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In market for high capacity MP3 Player -- suggestions welcome

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My last post because as I said, my intention was never to flame you. Just point out how hypocritical it is to criticise someone for buying a product you personally don't like. Your signature has a link to a product (yes I know it's not real) from Apple, the link says "iSheep" on it. The implication is that if you buy Apple products you are a sheep following the herd. It is undeniable Apple holds the majority share at this time in MP3 players. So they are akin to the 800LB gorilla in that arena and everyone is following the herd by buying iPods. Sure, you don't go around naming names but you're lying to everyone and yourself if you say the implication wasn't there.

Another thing. It's funny how you have to try to defend yourself by calling someone else childish. Seriously, that arguement along with castrating John Doe A for typos and spelling mistakes seem to be the comeback replies whenever John Doe B has no other valid counterpoint to a discussion. Two times you've called me a child now. Calling someone a child is always used to imply that the person is immature, ignorant and unknowledgeable. In all my years of posting on multiple message boards I've noticed saying or implying someone is immature, stupid or ignorant seems to be the top response when one has no valid arguments along with rediculing someone for grammar.

Your retort to my comments was to twist my words around and somehow come up with me saying the iPods suck. Which I never said. That and call me a child. And you say other people are unable to discuss any real issues...maybe because you get way too defensive when someone points out your obsession with hating Apple products? If anything your arguments make you look more childish than I do.

Accept that people don't need all these features in an MP3 player, which is to play MP3's. Accept that not everyone thinks the iPods suck. Accept that not everyone thinks Apple products suck (and I haven't owned or actively used an Apple computer in over 10 years). Just like I can accept the fact that you don't like Apple products. I don't think the sound quality of an iPod is as bad as you say it is. Nor do I find lack of extra features a detriment to the product because it does what it was meant to do and does it at a more than acceptable quality to me. Yes, these are my opinions and everyone is entitled to one.
 
That last post shows you're not even reading, as it's essentially a paraphrase of the one before it and attempts to make points I've already rebuked, including continuing to lie about what I've said. Weak. If you want to regain some credibility, search AT and find where I've said anything about all ipod users. You sit here telling me I've said it, despite my assurance that I haven't, surely you can find, quote & link an example yes?

You can't, because I haven't. But that doesn't matter to you, you have an iCompany's honor to defend, and no lie, leap of logic or flame is over the top if it's a means to your end :roll: You call me rabid, but you're the one who needs to lie to have an argument. Chew on that for a bit, sport.
 
Originally posted by: tmchow
I heard that Rio was coming out with a succesor to the Karma, but it's been delayed? Any word on this?

Also, I was reading that Ipod may be coming out with their 5G player in July with triple the battery life and smaller size?

the rio chhroma has been in the rumor mills for a while now, but no official word still. It is rumored to look like a bigger version of the Carbon(a player whose form factor i was never a big fan of anyway) it will have a color screen, and having either 30 or 40 gig drive is currently being discussed by the engineers at Rio.

Also, there are plenty of horror stories of the Karma's HDD on the internet, but it is very overdone. RMA percentage for HDD failure rate is less than 1%, comparable with the other HDD based players.

www.riovolution.com has some active forums with great info on the karma and if you need, Rio engineers also frequent the forum.
 
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