Apple iPod 4 GB mini M9160LL/A (Silver) OLD MODEL
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Customer Review: Incredible
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow.The iPod experience starts when you open the box. No scissors needed. No hacking away at steel-like plastic. I slide the cover off the cube, and open it up. Sitting there is the most beautiful device I've ever seen. This is the porche of MP3 players. It is nothing short of gorgeous. Beautiful, very functional, and EXTREMELY well thought out. You can TELL someone was thinking when they designed this thing. You turn it on. Immediatly you have quick access via the very-cool click-wheel to 3 fun games (4 once you load the music) and an empty calendar (which can be filled from calendar files from many major calendar apps, including MS Outlook). You can also customize all sorts of settings.
The mini seems extra beautiful in the dark, with the bright backlight glowing.
iTunes is undoubtedly the best music management software out there. Its better than Real, MusicMatch, I've tried them all, and iTunes BLOWS them away. Its simple, functional, beautiful, and makes sense----like the iPod. They sync in perfect rythem. iTunes transfered my songs to the iPod at about 1 second/song with USB 2. Now THAT's FAST. That included playlists, etc...
The Headphones are NOT the worthless things you often get with players. These things are top-notch earbuds.
The iPod can be useds as a portable hard drive. Do the math and think how many of those little USB memory keys would be needed to store as much as one of these.
The AC Adaptor is cool in itself---essentially travel size
DO do your research. The iPOD will NOT work with USB 1 ports or a 4-Pin Firewire. It requires USB 2 or a 6 pin Firewire.
The sound quality is very good, and the battery is said to last longer than the regular iPod.
You might think, for $50 more, I could get the regular iPod. Well, think about how much music you have. I have 20 CDs, and they don't begin to fill it up. Do you really need 15 GIG? If you don't, Go Mini and save yourself $50. =D
Customer Review: iPod Mini - Small Is Beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars
Talk about love at first sight. My friend Douglas and Chris each bought an iPod mini and the mere site of one will make you buy one. Be warned, it's a hypnotic almost religious experience holding the mini in your hand for the first time. The minute I held the iPod mini in my hand, I knew I was going to buy one for myself. I already own the 30 GB regular iPod and I still couldn't resist this one. Kudos to Apple engineers for designing a beautiful device that's incredibly visually appealing as well as functional. The mini weights just 3.6 ounces and easily fits into any pocket. The iPod mini looks just amazing in its anodized aluminum case that resists stains and scratches. The iPod mini holds 1000 songs or 4 GB of music and lasts up to 8 hours on a single battery charge. Unlike the bigger iPod, Apple has moved the iPod buttons under the scroll/click wheel which makes for a better user experience allowing you to scroll single-handedly though your music collection. Besides the smaller size and gorgeous form-factor, the mini has all of the same features of the regular iPod.
The mini ships with an AC adapter, traditional white headphones, FireWire and USB 2.0 cable and iTunes software for Windows and Mac. With iTunes, I am able to sync both my regular iPod and mini at the same time. A lot of people would urge you to spend $50.00 more and get the 15 GB iPod. I own both the iPod and now the mini and given the choice, I would trade in my regular iPod for my mini any day. Most of the iPod accessories including the iTrip work correctly with the mini. The only accessory that hasn't worked yet is the Belkin iPod Voice recorder.
If you are in the market for a great MP3 player, look no further. It holds over 70 hours of music, fits in your pocket and looks great doing it. I highly recommend the mini and will be buying a few others as presents for my family members.
Customer Review: Beautiful, sleek, tiny, and completely brainless ease of use
Summary: 5 Stars
Hands down, the iPod series have represented the absolute best in digital music players. While the unbelievably easy-to-use interface and seemless desktop integration have been Apple hallmarks since the dawn of time, even Windows users can enjoy this legendary legacy of hardware-software integration. Add to that the iTunes music store, with its massive catalog of over 500,000 songs to chose from (and I think I've already personally bought most of these!), then there's little else left to debate. Sure, there are competing online music vendors out there, but Apple's iTunes Music Store has got it perfect.But I can't say all that much negative about the iPod Mini. It's light. It's tiny enough to slip into a pocket. It's sleek. It's beautiful. (It gets noticed a lot more than I do!) The sound is awesome. Whether mp3, aiff, wav, or aac (the mp4 format that blows the doors off older formats in terms of quality packed into a small amount of memory), the sound coming out of this baby is, in a word, luscious.
Speaking of memory, at 4 gigabytes, you've got more than enough to keep you listening to tunes non-stop for 4 sleepless days of driving --- and without hearing the same song twice. Since you can easily adjust which songs stored on your desktop you want to carry around with you, the only limit you have is the size of your computer's hard drive. I've got nearly 1000 tunes on the iPod, out of a few thousand more we keep stored at home.
The only real down side may be the 4 GB limit. With a 40 GB iPod out there, and not that much more expensive, those who really desire more gigs have a sleek and beautiful option out there.
Bottom Line: Fabulous digital music player, seemless integration with your desktop computer and Apple's online music store, and pleanty of "wow" factor all packed into a tiny acoustic dynamo.
Customer Review: VERY GOOD MP3 PLAYER
Summary: 5 Stars
I rececntly received my green Apple iPOD mini from the apple online store, and it turned out great. the 4 GB harddrive was more than enough (i have around 500 or so songs, and it only took up a third of the memory using apple's AAC format), and the easy syncronization from comp to ipod was a breeze - faster and simpler than anything i've ever seen. the aluminim casing is beautiful, as wel as the backlit LCD screen. for pricing, it dosen't seem too great, but i was able to pull off $30 from my purchase using a student discount. Sound quality is excellent - and so are the provided earbuds.Cons: the iPOD is great, but there are also many simple flaws - some of which i hope can be fixed using future firmwares.
First of all - you can't delete songs from the ipod, you have to do it when connected from the computer (not very good if you pirate music - and you receive bad mp3's with the sudden buzzes that make you go deaf).
Another is the sleep timer- you have to reset it every time you turn on and off the player.
The hold button (very critical) is a little hard to move. also, within the first 2 weeks of usage, the touch wheel became dirty but it could be cleaned off with an eraser. Yes, eraser.
charging was a bit awkward - you'll notice when you get it.
The battery life is average - mine lasts around 5 hours and burns out completely. The instruction manual never tells you how long the initial charge should be - i charged mine around 4 hours through my laptop's firewire port (the manual says it takes around that long to be fully charged)..but take my advice - charge it double time even if it says charged - for the first initial charge.
other than those, the ipod mini and is a great buy if your in for a high-quality mp3 player/jukebox. Apple has done it again.
Customer Review: Beware, the ipod mini is addictive!
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all, before you even consider purchasing an ipod mini, check that you have all the required components! If you want to enjoy a superior quality music player, expect to put in a bit of work, by ensuring your computer is properly equipped!
When you first bring your ipod home, it seems daunting to set up. Before i got the ipod, i didn't even know what a USB port was. I just found a hole on my computer, and figured that must be it! I definitely don't advise this though!
So if a technically challenged 16 year old can figure it out, I'm certain everybody can! The novelty and excitement of owning an ipod mini can certainly cloud your judgement, I've encountered a few problems, but it's gorgeous appearance and cool features always seem to outweigh it's flaws!
I think it is overpriced, but I love
that it comes with basically everything you need to get started-
it includes power adapter, 2 cables, itunes software CD.
Surprisingly, the itunes program is a pleasure to use, and you can have a whole CD transferred to your itunes library in a matter of minutes.
Once you put a CD into your computer, itunes automatically converts the songs into AAC audio files (superior in quality compared to mp3's). Plug your ipod into
either a USB port or firewire port with one of the included cables, and the songs will begin to transfer. In my opinion, the sound quality is just as good as listening
to the actual CD. I hardly listen to the radio anymore,
because I have the handy option of listening to my favourite
songs instead! The menu is easy to navigate, songs can be
organised into various categories, games are included, a backlight and alarm is offered.....all in all, a beautiful little product.