Apple iPod Mini (6GB, silver)

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• 4 stars

  Acceptable, but overrated

  by ce_reviews on March 31, 2005

  Pros: Small, Looks good

  Cons: headphones are junk, only works w/ ITunes, rotating menu doesn't seem to work well, no radio

  Summary: This product is pretty average, and exemplifies the standard Apple strategy of non-compatibility.
  
  I picked this up because I got a great deal via audible.com (Which is a GREAT
  
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  Summary: This product is pretty average, and exemplifies the standard Apple strategy of non-compatibility.
  
  I picked this up because I got a great deal via audible.com (Which is a GREAT way to listen to books, check 'em out).
  
  This is by no means a bad player. However, there are a few things to be aware of if you're open-minded enough to consider that Apple doesn't have all of the answers.
  1. You will HAVE to replace the ear buds. Even if they're more comfortable in your ears than mine, the sound quality is VERY poor. And I'm not an audiophile.
  2. I hope you like ITunes. So far, I have been unable to get windows media player to work w/ it. It copies the files over, and they're there in Windows Explorer, but I can't seem to play them. I HATE THAT. It's not that Itunes is so bad as much as it is that I am from a Windows world where I can find other options. Plus, setting up a media library takes a lot of work. I don't feel like going through it again. Additionally, the auto-import feature has crashed on me once, and has some errors as well.
  3. The circle scroll idea is pretty good, but I find that it only works smoothly on the very outtermost part of the circle. So far, I've been unable to scroll smoothly with 1 hand with any consistency.
  4. You have to eject the ipod using either ITunes or Windows' hardware wizard before you disconnect it. If you're using ITunes, I guess it isn't that big of a deal.
  5. Volume is decent, but not fantastic.
  6. I want to be able to replace the battery. Planned obsolescence is very irritating.
  7. For this much money, I can't get a radio?
  8. I want BLUETOOTH!!!
  
  Ok, lest you label me as a close-minded apple-hater, there are a few cool touches.
  1. I like that it detects whether your headphones are plugged in or not, and pauses automatically when you unplug them. You'll do this a few times in the beginning while wondering if those earbuds really sound that bad, or is it the song.

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  A few things I forgot or didn't know the first time:
  
  1. Below is a link to how to reset your ipod when it locks hard, which in a few weeks of light use, it has now done twice.
  http://www.activewin.com/tips/tips/apple/ipod/7.shtml
  
  2. One other thing. It doesn't play wma files. I just found that out when trying to put a radio program on. You're not hopelessly lost, ITunes will convert to mp3 for you (if it doesn't crash, which happened to me a few times), After that you just have to go figure out where ITunes put it, which it doesn't really tell you.
  
  3. Sometimes it gets really slow. This seems to happen most often with my Audible content, but's it's pretty aggravating when you listen to books on a number of devices and are trying to seek to where you left off elsewhere.
  
  4. I'm not sure, but I don't think it supports high-bitrate content either. Is 192kpbs the limit? It seems to convert my music before putting it on. Not too big of a deal so long as it doesn't leave the low bitrate versions lying around on my machine.

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  10 out of 14 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Great product, except for the price

  by mp3guy1984 on March 12, 2005

  Pros: see below please

  Cons: see below please

  Summary: PROS:
  -Best sound quality I've heard out the sony NW-HD3, 4th Gen iPod and Creative Zen Touch
  -TINY
  -I have blue, looks great
  -BATTERY LIFE. Mine came out of
  
  
  
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  Summary: PROS:
  -Best sound quality I've heard out the sony NW-HD3, 4th Gen iPod and Creative Zen Touch
  -TINY
  -I have blue, looks great
  -BATTERY LIFE. Mine came out of the box with only half a charge, and it played for 13 hours before dying.
  -Seamless integration with iTunes
  
  CONS
  -EXPENSIVE. For $250 you are only getting 6GB of storage
  -No more firewire ( which ACTUALLY IS slower than USB 2) included. You have to buy firewire and the power adapter seperately
  
  All around, a great product.
  I have owned the SOny NW-HD3, Zen Touch 20GB and 4G 20GB iPod, this is the best one of them all: good battery, great sound, and small.
  If you aren't worried about paying ~$42 per GB of storage, and want a small player with great sound, get this.

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  7 out of 7 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Excellent improvements, but Apple missed some of the main wants and needs of iPod customers.

  by MP3_FREAK on February 27, 2005

  Pros: Greatly improved battery Life, brighter colours, and its still got all the great features of an iPod, i.e. the clik wheel and sleek style.

  Cons: Still no removable battery, FM tuner, or voice recorder. No longer includes firewire cable or AC adapter.

  Summary: Like many other excellent products, it is almost the perfect product in its category, but still has imporements that could be made.

  Summary: Like many other excellent products, it is almost the perfect product in its category, but still has imporements that could be made.

  4 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 4 stars

  Most popular but not the best...

  by supplanter64 on June 13, 2005

  Pros: Touch wheel, AAC song format

  Cons: No user def eq, no radio, battery, not ready for "to go" services

  Summary: I bought an iPod mini and a Creative Zen Micro to compare. The iPod isn't a bad little player and the only reason I wanted it was because of ...

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  Summary: I bought an iPod mini and a Creative Zen Micro to compare. The iPod isn't a bad little player and the only reason I wanted it was because of the superior AAC song format... but that wasn't enough for me to keep it. I also wanted a user definable eq setting and didn't care for any of the iPod's presets, not available. Creative Zen's sound quality is rich and full and it has user definable eq. The iPod was a bit dry and cold sounding. iPod's wheel is cool, but Zen's touch pad is almost as good and Zen offers a more advanced user interface with popup menus and clearly defined pad areas to access them. I like the Zen's recording and FM radio feature's which are not on the iPod. The Zen Micro came with extra accessories and above average ear buds. The iPod came with a cable and some horrible sounding ears buds.
  
  But when I discovered Yahoo Unlimited for $5/mo. and unlimited downloads that work with Zen Micro, that was it, I took the iPod back.
  
  The iPod will no doubt out-sell all the other players, but it isn't the best player feature or performace-wise.

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  3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  The cream floats to the top

  by DarkWatcher23 on March 13, 2005

  Pros: Better battery larger storage

  Cons: Channel seperation for volume controll

  Summary: I have gone thru most of the cometitions players. I refused to be a lemming... but when the last HD player went south. I decided to give the Ipod a ...

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  Summary: I have gone thru most of the cometitions players. I refused to be a lemming... but when the last HD player went south. I decided to give the Ipod a chance. Guess what, Now I know what all the fuss is about. The Ipod is simply the better player for music. I've had the other featurs offerd by he competition, Thought I couldn't live without them, never used them.
  I now owne 3 Ipods. The others sit unused in a box.
  My only complaint is that I have slight hearing dammage in one ear and channel control would be a big plus

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  3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Simple to use. Simply the best!

  by chukronos on February 25, 2005

  Pros: 6GB, 1500 Songs! Easy to use, Charges through USB 2.0, Tons of accessories, amazing sound(sounds even better than it looks!), very little, Click-wheel, lighter & $100 cheaper than 6GB Zen Micro.

  Cons: No radio. I bought it for my wife and she downloaded "Almost Paradise" onto my iTunes. But, she aslo downloaded "Let's get it on," by Marvin Gaye :). I guess that should be a +!

  Summary: What an amazing product! I have the 4th generation 20GB iPod. So, my wife was able to test the superior sound performance of the iPod line and iTunes before she ...

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  Summary: What an amazing product! I have the 4th generation 20GB iPod. So, my wife was able to test the superior sound performance of the iPod line and iTunes before she decided to ask for one. It comes with a snug white belt clip, earbuds, a USB 2.0 cable, and the iTunes Software.
  
  The scrolling click wheel is sooo easy to use. She is not the most tech saavy individual out there, and she was able to use this easily right out of the box. It did take her a couple of scrolls around to get used to the precision and speed of the scroll wheel.
  
  For those of you that do not own one yet, the earbuds that come with the mini actually sound pretty good.
  
  Since the mini syncs and charges through a USB 2.0(included), it is easy for us to sync and charge both her mini and my 20GB via FireWire cable at the same time on our 4G iBook. She can have up to 1500 songs with her at all times and it takes up less room than her cell phone(I don't think she has that many, yet. - I better put a limit on the iTunes account!) The iPod mini seems sturdy and well built. I would definitely recommend the iPod mini to anyone. She has been spending a lot of time downloading and listening to music since she received it. I don't dig on having Beyonce in my library, but I sure like the way my wife dances to her songs.

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  3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Apple Comes Again With the Near-Perfect MP3 Player

  by sherrylwu on February 25, 2005

  Pros: supercharged battery life, click wheel interface, speedy itunes synching, good sound quality, small, now in 6GB capacity

  Cons: still could have been cheaper

  Summary: This iPod is a good buy for anyone looking in the micro-hard drive mp3 market. It has the best design in its class, superb battery life, and the best interface. ...

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  Summary: This iPod is a good buy for anyone looking in the micro-hard drive mp3 market. It has the best design in its class, superb battery life, and the best interface. It is small and sleek, and like apple says, you'll forget you're carrying it around. What could have been better was that apple could have made this product cost $224. Then apple would once again reign the mp3 market.

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  When i took a trip to the Apple store at the Rockaway mall, i found that the pink one looked like purple, and the metallic blue one was starting to lose its sparkling sensation.

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  All iPods with displays have colored screens! C'mon, Apple! If you want to compete with the hi-tech microdrive players, make the mini a 'full-color' player!!!

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  3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Finally More SONGS!!!

  by indafastlane67 on February 24, 2005

  Pros: more songs, click wheel still and other features

  Cons: i tunes, no radio/fm radio

  Summary: i was hesistant and was about to buy something else because frankly there were cheaper ones with more songs but now with the added 2 Gb this is definetly my ...

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  Summary: i was hesistant and was about to buy something else because frankly there were cheaper ones with more songs but now with the added 2 Gb this is definetly my first buy

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  4 out of 6 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 10 stars

  COLOR SCREEN NOT NEEDED

  by on February 24, 2005

  Pros: Larger capacity, aesthetic design, intuitive menus, the obvious iPod "cool factor." TO THOSE WHO WISHED FOR COLOR: Please. Humor me. Do you really think you would enjoy SQUINTING at pictures on a 1.67 inch diagonal screen? I wager that it would ruin th

  Cons: Cons? Pssh. This is APPLE. For Cons, please see: "Creative Zen Micro"

  3 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 6 stars

  Good Product - Boring, Predictable Update

  by on February 24, 2005

  Pros: 18 hr battery life, 6 gb is decent amount of storage, iPod interface can't be beat. For all those complaining about buying one a week ago and now the price drops listen up - Apple is very predictable. They come out with an upgrade to their existing line

  Cons: No color screen, only a 2 gig upgrade. No removeable battery which would be a big plus. Anyone who has owned an iPod for at least 2 years knows that the battery WILL go south. Call me when it hits 10GB with color screen and PUT AN FM RADIO ON IT!!!

  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

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