is a mp3 better than an i-pod?
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In my opinion, i would think that an MP3 player is better than an iPod. i have several of reasons why.\n\n1. There are pretty much two formats that will work on MP3 players: MP3 and WMA. On iPods, you can only download one format that you can't actually listen to on your computer.\n\n2. For an iPod, you have to buy music off an online store. for an MP3 player, if you own the music, you can put it on the MP3 player.\n\n3. iPods tend to cost WAY more than MP3 players.\n\n4. the only reason why iPods are more popular is because that they have good ads and word of mouth got around fast.\n\nso, if you are only going to be using it for listening to music, an MP3 player would be better. Likewise, there are things that an iPod can do that others can't. iPods generally hold a lot more songs than MP3 players. also, the new iPods can download videos onto them, so you can actually watch music videos on your iPod! you can also look at picture slideshows on your iPod as well.\n\nso, in conclusion if you don't want to spend as much and you only want to listen to music, choose an MP3 player. if you want to view music videos and pictures, choose an iPod.\nhope i helped!
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First of all, nobody NEEDS an iPod or CD player or computer, etc.\n\nI WOULD LIKE TO HAVE a large capacity MP3 player because I have a 55 mile commute each way, to and from work.  MP3 players allow the ultimate flexibility to listen to what I want when and where I want, it's ALL in there, at my fingertips.  But I need to save up for a new car, so I'll have to wait to purchase my iPod.  Plus, burning cds every time you want to put a new mix of songs together is wasteful, on an iPod, you simply have to make a new playlist.  Radio has annoying commercials and songs you might not want to hear; talk radio also has commercials, and your favorite hosts might be on at a time that you are not able to listen (the same is true for television shows) - PodCasts and video downloads allow you to listen to what you want, when and where you want.  Again-- it's the flexibility.
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the ipod and mp3 player
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depends what you think is better. The mini is larger, but holds more songs, but doesn't have as good a display. The nano is smaller, holds fewer songs, but has a nicer display.
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originally the iPod was using a Hard-disk (the latest models use some SD memory).\nHowever, mp3 player it's a device used to play the files that comes into mp3 format (devices including CD-players, HDD-based and Flash-based).\nyou could find more about this topic here: \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_player
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here it is,but it is actually an mp3 player
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No,\nYour better off geting a Sandisk for $80 then an ipod for $300...\n\nThink So
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thats because *.mp3 format files are compressed sound file format. they require less space. a 5minute song may occupy only 4-7 mb of space depending on the sound quality (bitrate). while *.wav format sound files are uncompressed and are of very high quality sound (cd audio). a 5 minute song may take up anything upto 50-70 mb. so mp3's are better.
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It looks like you're right, your computer doesn't have USB 2.0. But the good news is, you can still attach your iPod to it, it will just transfer data slower. So it'll be one song every 2-3 seconds, whereas if you had USB 2.0 it would be about 40 times faster. If I were you I'd get a firewire connector for the iPod, that's almost as fast as USB 2.0 (and your computer does have firewire ports).
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you can transfer any MP3s to your iPod however, to do so, you can't use iTunes.  i use ephPod.  easily syncs to a folder (or folders) and transfers all MP3s and WAV files in there.\n\nhttp://www.ephpod.com/
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get a Creative Zen, nice looking, good performance and quality, better price than iPod
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The Philips Mp3 is really good and can be plugged to the car, other than that the Ipod is your other choice.
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Easy.  The iPod 30GB brings you considerable portable storage capacity.  You can save time and money by shuffling your large files (documents, presentations, whatnot) on the iPod instead of sending them my email to yourself (which in itself wastes company money because of network traffic costs and storage costs for the large emails).
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mp3 can never compare to flac or shn, so if u r looking for lossless compression, forget abt size and ipod compatibility. 320 kbs is the max mp3 can go to. and yes lame can be the best mp3 encoder. try audiograbber(not that good) or razorlame(pretty good). gives u a lot of options
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Is better if you do with i pod and of course motivated !!!!
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Get a Dell DJ. It holds more songs and you get to subscribe to any mp3 website (such as Napster). With Apple, you can only download iTunes for a dollar each. After a while, that adds up. I hope this helps.
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get a small USB mp3 player.\nthey are great as i have the same problem on my paper round.\nget one with at least 512mb though or u cant get vthat many songs on it. I got mine form e-bay.\ni-pods are gr8 but expensive.\nmatt ;)