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Please help me buy an iPod

Not for me, doesn't interest me at all. The wife wants an iPod for her weekly 1.5 hour commute. Her HP notebook w/ XP media center came loaded with iTunes software. She needs something easy to learn and operate with a fairly long battery life (she's always forgetting to charge her mobile phone). I was wondering if the new video gadgets would be too complicated for her to catch up on a missed TV show (Lost is big now). If not for the video, I don't think she would need that much storage. Not a lot of music, maybe some photos. As always, thanks in advance.
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goatwuss
875 posts
 
Just get the biggest one they have available... the $$$ differences are trivial compared to this hi fi stuff, and that way you won't need to replace it with a bigger one.

The most important question - would your wife prefer black or white? For me - it's black or nothing
royy
148 posts
 
Get her the Nano. I find the regular Ipod bulky.
unsound OP
6,115 posts
 
Thank you all very much for your responses. Should I just stick with apple products? Is downloading missed TV shows or a DVD very complicated, or worth it for that matter?
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sfar
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A safe bet with a great price is to buy a refurbished iPod directly from the Apple Store. The stock varies but right now there's a broad selection. As an example, a 30 Gb Video iPod in either white or black is $179. There's a warranty directly from Apple and the 60 Gb video I bought was indistinguishable from a new one.
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wideload
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The 4GB nano holds no where near 1500 songs unless really compressed or really short. Of our four, my wife managed the most at 401. The full sized iPods have better sound quality-we have three of those as well, all compared through same buds-etymotic ER4 micorpro. The nano is a fancy flash drive and can handle some abuse. The iPod a limited use mini hard drive and is very sensitive to mishandling. Those moving parts . . .
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