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Thanks a lot.

clicking that link does something special for him.

here it is WITHOUT his id on the end: http://www.freephotoiPods.com/

btw - its sure to be a scam

i did that. i got an iPod, however since I don't like crappy products, I sold it to someone and made 110 dollars on it.

I completely agree with you, the iPod is very crappy. That is why it has an 82% market share with Mp3 players.

I'm just trying to get the word out. If you sign up, why not just click my link and help me out, as I'm helping other people out by spreading the word.

This sounds like spamming to me. If you came here simply to spam, then you came here for the wrong reasons. If I find out that the only posts you are making are spamming, then action will be taken.

observe.

i had an iPod once, and it's battery ran out right after my warranty expired (funny how that works, eh?.) I'll never buy another one of those things in my life, as I think they made them to fail. I always ran it all the way down before I charged it, followed all of the directions, and it still died. I'll never, ever buy another one of those again. They're faulty, and once a company fails me once, I'll never go back to them.

However, what I do like is this:
http://www.mp3shopping.com/english/RCA_lyra_audio_video.htm

It's got all the functionality of its inferior counterpart, the iPod, except it also plays Mpeg4, Mpeg1, Mpeg2, Mp3PRO, and WMA. I like being able to play videos and different audio formats as well as JPEG files. I also like being able to record to MPEG4, like if I'm on the road across the country and I run out of stuff to watch, I can just record some stuff off of the TV or VCR or whatever.

I'm not being a troll, I've got a clearly stated argument. You could say that PCs are a piece of crap (since many are, and I am a diehard PC user. My PC works great.) They've still got a significantly bigger chunk of the market than MACs, but most of the time they are inferior.

Satisfied?

i don't own a single mp3 player so i'm not qualified to argue either side (my friends all have iPods of one sort or another, but i haven't used them enough)

anyway - i remembered this site from a while back when the iPod "battery scandal" was making news.

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Originally posted by paul:
i had an iPod once, and it's battery ran out right after my warranty expired (funny how that works, eh?.) I'll never buy another one of those things in my life, as I think they made them to fail. I always ran it all the way down before I charged it, followed all of the directions, and it still died. I'll never, ever buy another one of those again. They're faulty, and once a company fails me once, I'll never go back to them.

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The iPod uses a lithium rechargable battery, just like video cameras and other various electronics. Lithium batteries do not last forever. They can only be recharged so many times before they die. It says that in the manual of every product that uses these batteries, including the iPod. It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows that they are talking about that your battery died. This is all explained in more detail on the website linked to in the above post.

So no, I'm not satisfied.

And, you are a troll.

With the RCA, if the battery runs out, I can send it back and for almost free, they'll fix it, or I'll replace the battery myself with a vastly inexpensive replacement. With the iPod, I had send it back, and they'd fix it... for an(I think 89 dollar) fee.

I wish all of those things would all use the NiMH batteries with no memory, that way, we wouldn't be having this disagreement.

You've found one thing in my argument that I really didn't dispute. I know lithium batteries fail eventually (I just didn't know how long it actually took.) I got pissed becuase it happened right after my warranty ended (probably about a week and a half after,) and I didn't expect Mac to be such *******s about it, since they're very proud of their excellent customer service and their excellent products. If I knew the battery couldn't take the abuse I'd give it, I wouldn't have bought the product. The fact of the matter is, I've been using the lithium batteries for my Hi8 camcorder for almost 6 years now, I use the thing at least 3/4 days every week and I haven't seen a reduction in quality or lifetime. They still last the same 99 minutes every time. With my iPod, I didn't expect to have to shell out almost 100 dollars to send it to a 'Mac store' to get the battery fixed, especially since I take care of everything and always follow directions.

Anyways, the disagreement doesn't stem from the battery. It stems from it being an inferior product to the RCA Lyra. The iPod plays MP3s...and thats it. The Lyra plays WMA/MP3/Mpeg1/2/4. It's a fluke that iPods have a huge chunk of the market share because there are better alternatives out there for portable media players, whether you'd like to believe it or not. I know iPods are't supposed to play video, but if they're going to play audio, they should support other just as prominent audio formats like the similar Windows Media Audio or the high quality open source OGG Vorbis audio codec, which blows mp3 and wma out of the water.

It's a matter of quality and functionality. The battery argument is really a mute point now, look past it, it's over. In the grand scheme of things, the god damn thing could be solar powered and still wouldn't have the functionality of the RCA.

Again with my PC argument...it's a lot easier to do most things on a MAC, but about 75% still run PCs. Is it because PCs are better? No, but they've still got a better hold on the market than Apple/MAC does. The ****tiest product in the world could have an 87% market share, and people would still buy it and praise it. It's delivery that counts, and the iPod can't deliver.

Honestly, I think you're just saying this for attention. I've had 4 Mp3 players, including one a lot like your precious RCA, and they do not even come close to being a reasonable competitor for the iPod in my opinion. Your argument is largely baseless because you are just saying "the iPod doesn't have this or this, so it's crappy and it can't deliver." You haven't presented a good argument about what the iPod has that makes it crappy (except for the battery thing, which you just said yourself doesn't matter anymore, because you know you're wrong).

The reason Apple doesn't support WMA is because Microsoft is a competitor and not supporting competitors is a golden rule of product marketing. Apple uses a superior format that Microsoft or RCA refuse to support; ever think of that? I could say that the RCA is crappy because it doesn't support it

And iPods don't play just MP3s. They play AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 (32 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Apple Lossless, WAV, AIFF, and Audible. All very high-quality formats, some of which blow even WMA out of the water. And I don't know why you're bragging that the RCA plays mpeg. That's not an impressive thing. Not to mention, the "wide variety" of formats that you named that this "superior" product accepts can be converted to any of the above formats that I named in roughly 5 to 10 seconds.

You also need to keep in mind why the iPod is popular. It's popular because it looks good and is a very convenient size/shape. It has an extremely intuitive user interface (which is the problem that has plagued all other MP3 players that have failed miserably) and it uses an HD system instead of Flash in order to store more music. It's Firewire or USB 2.0-based which means it's really fast. It's durable, it has great skip protection. There's something about it that I for one can't describe. You just need to hold one in your hand to get it, I think. I could go on and on, but the bottom line is the entire world has gone crazy over the iPod for several years now, and the fact that you're coming out and saying it's so inferior means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things, especially because your argument is largely baseless. I could go on and on, but frankly I'm realizing now that this is waste of my time and that I have much better things to do than to sit here and argue a lost cause.

Good day, sir.

The iPod is the best out there. It's sleek, it works great, and it's popular for a reason.

WMAs are crap. And I have no idea why you would want to watch movies on a screen that is like 2 inches wide.

Paul I am sorry for the loss of your battery, I really am. If you want, I'll send you a card.

But the iPod takes everything else down. booyah

it is a scam - read the fine print

I DO!