iPod Slightly disappointed with ipod 5G

[jadekitty24]

Well my opinion is a bit different. I hear a lot of people say there aren't enough features, while I feel there are too many. I just want an mp3 player. I just now sat down and scrolled through the menus. I don't need games, or a calander, just tunes. I don't have a need for photo's, or video. It's cool that I have my pics on me, but I don't NEED it. And the biggest nano wouldn't hold my collection so I had no choice but to get the $300 30 GB iPod. Not what I wanted to spend, but I didn't have much of a choice. I wont compromise on how much of my music I carry around. I want all of it on my mp3 player so I can pick what I want to listen to without having to delete some songs and add the newer ones It would have been nice to chose a larger capacity music only iPod, perhaps at a lower price.

 

[Marky_Mark]

Apple doesn't promise 14 hours of battery life. They say UP TO 14 hours of battery life. 10-11 hours is acceptable. ...Now when I calibrated the iPods battery, I got around 21-22 hours off it...

What did 'calibrating your battery' involve? I have a brand new 5G 30GB iPod Vid and would like to work up to getting the maximum possible capacity from my battery before it gets used too much.

Thanks for your help!

 

[quagmire]

What did 'calibrating your battery' involve? I have a brand new 5G 30GB iPod Vid and would like to work up to getting the maximum possible capacity from my battery before it gets used too much.

Thanks for your help!

It doesn't do much to battery life. It just makes the battery meter more accurate.

 

[electronboy]

Your saying you like the iPod except (insert long line of complaints) If it's so bad as your making it out to be, then that's your opinion and use something else. Nobody's forcing you to use it

Since everything Apple develops is "TOP SECRET" there is no chance for anyone to have any input into the product. The poster raises valid concerns. As a person who will likely buy a 5G iPod in the next month, these are very helpful observations.

Maybe, just maybe someone at Apple spends time reading this stuff or hearing suggestions for improvement from its customers. We are not all stupid. Remember when OSX came out and they removed color coding from the finder? While I don't use it many folks do, and only after much complaining did Apple bring back this feature. They are about to reinvent the finder and I'm hoping that we don't end up with Homer Simpson's station wagon. Everything you didn't want and nothing you asked for is always a recipe for disaster.

I beleive Apple has awesome products and engineers a much better user interface, but I'm not so blind as to accept everything they do is perfect and cannot be improved upon. Apple always walks a fine line, giving users the features they want--while avoiding the bulk, clutter, and complexity of competing products.

 

[electronboy]

As opinions go, the one expressed is as valid as any other shared here. There is no prerequisite that one bow before the vast iPod temple and suppress any constructive criticism.



That hardly reads like a searing indictment and we all know that he is not forced to use it. Everyone should be encouraged to provide feedback on any perceived flaws and deficiencies with the hope being that a very good consumer product can become better with subsequent releases.

Well said!

 

[electronboy]

6) Scratches!! ARGGG SCRATCHES!! I have a protector on the front so that's fine with me. Otherwise I carry it in my pocket w/o any kind of case so its still slim.

Let's face it. Apple purposely chose the material it uses for the case on the iPod because it easily scratches. If they chose a scratch resistant material the $1 Billion iPod accessory business would be half that.

 

[krimson]

i dont know about you guys, my bro-i-l got me a 60 a few weeks back, i can go 3.5 days at work without charging. That's about 6 hours each day accounting for when im out for lunch and breaks. Powering a mix of headphones (iPod headphones when im walking around) or H/K 2 way speakers when im at my desk.
Bitrates are varied (96-320), eq = electronic, screen is 5 seconds (though, it's locked most of the time), shuffle

the invisibleshield was well worth the $25 i think. Even though iLounge reviewed it as not being very clear, i compared it to a coworkers unprotected screen, and it's just a bit darker, barely any difference.

 

[Marky_Mark]

It doesn't do much to battery life. It just makes the battery meter more accurate.

Yeah, but what did you do?

 

[quagmire]

Yeah, but what did you do?

Oops. Sorry, misread your post. Just let the iPod play music and drain the battery. With me, I like to see how long my iPods can last. So I just set it to shuffle and replay my library and let it play away without me touching it. All of my iPods lasted longer then the estimated battery life by an 1 or 2.

 

[ArcTeryx]

How about in real life when you're constantly adjusting the volume, changing songs, adding stuff to the play list, etc?

I think after about 6-7 cycles, I'm getting about 30-60 minutes more battery life.

 

[Marky_Mark]

Oops. Sorry, misread your post. Just let the iPod play music and drain the battery. With me, I like to see how long my iPods can last. So I just set it to shuffle and replay my library and let it play away without me touching it. All of my iPods lasted longer then the estimated battery life by an 1 or 2.

Thanks for coming back to me