New ipods!

[Spud1]

w00 finally shipped and on its way

We are pleased to send you this shipment notification regarding your 
Apple Store order.

Order Date : 21-07-2004

Line       Part Number    Description                             Qty   UOM
000010     P9282B/A       IPOD 20G W/CLICK WHEEL PERSONALIZED-GBR     1 PCE



Ship Date           :   26-07-2004

only problem is i'm working 8-5 tomorrow so probly wont be able to get it till wed....but meh its shipped so im a happy potatoe

[Stoo]

yay! loads of people with mp3 player goodness

[Spud1]

iPod - no thanks.

i've tried one, and tbh, they aren't that amazing. Plus the lack of OGG support turns me away from them. The main things going for them imo, is the size/weight and battery life. Main thing against them, lack of format support, price.

Give me a Creative Jukebox or iRiver anyday

ogg...not a pleasant format to work with imho..and not as popular as mp3 tbh...or as versitile. People who use OOG are probably not going to buy an Ipod anyway, they will go for something less mainstream, more techi..like an iRiver or something. The iPods price is now competitive - £200 direct from apple matches the Zen really. Aah yes the Zen, the player i so nearly nearly bought. Was going to get the 40gig version of it, played with a mates and realised that, ok it has alot of space for the price [fleabay has em for £170] but its heavier, bigger, bulkier than the new ipod. and compared to what i hear the ipods UI is like its pap

but i did so nearly get one =)

[directhex]

there are a plethora of technical reasons why mp3 is a nasty format to work with. the fixed length audio frames add silence, which makes gapless playback harder; id3v1 is woefully inadequate, and id3v2 is a horribly kludge, with track information scattered around a file willy-nilly. the codec itself has poor frequency cutoff & distortion.

vorbis, wma and aac are superior sounding codecs, with technically superior file details.

the point about ogg vorbis support is it's free. ogg hasn't got a license fee, it doesn't even have a viral GPL-style license - it's public domain. player support relies on giving a few programmers beer for a week. there are no increased costs or overheads. i use vorbis because it works with anything that doesn't have laziness involved somewhere - ut2004's built in media player supports it, i have ogg playback on my gp32, and it sounds better than mp3 (which technically carries a license) - or formats with poor non-windows support such as wma (which carries a hundred licenses), aac (license, yes it works on apple too), or rm (licenses again).

[Acliff]

Hmm I want either a 20gb iPod, green mini iPod or the new sony NWHD1. So much choice, so little money.

However, I have the headphones ready for good use
MDR EX71sl in white:

*loves*

[bertie]

Ah, you want good sound BUT ALSO want to be robbed - I guess that's a bit better

[Acliff]

Ah, you want good sound BUT ALSO want to be robbed - I guess that's a bit better

hahah you live in Kingston too?
You know how it is on the streets

I will defend my iPod (when I get it) with my life. Or an insurance policy

[CocoPops]

Mine arrived today!!!

It's soooo pretty.
Packaging is Apple's usual high standard.

I've got the 40gb iPod, remote and case. So far, all I've done is turn it on, but the click wheel works well, and is still touch sensitive like the scroll wheel.

Will report back later

[MD]

mmmmm likes look of this.... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/02/rio_carbon/

Bring on the carbon

m@

[Spud1]

still waiting for mine should be here by the end of the week tho

[Spud1]

Rah mines here now =) loving it at the moment..just wishing i could have afforded the 40gig one now as htis ones full

[XiXora]

i have a 40g g3 model. i wish i had the 20 ( i have 55gb of mp3 btw )
i prefer the thinner ones.

[CocoPops]

Just ordered the wife a 20gb for her birthday.

So we'll have a his and hers!! lol