[Jim]

I know very little about these but I have been instructed to buy one for my father in law so need a little help.
Spec will be:
use: mainly in the car or at the gym
capacity: not massive, up to about 20gigs tops
ease of use: needs to be very easy to use
size: needs to have big easy to use buttons due to poor sight and reluctance to carry glasses around

thanks
Jim

[vivahate]

i'm a massive fan of iPods, I have iRivers in the past but much prefer the interface of the iPod, not sure how well it works with Windows, but with Mac its perfect. They are pretty reliable now as well, and if they do break in the first year, apple send you a box to put your broken one in, and send you a brand new on, really quick turn around

[Johnny Brown]

I have been instructed to buy one for my father in law

Who is in jail? C'mon jim, we all know its for you. Its a sad state when the wife is even monitoring your internet use. Though having seen all the car mods hidden behind your board you can't blame her....

Happy anniversary word

[Jim]

straight up, its for the father in law. I've got a phat box for my car and I use my nokia as my portable mp3 player

[fatboySlimfast]

after my big i-pod was nicked  decided to change mp-3 playerr..........and ended up getting a      i-pod! Got a nano 8gig, 24 hrs battery life. I had a 20gig i-pod before and to be honest if your using your computer to download stuff continually i found the big i-pod to be a pain. Lots of music on it thatyou never listened to and bit cumbersome

[Jim]

well got him a 8 gig nano ipod.
how do you use this shit?
do you have to go via itunes or can you not just drag and drop like any other mp3 player.
apple fucking bullshit stuff 

[Bubba]

Anapod explorer gives you iPod drag/drop.

But still leaves you the same thing underneath.

I'm not a big fan of the tag-based library structure that Apple uses - I'd be much happier just using files and directories.

[james]

Jimberly,
a little plugin for winamp called mlipod is pretty usefull.  Easy to use and doesnt wipe any new ipod plugged in or fuck with your music like itunes does .  The new version of winamp has ipod suport as standard which is very nice also.

[unclesomebody]

I know very little about these but I have been instructed to buy one for my father in law so need a little help.
Spec will be:
ease of use: needs to be very easy to use
size: needs to have big easy to use buttons due to poor sight and reluctance to carry glasses around

thanks
Jim

well got him a 8 gig nano ipod.

I give up...

[Jim]

cheers mike & james.
uncle - it was decided that all that would be used was the shuffle songs anyway and that the nano would be better for in the gym (were it is supposed to be being used)

[Jim]

Anapod explorer But still leaves you the same thing underneath.

what do you mean by this Bubs?

[Bubba]

I mean that the windows software allows drag and drop of files, but the iPod still uses the same tag based system. Anapod Explorer is better than iTunes imho.

It'd be nice to be able to patch the actual iPod to use files/folders instead of tags.

[Jim]

cheers, sounds like what I need. D/ling now

[Jim]

well seems the cracked version of anapod floating around doesn't work with new ipods or old ones with new firmware.
shit
I'll try that winamp shizzle then.
I take it everyone else with ipods uses iTunes?
glad I've not got one they seem wank

[unclesomebody]

"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding." - Kahlil Gibran

[Jim]

in english?

[Jim]

c'mon uncle, your an ipod user. I know you don't put up with fools or shit software.
how do you put stuff on yours.
remember I've got learn it then be able to demonstrate to someone else

[Jim]

have just found out its created my itunes folders in my documents.
wheres the big angry smilie?
I fucking hate all this shit, why is nothing easy. I am never buying an ipod for myself thats for sure.
why do they make it so difficult
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
fucking bullshit

[Jim]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
wank fucking pile of stinking fucking toss
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
 

[unclesomebody]

"A man is measured by the size of things that anger him."

"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances."

"Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak."

[Jim]

thanks, real helpfull.
am just about to stamp a brand new nanoipod to death and then throw my pentium D and 19" tft out the window.

[cofe]

genius.

jim, you should hook up with dave. i'll never tire of watching him attempt to work my iVoodoo.

[JR]

ee ah jim,

i'll ruin their merry game...

try this shag,

http://oink.me.uk/details.php?id=749076

[Jim]

cheers JR
have found a program calledvPod and its so simple even I can use it
Genius people.
wank apple

[Jim]

what the fucks an ivoodoo? some modern day music playing equivelant of temple of doom?

[Somebody's Fool]

I take it your friendship with dense was forged through a mutual hatred of all things Apple.  He's been round here a few times trying to print off his CV.....usually leaving with a frustrated demeanour, muttering "Fucking apple."

[Jim]

well, got loads of songs onto it and it plays but it likes to keep turning itself off. Have I got a faulty ipod or is it cos i used free cheap software?

[cofe]

what the fucks an ivoodoo? some modern day music playing equivelant of temple of doom?

ha ha. no. its apple's black magic mp3 player...  "what is this witchcraft????????????????????????????"

[soapy]

arfity! @ this thread!

 

jimbo, shudda got yasen (and the auld codger) one of these new fangled items: