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found this on off topic: web page 
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I AM SOFA KING WE TODD IT
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Man that one is spreading quickly. I found it on Spymac.com .... it's NOT TRUE in general cases. Rumor holds that it may be true for the absolute first iPods (first-gen 5GB), but my roommate has a first-gen and it's still ticking fine. That guy must have just gotten a bum iPod ... there are lemons for every product.
Additionally, if your battery does happen to go dead (after four years of regular use, etc., it could happen!) Apple will replace them for $99 plus shipping, or there is a website that sells iPod batteries for $49 if you want to venture and install them yourself.
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Ipod battery life (both per charge and long term) isn't a secret. I don't own one and I've known about it being an issue, and CNet specifically uses battery performance and replaceability as a comparison point for Ipods versus other MP3 players.
I'd avoid the Ipod (personally speaking) because of AAC and copyright issues before battery performance, though.
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What's wrong with the AAC encoding? So far I've noticed better quality reporduction compared to mp3 or wma @ 128kbs.
Battery life problems? I couldn't get to the site, what's the deal? I just bought a 30GB version, battery life is excellent, I don't really expect it to last 24hours, but the 4-8 that I listen to it, it hasn't died yet. . .
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Just don't want to re-encode 3500 mp3 files, especially since I've got an in-car MP3 player, and there are rights issues to deal with. And I get 8+ hours off a AA battery in my flash-mem MP3 player. A HD-mem machine with a fancy internal battery oughta push twice the time, IMO.
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iPods are so outrageously expensive (I know thats alot of songs , but I dont have that many songs I want to listen to) , at least they can be used as a 10GB transfer device which is the one redeeming feature.
I myself use a Sony NetMD Minidisc player. Only $100 and holds 6 CDs as I have it now. I love it.
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Originally posted by DimitriPopov:
at least they can be used as a 10GB transfer device which is the one redeeming feature.
My Archos Recorder 20 is also a 20GB transfer device (basically a 20GB USB external drive with battery) so that's a moot point for the iPod as well.
Plus my Archos has a microphone to record (useful for when you want to sleep through a boring lecture). Did I mention that I paid half of what a 20GB iPod sells for?
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Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
Just don't want to re-encode 3500 mp3 files, especially since I've got an in-car MP3 player, and there are rights issues to deal with. And I get 8+ hours off a AA battery in my flash-mem MP3 player. A HD-mem machine with a fancy internal battery oughta push twice the time, IMO.
.. am I missing something? the iPod takes almost any encoding you throw at it, not just AAC. All of my files are MP3 formatted and it plays them fine. Heck, the iPod even takes WAVs if you have any old-school files kicking around.
I'll agree with your other points though, why bother fixing something if it's not broken ... 
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Ah, I was under the impression that it was AAC-only. Maybe that's a Mac-version thing. Or maybe it's just because of ITunes.
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You can rip files off of CDs in whatever format (mp3, AAC, and 2 or 3 other formats, I forget which)and play them on the ipod.
Itunes ONLY comes in AAC format.
If you have existing mp3 formats, it'll take them.
So, yes, I can play some of my mp3 files from my pc (converted from wma's to mp3's and THEN transfer them).
It's real frustrating with bruning the CD's, though, becuase I bought an CD mp3 player, but it won't recognize the AAC file extensions. . .I wish Alpine would've had that built in, I think AAC sounds a helluva lot better than wma's.
I think it's pretty versatile, I just don't like that I can't convert my AAC files to mp3's for my car CD player.
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