod for a while now, and I can't really imagine not having it. It holds all my songs with tons of space for me to add on, and I have a pretty good-sized collection. It's small and fits easily into bags or even coat pockets, so it's not a ...

Pros: Design aesthetics, ease of use, good functions, size, kudos, range of extras to enhance experience
Cons: Fragile plastics, battery life, painful ear piece, bit pricey

A present from the wife, this is one gift that will get very used but not abused. The first day of ownership saw more scratches than my mobile phone has accumulated in 6 months! The plastic outer is the most fragile case I have ever come across. Why they ...

Pros: Easy to use Can store other media
Cons: adapter can be annoying

I am a music junkie. I listen to everything. I have had my ipod for over a year now, but I have still not filled it up! I know there are several companies that release other products along the lines of mp3 players, etc... But, this is the real ...

Pros: Size, Looks Beautiful, Ease of Use, Good Battery Life.
Cons: No Delete feature, earphones are serviceable but not fantastic.

Being a music lover, I'd been thinking about a portable music player for quite some time, this iPod became the product of choice. The main reasons being it's good name, favourable reviews, nice looks and huge hard drive! I'm glad I made my choice, and so ...

Pros: Portable, easy to use, convenient!
Cons: Decent car adapter expensive! Almost half the price of the iPod itself!

I bought my iPod about 3 months ago, in lieu of a new CD player for my car. I figured that I could get one for the same price, but then have all of my music completely portable for everywhere, as well as for my vehicle (with an adapter)! I cannot live ...

Pros: Reliable, lots of storage
Cons: Needs to be handled with kid gloves

I got my 20GB Ipod a few Christmas' ago (can't remember which year exactly), much to my excitement. I don't think I've put it down since! Most of my friends have one (most of them much newer than mine), and the ones that don't only don't because they ...

Pros: Holds many songs, Compact, Light, Many functions, Great Display
Cons: Sometimes freezes,Expensive,Scratches Easily

I had heard about the ipod for about a year and had been wanting one for a long time. I finally went to apple.com and bought one, after looking for it in stores and not finding it. I absolutley love it. You can upload songs from your own CDs, or put buy ...

Pros: Size, Price, Durability, Name!!
Cons: No color,photo,video or 60gb :(

Well we are up to the 6th generation to my knowledge with more than just mp3 capabilities now. Photo and video are now options not to mention 60gigs! Now personally I know it would be nice to have these features but when you can now buy a 4th gen Ipod at ...

Pros: small size
Cons: heavy, sound level & quality, locks up, scratches easily, price.

Ipods have been out for a while now. It seems like everyone has one. I know a lot of people who have them and they always talk about how great it is and yet when I'm with them and they are using it something would always go wrong. Like it would randomly ...

Pros: 12 our battery life amazing player great interface small, 20 gig hd
Cons: expensive some small things missing

i got my new ipod about 2 weeks agos and i love it!! it is by far the best mp3 player i have ever owned and i have had quiet a few including md players which all dont even close to stack up to this amzing player. it has an amzing interface and a lot of ...

Pros: Chic style, easy navigation
Cons: OVERPRICED, limitd warranty, OVERPRICED, not very durable (4th generation)

Although the Ipod is sleek and sophisticated--no one argues that--it's quite surprising how quickly the overpriced, made in China (meaning there's a huge profit) really lasts. The 4th Generation Ipod, the one I'm reviewing, has been regarded as the ...

Pros: Good sound, very compact, very cool looking and lot's of cool accessories available.
Cons: Not very user friendly.

Sound is good and it's easy to import songs on to the iPod. The instruction manual isn't too helpful and the iPod, itself, isn't too user friendly, especially with the address book, calendar, photos and really anything else that requires it to go to ...

Pros: Fun to use, attractive. lots of miscellaneous add on accessories available to customize the player
Cons: The design and interface of the companion software is great but it is buggy

This is an excellent product. It is easy to use, has great sound, and there are many accesories that you can add to customize to fit your needs. I am mainly using it at work with a headphone amplifier (headroom total bithead) and a my sennheiser ...

Pros: Large storage capacity, easy to use with a PC, good software, looks great, competitive price.
Cons: I have to be super careful I don't drop it.

What a device. I did 2 weeks worth of research on mp3 players and I finally bought the 20gb iPod. I read every review on every site and what pushed me over the edge toward the iPod was a combination of space, looks, ease of use and finally price. At ...

Pros: Storage, quality, looks, song transfer, size, control, battery life, charge rate
Cons: Included earbuds, non-replaceable battery, scratchable surfaces.

This is a wonderful product. I have a somewhat large music collection, about 14 gigs, so the 20 gig size was perfect for me. I'm a huge music fan, and listen to all sorts of music, so I needed something that would store it all and play it reliably with ...

Pros: user friendly for even the most basic computer user
Cons: unit sometimes locks up

After owning a previous generation iPod for several years, I decided to upgrade to the 20GB iPod. I had not had any problems with my older iPod but I was ready for a bit more space and wanted to see if a color screen was anything to talk about. The ...

Pros: Easy to use interface, decent sound quality, looks
Cons: Can get scratched easily, battery life with backlight

I purchased the Apple iPod 20 GB back in March and I must say it's a very easy to use MP3 player. There is actually really nothing complicated about using it. The iPod comes with one set of headphones, Firewire connection, USB connection, and charger. ...

Pros: Wonderful form, unique design, easy to operate, accessory availability
Cons: Price, feature set, sound quality, durability, AAC format, no case included, ear pieces

I researched heavily when it came to my purchase. I wanted to make sure I was spending my money wisely. I initially purchased an 20GB Ipod from Circuit City, which I returned! The Apple still has the best form factor for a player but I did not like ...

Pros: Pros- long battery life, works well while excercising, compatable with all car audio input devices
Cons: Con- cost, size, fragile

Pros- long battery life, works well while excercising, compatable with all car audio input devices, long lasting, hasn't froze, updates quicklyCon- cost, size, fragileI have been through several ipods from the first generation, 2 minis, ...

Pros: Should hold all of your music, is lightwehight for 20GB, cool scrool wheel,easy navigation.
Cons: Low Battery if you are on trip, is a magnet to scrathes and blemishes, expensive.

Now the thing that inspiered me to buy an iPod was all the adds and cool things they were saying about it. I also wanted to buy it because it had alot of third party support. Now lets start with the Pros. The coolest thing about the iPod is that it can ...

Pros: itunes is fairly easy to use once you learn it
Cons: poor sound, weird interface, low durability, high cost, etc

From the first day I got this, I didn't like it. It was hard to set up on Windows, I should have just returned it then but it was a gift. I finally got it working, and it was such a disappointment. The headphones are worthless but I just tossed em and ...

Pros: it can save and play songs on the device; it's cute to look at;
Cons: no technical help without additional money; not worth the money or heartache

I bought the Apple Ipod for $250 over a year ago. It has been the worst purchase I have ever made. I made the mistake of syncing the thing to 2 computers, which worked a couple of times. However, for nearly a year now, I cannot create a library on either computer. Thus, the songs I have some of which I purchased can only be listened to on the Ipod, cannot be placed on a computer, disc, or any other device; making this a $250 piece of garage. I refuse to add to it since all the other songs I purchased are stuck in this useless device. I going back to purchasing CDs.

Pros: smooth design, wide support list, large space.
Cons: scratches VERY easily, would like longer battery life.

I've used many hard drive mp3 players in my time. So far the only one I have enjoyed is this sleek, improved, low priced apple ipod. Ipod has become the new benchmark in which all mp3 players are tested. I'de say the only problem with it is you have to by some kind of case for it(I use iskin and thats worked well) because you scratches and cracks very easily.

Pros: The white earbuds make you a great target for muggings in the inner city.
Cons: The white earbuds make you a great target for muggings in the inner city.

I guess I can't complain, since I didn't buy the thing. (It was a gift.) We have 3 in our household, and all 3 of them have problems. One failed completely, was replaced, and the replacement failed as well. The other two (mine included) have developed the habit of "locking up" - they stop playing music after about an hour, and then all controls cease to function. You have to let the battery die completely, recharge it, and then you get to listen for about another hour - until it locks up again. I'm looking into something else, a lot cheaper. Then this "gem" will go on Ebay.

Pros: Sexy, Easy to use, Ability to store non sound files such as jpegs, word documents.
Cons: Durability!!!

I'd been in love with my ipod for about a year when it had started to freeze in the middle of songs and become slower on starting up. This is when it had just been fully charged, and then it just wouldn't switch on at all.
A flashing symbol then would come up which according to apple translates as 'hard disk failure'.
I was a little shocked that they taken time to design an icon to tell you when the hard disk had failed... strange?!hmmmmm...
As a result I'd recommend many not to go for the ipod..

Pros: Sound, Size, Durability, Ease of use
Cons: Battery Life

Although the Ipod 20 can hold a ton of songs. After a year of regular use, the Ipods battery failed to charge. Although Apple will sometimes replace your battery for free, its a hassle to get it mailed because of the time you have to wait. The ipod sound is very nice especially through the Apple headphones included with Purchase. I would recommend this, but dont leave this baby in the charger to long.

Pros: When it broke, they fixed it with no hassle to me.
Cons: Why did it break - I hope it is not too fragile!

I received the Apple 4G 20GB player for Christmas. I used it constantly. As other reviewers have said it is easy to add music, and what is more important to me, it can hold a lot of audiobooks. Who wants to carry around 8 CDs or more (some of the Harry Potter books have in excess of 20 CDs!) when you can put the whole thing on your small IPOD.

Anyway, a couple of months after recieving it, the thing started acting up. It skipped tracks and it would freeze up. One day it flat out would not work. I was disappointed to say the least. However, it was still under warranty. I contacted Apple, they sent me a box to ship it back in (for free!) and less than a week later I have what appears to be a brand new IPOD.

I was very pleased with the lack of hassle, the quick response, and the shiny new working IPOD they sent me.

Pros: Lots of room to store books and music
Cons: I find these players heavy when I a jog. A shuffle would be better.

I searched long and hard to find an mp3 player that met my needs. I looked at the various sizes of iPods and quickly came to the conclusion that the 20GB iPod was exactly what I was needing.

I listen to two books per month that I get from Audible.com and I listen to music about 1 hour per day. I have almost every CD that I own loaded on this iPod and I have about 10 unabridged books on here. This iPod has more than enough room for everything that I need. This was the biggest question that I had when I was looking for a player. I hope this information helps.

I found the user interface for iTunes, which you use to load music on your iPod from your computer, very easy to use. Apple has done a great job with it.

Pros: 20Gb of space
Cons: not much battery life.

I love my new ipod I just got it for Christmas. I have already downloaded 20 songs into it, and have not even made a dent n the memory. The system is very easy to use. It is designed to be user friendly and it is just that. My only complained is the battery life of this product. It is stated on the box up to 12 hours of continuous music play, but I only get about 6 at best. I still love my ipod it holds up to 20G of music that is huge. You really cannot beat this mp3 player. I would recommend it to anyone with a computer.

Pros: sound
Cons: software is difficult to use. weight. battery life.

the first thing i hate about this thing is itunes. i've been a wintel user and for the life of me i can't get use to this itune thing. it doesn't sort the way i want it and it doesn't import mp3s if the tags aren't typed in correctly. you end up with missing albums and songs. it's also a little bit heavy than i'd expected. the ear piece if also uncomfortable to wear. anyways, i got this piece of hardware for christmas and i thought i'd like to share my experience with everyone. though the sound quality is superb, apple should really make an user friendly software.

Pros: 20GB memory, decent battery life
Cons: Black and white screen

Ok, its the original MP3 player and beat everybody else in the market because of it superior sound quality and reliability.
I bought it over 2 years back and has been one of my most dependable gadgets. with a memory capacity of 20GB (5000 songs) i can save my important files and pics by the hundreds. It therefore serves as a heavy duty usb pen drive ( although it means that you have to carry your usb cable around)
The sound quality and touch wheel are already world famous and nothing more needs to said!
if u luv music go ahead and buy it!

Pros: great for music i guess.
Cons: too slow for photos, too expensive, breaks easily

I bought this for photography uses only. It was 500 dollars new and just turned out to be a waste of money. I rarely use it and keep it very nice. Recently it started showing some dead warning sign. I have to get a new one now and didnt even use the old one.

Pros: Holds up to 5,000 songs
Cons: N/A

I have a 20 GB Apple ipod digital music player, which hold a maximum of 5,000 4 minute songs. The ipod has the ability to play the following formats: AAC,MP3,WAV,AIFF. It has a good long lasting battery life for up to 5-6 hours. Songs are very clear. The click wheel is a nice navigation feature for selected a song to play.
While listening to a song on the go you can play games that come standard on the iPod like: Brick,Music Quiz,Parachute,Solitaire. With Itunes putting songs on your iPod is easy as 1-2-3. Portability is great, its nice and sleek.

Pros: sound, very light, tiny
Cons: would like longer battery life

The Apple iPod forth generation is very similar as the third generation. The weight of the forth generation is around 6oz, it is very convenience to bring it out. Unlike the third generation, the battery of forth generation can hold four hours longer than the third generation. But I still think it is not long enough for me. And the sound quality is very good; I can hear the song clearly. I think it is better than the third generation.

Summarize all the advantages; it is valuable to get one.

Pros: 12 hr battery, small, excellent sound, very portable
Cons: None it's great

The Apple iPod is great. With up to 5,000 songs how can you go wrong. Plus there are games when you are bored like: Solitare, Brick (which is Javanoid), and Parachute. It has excellent quality. It's light enough to carry around and is small enough to fit in your pocket. There is a software discs with iTunes and an iPod Updater. iTunes is used to put the songs from CDs or the iTunes Music Store on to your iPod. To put songs onto it is easy you plug it in to your computer and it downloads automatically. at Apple.com you can get it shipped and engraved for free. I use mine all the time, but I would recommend a case to protect it.

Pros: nice toy while it lasted
Cons: bad customer service, no repair options

I bought an Apple ipod 20GB U2 Edition about 15 months ago. I started to have problems where the ipod would freeze and would not be able to be turned off. I would have to wait until the charge ran out, then recharge it before i could get it to respond. Now it won't play any songs. So, i called the ipod service and they told me that it would cost $250 to repair it. Which is about the cost of a new apple 30gb ipod video. They also said i should have gotten an extended warranty, which by the way was never offered to me. So, after $300 for the ipod, and probably another $500 buying songs on itunes i have a very nice paper weight. My advice for anyone thinking about buying an ipod...stay away. The customer service is far from helpful...which by the way they tried to charge me $29.95 for tech support when i called to ask about the problems. And the only service option they have costs more than a new ipod.

Pros: small, light, touch-wheel nice
Cons: cost somewhat high, i paid $277 USD before tax. average sound quality.

it really has average sound quality. but, i wanted to own something apple, so i had to have it. the touch/click wheel is an intuitive interface. holds 5,000 (128bps) songs, which is over 400 music cd's.

Pros: Stores a lot of songs.
Cons: Very glitchy, poor battery life.

I got my 20GB Ipod as a gift a few years back. At first, it was the best thing ever, of course it was the first one to the market so that made it seem awesome. But after about 6 months, I started to notice several glitches. Sometimes my Ipod would just turn itself on, sometimes it wouldn't play a whole song before going to the next, and the battery life isn't that great, I have to charge it all the time. Plus, if you use it to run, it gets really glitchy since it is hard drive based. Now, I use a Creative Zen Nano to take on runs, it has flash memory, so there are no problems.

Pros: Portable, great quality listening and fabulous to look at!
Cons: Supplied headphones are not very good.

Bought this as I used to travel by train to work. Sounds quality is good but greatly improved by changing the headphones. It is easy to use and the custom playlists allow for ultimate flexibility in listening choices.

Pros: Good Sound, really easy to use, touchweel is pretty sweet.
Cons: more expensive then most 20gigs out there, and it is not duarable at all.

This little thing is so great!! i got it for christmas and i love it. it really is a fashion statement.

Pros: lots of storage space, beautiful design, intuitive operation, pretty sturdy, nice sound.
Cons: battery issues-required to send unit back to apple for replacements. Surfaces easily marred.

20gigs of storage -love it... I practically carry my home & work drives around with me everywhere. My use for this device is more for the practical storage than for listening pleasure - but the audio quality is impressive too. i find the earphones to be awkward & keep popping out but maybe thats just a quirk of my ears.

I'm real happy to be able to carry ALL my audio books (including the Holy Bible - which is a particularly large volume) along with my entire music collection (including the complete works of Bach- in one tiny package - a feat I never thought would be possible.

I also find the Notes Feature very useful, although my notes are rarely as short as the application allows.

Its a little awkward to carry around - I loved the polished finish on it, which lasted about five minutes out of the box. It even managed to pick up fine scratches from the velvet pouch I made for it.

It's a good idea to get a portable battery pack with it, although this makes it rather clunky.

Pros: Holds lots of songs, user friendly
Cons: Too fragile!!

I bought my husband one of these ipods for Xmas last year. We are now on our 5th one!! Every single one has stopped working for one reason or another. One was dropped on the carpet, two just died for no apparent reason, one would never work with iTunes.

I feel like I live in the Apple store. We are constantly having to drive an hour to the nearest store to have them replaced. Thank goodness for the 1 year warranty! Unfortunately that is up soon.

I also have an ipod mini which has not given me any problems. (Knock on wood).

Pros: large capacity.
Cons: tech support is terrible and rude. expensive accessories.

It worked for roughly 3 weeks before freezing up. I followed all the instructions (didn’t even take it outside over 95 degrees) and it just stopped. I tried rebooting, etc, and nothing happened. The only thing it does now is scroll through the songs in the window. Now I am on the phone with support and after sitting on hold for 30 minutes, I am apparently talking to the wrong guy. All I want is a physical address to send this junk to, but I keep getting forwarded to support. Everyone at this point has been rude and apparently too busy to answer the phone. For this much money, this thing should work perfectly and support shouldn’t be impolite. Take your money somewhere else. I will. To top it off, I was just told that under no circumstances would my money be refunded even though it is still under warranty.

Pros: Its small and fits nicely in your pocket
Cons: battery life / cant download files from it / sound quality not great/

If you think the IPOD is like other mp3 players you are wrong.
The IPOD does not allow you to transfer music OUT of it. So take all your cds , take all your mp3 files you have gathered on your computer , download music from ITUNES and put it into your IPOD and wait for the day when your hard drive goes bad....or you buy a new computer.....or you want to share your music on another computer. Then you find out that you can not.
There are a ton of other mp3 players on the market that dont limit your usage like the IPOD.
The IPOD has a very short battery life.
The IPOD is not the best sounding mp3 player.
The IPOD scratches easily....too easily.
The IPODs graphic equalizer is terrible.
The IPOD only works with ITUNES , so you cant use napster , music match ect.
There are other players out there that surpass the IPOD by far , and are less expensive and allow you to drag and drop files as you wish .

Pros: Very light at 5.3 Ounces User friendly Good Sound quality Apple's new Click wheel
Cons: Very Fragile Hard Drive

Well, Apple has designed one of the bes Mp3 Players out there. The thing is that it has a Hard drive that spins very very fast. It is VERY fragile, DON"T EVEN THINK ABOUT DROPPING IT.
The hard drive is done if you drop it. CD is defenitely the best quality, but i like AAC and Apple Lossless.

Here's some tips:

To Reset it, hold the Menu and Middle select button together for about 6 seconds.

don't even think about dropping it.

you can Crank AAC files to 320 kbps, to make it sound better.

for once Apple got to feel like Microsoft. I'm sticking with my CD player, but the iPod is good for People that wanna hold thousands of songs with good sound quality. Note:you can always put Mp3 Files on a CD. The back of it is very Scratchable.


You can alway get a Mac Mini, for 500$ at Apple.com

Website: http://www.apple.com/macmini/

Always here for you : )

Pros: stylish, sleek and a large capacity for music.
Cons: I have nothing bad to say about the I-pod, its great!

I love this I-Pod, I bought one just like this one and it is so cool, it easily downloads music from the computer directly into the Mp3 player, its so sleek and easy to use.

Pros: sleek, attractive, stylish, popular
Cons: it didn't work.

I purchased a reconditioned ipod 20GB from the Apple Store online. It shipped and arrived very quickly. It was well packaged. It didn't work, straight out of the box. You could hear the hard drive start to spin up, then clunk. Over and over. I called Apple Care and they were happy to walk me through a couple of tests to revive it, but they had to declare it dead as well. I returned it and now I'll buy an mp3 player from someone else.

Pros: Ipods are great for carrying your music library conveniently in a compact manner.
Cons: Once you are hooked, you will be subject to Apple's rules: see "review."

Here is my sad tale. I love my pod, but it has taken three trips back to the shop. They don't send you a new iPod or even your old one fixed, but a refurbished unit. Judging by their lack of success in sending me a unit that will work for more than a couple of months, they aren't repairing them well. Maybe it's just my baad luck. I think after three trips to Apple they ought to send you a new unit.

Pros: Cheap, easy to use
Cons: Old, no color

This was my first iPod and was very pleased with the results. Very easy to use menu and screen options. Nice syncing and easy to work with in iTunes. Very happy

Pros: Usability of the Ipod and the click wheel.
Cons: the warranty costs after 180 days.

Wow Apples done it this time. They have really put sturdy design to shame first of all the hard drive only has a thin layer of foam instead of thick rubber keeping it safe. The new hold button that had issues with 3rd Gen is still malfuctioning. I Noticed the 5th gen has the same button, I wonder if that version works properly. Apples really gone downhill on the quality of product they produce.

Pros: A work of art in both appearance and function.
Cons: Easy to scratch and the sound is so good that you could harm your hearing.

I've lived with the iPod now for a little over a month and have several observations. First - you need a case or cover that will protect it from scratches and drops. The case offered at the Apple store is overpriced. Try Best Buy for the same product at about half the price. Second - The sound quality with the ear buds is great, but you can put the volume up too much and do some serious damage to your hearing. If you can remember to keep the sound down, great. If not, consider purchasing some sound isolating earphones for your iPod. Third - the iPod is a great portable drive for computer files, not just music. For students you can look cool but be a geek. Finally - If you get a clear case you can stick a note in the case with your name and phone number. There are people out there who will return lost items and you might be lucky enough to find them.

Pros: Great Durability, easy to use, and can be used as a portable hard drive
Cons: Scratches easily and too expensive. It would be better if it was $250.

I got my iPod in Winter of 2004 and I love this thing! It can also be used as a portable hard drive which is pretty cool. Plus, I dropped my iPod FOUR times!! TWICE in my house on my bare floor and TWICE outside on solid ground and it still plays as if it was new. The only thing I have a problem about the iPod is how easily it can be scratched. I just started getting scratches within 2 weeks of when I recieved my iPod.

Pros: External Hard Drive,Space,Sound Quality,price,size,weight
Cons: No dock,no remote

iPods have been around for some while, I thought Apple could'nt outdo themselves with their 3rd Generation model, I was proved wrong. This is by far the best iPod Apple has come out with. Aside from the iPod mini, the Click wheel makes it easier to navigate the menu and choose songs, the appearance is not as "classy" as the previous iPod though. Battery life is extended from the previous iPod. Sound Quality and equalization really satifies my picky ears especially with my Logitech Z-680 speakers, Price for the iPod has gone down $100, but you also lose the dock and the remote, those can be purchased seperately. iTunes store is easy to use, but the library is kind of hard to use, so I just use Winamp with the iPod plugin. Also firewire support is available to me with my Soundblaster Audigy 2 Soundcard which makes transferring files and music to my iPod a breeze, especially since I have USB 1.1.
I highly recommend this product for those with music collections over 10GB such as I, and travel a lot.

Pros: Smart playlists, large storage, click wheel, ease.
Cons: Vulnerable to all scratches, rainbow colors on screen, few games, battery replacement.

I bought a new 20GB iPod on Veteran's Day. The box is situated in an excellent manner - the top half slides open, and all the materials are prepared in neat order. The iPod itself seemed as heavy as a Texas Instruments TI-84 graphing calculator at first, but you eventually become familiar with it. iPod's playlists and iTunes work in harmony, along with song ratings and play counts. iPod knows your interests and filters out the dust. However, the cover and screen are average. My friend accidentally dropped my iPod on the sidewalk, engraving several scars on the front, and one on the screen. The screen contains rainbow colors from time to time, which is probably due to temperature changes and usage. Overall, if you want a powerful digital music player, get an iPod. It is worth every dollar.

Pros: It was great the 36 days it worked
Cons: Price, quality

I had my ipod a little over a month, it just stopped working. CompUSA wouldn't exchange or return, the warranty with them was only 21 days. HP support had me run a bunch of diagnostics, said it was a defective hard drive. Said they would send a fed-ex box to ship it in, free of charge, but would probably replace it with a "refurbished" unit. I spent $300 and it lasted a little over a month, and I have to settle for a refurbished unit? It's been 10 days, I'm still waiting for the unit to arrive. For the money, I expected a better quality product.

Pros: Size, interface
Cons: Cost, included accessories, Volume, sound quality

I must admit, I am not one to get into the exact technical details of my electronics. I get more into reliability, and ease of use, as well as how well the item does what it is supposed to. After reading all of the reviews available about the iPod, I decided to get the 20 gig one because I'm not sure that I could ever come up with 5000 songs let alone 10,000. Truthfully, I think the iPod is well engineered, but poorly marketed. I think for $300, earphones that are higher quality/ and fit better should be included. In addition, the maximum volume is somewhat disappointing. Also, I think that like most PDAs, the iPods, all, should come with a docking station, rather than have just these wires. I think Apple has made a mistake not including these "extras" given the price. All in all, The iPod is useful, I think the sound quality is good, but not CD quality.

Pros: NONE
Cons: BREAKS TO EASILY, BADLY MADE, APPLE DOES NOT LIVE UP TO ITS REPUTATION

I BOUGHT THIS PRODUCT AND HAD IT ONLY 5 DAYS WHEN THE LCD SCREEN LOOKED LIKE FIREWORKS EXPLODING ON IT. IT WAS IN A PURSE WITH MY CELL PHONE AND WAS NOT DROPPED. I CALLED APPLE BECAUSE I EVEN HAD THE EXTENDED TWO YEAR WARRANTY AND THEY SAID TO FIX IT IT WOULD COST THE STANDARD SERVICE FEE. WHEN I ASKED WHAT THIS FEE WAS THEY SAID $249.00. WOW I PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO BUY A NEW ONE. THIS IS THE BIGGEST RIP OFF PRODUCT I HAVE EVER HAD. EVERYWHERE THERE ARE FORUMS WITH EXTENSIVE PROBLEMS. THIS WAS A POOR PRODUCT AND A DISGRACE TO BE PUT ON THE MARKET. I WISH I HAD READ MORE ABOUT THEM BEFORE I BOUGHT IT. GO ON THE INTERNET AND PUT IN IPOD PROBLEMS BEFORE BUYING!!!!!!!

Pros: Survived a fall to the floor. Capacity. iTrip and accessory selection.
Cons: so far just the price, and it ain't that bad.

You've read all the features before. My dear old Baba dropped my Ipod today and it landed square on the floor. I had wondered about this things durability because of all the sensitive components inside. It survived. I don't recommend ever dropping yours, or letting anyone else hold it, lest they drop it and make you growl but it seems to be perfectly fine and a perfectly horrible spill. Everything intact and functional. Good job so far Apple.

Pros: Intuitive, portable
Cons: Hard drive issues?

My mother gave this to me as a gift and for the first year I had it, I loved it. I love iTunes; I found iTunes and the iPod to be intuitive, no problem.

Then, the warranty period expired, which seems to be deadly (in my experience with Apple). With a month of the expiration, I began to see the "sad iPod" icon. For awhile I was able to follow the directions on the Apple website for "resetting" it but eventually, the sad iPod icon simply took over.

What troubles me is that surfing the Internet, I have come across many complaints by other Apple customers with the same problem. (This was also true of the issue I had with my iBook). This is so disappointing for someone like me who has been a Mac customer since 1988.

Pros: tons of storage, stylish, great sound quality, playlist function is awesome
Cons: NOT DURABLE, Updates can be confusing, Check iTunes.com/Support/Discussions for more concerns

I loved my iPod. I got it at Christmas in 2004. I spent hours and hours loading it with my favorite CD's, purchasing music from iTunes, downloading podcasts and even books, and organizing music into playlists. There are many cool features on iTunes, and I never came close to filling even half of my iPod. Oh, the happy days. Sadly one day, my iPod, not wearing any of the protective sleeves I had purchased, slipped off the counter onto the wood floor, and fractured the led screen. There was no recourse, no possible repair unless I wanted to pay $249.00 plus $6.95 shipping and handling, and receive a refurbished iPod I would have to reload with my music. I was very remorseful, but managed to get along "blind" for over a month, until I updated it with a recommended download from iTunes (which was interrupted by many annoying problems) and now it is working (still blind) but my playlists are gone, I have no idea how to get them back and I am wondering what in the world it would take to make me purchase another one. Three words: Don't drop it.

Pros: very portable, very durable
Cons: battery not user replaceable

This IPOD is one of apples most creative and best ideas. It supplies you with loads of music, also. Never skips like a CD player and is compatable with about any new stereo.The itunes application is very updated and very useful when I am on the computer and able to play music on it.

Pros: huge storage space.. great sound, games, data capability
Cons: mirrored unit back collects fingerprints and scratches very easily.. wear silk gloves!!!!

I found myself eyeing this unit after i saw some of the neat things it can do... On top of holding my entire music library of just under 3000 songs, it will hold data files as well, i can even use the ipod as a boot disk for windows!! that is really neat!!! plus the music trivia game built in uses clips of tracks in the units library to test your knowledge of your music library!!

all in all, i like the unit.. with only some minor issues trying to use it on my crappy motherboard..

Pros: Worked great for 44 hours
Cons: Too fragile to be useful

We bought a 20GB Ipod at Best Buy on December 29, 2004. It lasted for exactly 44 hours. It fell from a bed to a carpeted floor, and the screen looked like a spider web. We took it back to Best Buy, and, despite having paid an additional $55.00 for a "Performance Service Plan", Best Buy refused to replace it. They did offer to refund what we paid for the service contract, but would not fix the broken Ipod. We then went to an Apple store, and they also refused to exchange it, or reduce the price if I bought another one. I was terribly disappointed in both Best Buy and Apple. It is obvious to me that the product is extremely fragile, and will not perform in anything other than a sterile, padded environment. Apple would have you believe that you can use it anywhere, but I found that even a minor jolt totally destroyed it. I am considering a class action lawsuit against Best Buy and Apple. Based on other reviews I have read, my experience was not unusual.

Pros: small lightweight 5000 songs clickwheel fast
Cons: expensive

its great, i use it in the car (connected via aux input) and listen to all my tunes, have it randomize specific genre's, whatever, its wonderful, it is a bit overpriced, but i found a way around that, hit up www.iwantfreestuff.info for how i was able to get it for absolutely nothing, it explains it all nice and clearly.

Pros: looks great, sounds great, works fine, great click wheel, no problems,
Cons: the ipod scratches very easily.

When I first heard about the ipod I was like what a load of rubbish. But after researching and researching I decided to buy it. After about 4 months of saving up I bought it. It looks great and plays music fine. Itunes works fine at the beginning its a bit tricky but you get used to it quickly. I also had a few problems not being able to disconnect but it works fine now. Unfortunately for 1 month that I had the ipod I couldn't use it this was because it sratches easily and I didn't want to ruin it. Finally iskins came out and over the last 2 days I've been using it non stop. Definately buy it.

Pros: Great overall (if my described situation can be resolved).
Cons: Needs better clip to take to the gym. iSkin is great but the clip sucks.

I've had my 4th gen iPod for a bout two months now. I have 2,584 songs on it (5,000 song capacity). It seems the more songs I add, the more often the iPod locks up. I looked in the manual to try the trouble shooting instructions. No luck. Sent it back to Best Buy who is sending it off for three weeks.

Pros: Almost everything!
Cons: Case scratches way too easily!

I have used this for about 2 weeks now. It's a great little MP3 player and have just one complaint - the cover scratches really easily. Other than that, the software to d/l your songs is pretty good, audio quality is good and the storage capacity is awesome (not to mention the 40GB model!).

Pros: Don't know - we never really got to use it.
Cons: Quality concerns.

Ours lasted about an hour before the hard drive started making horrible sounds. When we went to get a replacement, the store (Best Buy) had pulled their entire stock because they had gotten a batch of defective units. Other local stores were also out, apparently for the same reason.

Pros: sweet device, tons of storage.
Cons: $49 bux for a support call? Are they crazy?

Ipod is the sweetest mp3 player out there BUT I just had to make a call for support. In your first 90 days you get 1, ONE free call after that each call is $49. You are an absolute fool if you purchase an Ipod knowing this.

Pros: It is a nice toy. Certainly is popular.
Cons: Don't become too loyal. Eventually you will be burned.

Batteries needed to be replaced AGAIN for a mere $69.00 plus shipping out there. It only took 8 weeks to get the iPod back again. My advice is to consider only those MP3 players with user-replaceable batteries.