iPods

jamoor · 26 Sep 2006 at 20:35

is there any other devices that are the same size, weight, and functions as an iPod but have a bigger screen and/or are cheaper?

Raymond Lin · 26 Sep 2006 at 20:38

jamoor said:
is there any other devices that are the same size, weight, and functions as an iPod but have a bigger screen and/or are cheaper?

Zen, IAudio.....etc

Mp4 · 26 Sep 2006 at 20:39

i'm tempted to buy one myself as i have CD's laying about in my car , though i dont have a connector for the basic system in the Corsa :/ is it worth going flat out and getting a 60gig one ?

Raymond Lin · 26 Sep 2006 at 20:40

Mp4 said:
i'm tempted to buy one myself as i have CD's laying about in my car , though i dont have a connector for the basic system in the Corsa :/ is it worth going flat out and getting a 60gig one ?

Do you have 60Gig of music ? or expect to have that much music?

Mp4 · 26 Sep 2006 at 20:49

well noh , have 32Gig atm and 60gig seems a very long term investmeant i dont trust those nano things

jonnyc90 · 26 Sep 2006 at 20:56

Mp4 said:
i dont trust those nano things

Good advice I keep thinking im going to snap mine inhalf and the old one's scratch like madness

WotDa · 26 Sep 2006 at 21:26

Raymond Lin said:
Do you have 60Gig of music ? or expect to have that much music?

When I first got my 20GB iPod I had about 200 songs. I have since broken that iPod and have around 2234 songs. I didn't expect that to happen, my addiction took over my wallet.

Anyway, back on topic, on the gadget show the other day.. (Clicky.) They tested the new Nano against some other mp3 players, namely the Sandisk Sansa e260 and Samsung YP-Z5. You may want to check them out, but I don't know if you wanted bigger than a iPod video screen or Nano.

If you want bigger than the video theres always the Archos portable video and audio players.

Don't actually know the size of the iPod screens, perhaps I should have looked.

But, aswell as them lot theres ye old Creative Zen and suchlike.

chris_r · 26 Sep 2006 at 21:46

Good question topic starter

, just to add what would you get instead of the new 2gb £99 iPod Nano 2nd gen?

jamoor · 27 Sep 2006 at 00:13

I really only want it to watch videos on the move, is the archos 404 a similar size to the ipod?

WotDa · 27 Sep 2006 at 00:24

iPod video 30GB.

* Height: 4.1 inches
* Width: 2.4 inches
* Depth: 0.43 inch
* Weight: 4.8 ounces

iPod video 80GB.

* Height: 4.1 inches
* Width: 2.4 inches
* Depth: 0.55 inch
* Weight: 5.5 ounces

Archos 404.

Approx. 100 x 78 x 15 mm – 3.9” x 3” x 0.59”
Approx. 190 gr. - 6.75 oz

Archos has the bigger screen aswell.

Archos:

3.5'' TFT (320X240 pixels) 4/3, over 16 million colors

iPod:

# 2.5-inch (diagonal) QVGA transflective, over 65,000-color liquid crystal display with white LED backlight
# 320 by 240 pixel resolution, .156-mm dot pitch
# Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Sorry for the quote-fest, seemed like the best way to get facts across.

Also, 30GB iPod has slightly less video playing battery life than the Archos (3.5 hours and 4 hours respectively), but the 80GB iPod has 6.5 hours when fully charged.

So, they're pretty feature balanced, iPod can play some new funkeh games, Archos has a bigger screen.

My advice would be to visit a popular chain of recently renamed stores to test the sound quality and to see them in the flesh to get a good idea of what they both are.

Mp4 · 27 Sep 2006 at 22:21

Can you get the 80gig in the UK yet? or is it an import jobbie?

Stellios · 28 Sep 2006 at 00:00

Mp4 said:
Can you get the 80gig in the UK yet? or is it an import jobbie?

Yes, my mate has one.