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ipods suck

flexy

flexy

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wife got an ipod, and i am dealing with that POS for a while now and here a list while i really thing that ipods SUCK:

1) itunes and quicktime

THIS ALONE gets me going since i MIGHT see that people MIGHT want to use itunes, but why on EARTH do i need quicktime too ?

Since years i try to avoid these kind of software, eg. realplayer, quicktime etc.

Just makes me angry.

2) file system incompatibilty. Well, windows ipod is FAT32, but still why does it not use a normal directory structure with filenames so you COUL just copy songs over from the PC like to another device/drive.....but NO ! Apple must do it different....i mean "different" in a VERY stupid way:
(see below)

3) ipod obviously only lists and sorts tracks according to mp3 tags, filenames do NOT exist.
So...wife has about 3000 tracks right now and 1000 of them dont have a freaking mp3 tag ! YES APPLE, this happens ! MP3s MIGHt not always have an mp3id tag !

So....have to use 3rd part software to convert filename -> mp3id tag so you can see these songs listed in the ipod.
WHY NOT JUST USE NORMAL FILENAMES ?????

4) Huge problems using any 3rd party tools like anapod, ephpod or winamp ml ipod plugin w/ a network drive on wife's laptop(with the tracks on there) and an ipod connected to *my* PC.

Select more than 100 songs and want to copy em over.....winamp crashes once in a while.....ephpod hangs/crashes....anapod just allows ONE song at a time in the trial version. Its "great" if you need to copy THOUSANDS of songs. Idiots - so...if i were to pay $25 for the full version of anapod i dont even KNOW whether it would actually work over the network then since i cant "try" this in the trial.

5) ipod doesnt work at all on wife's laptop after i got a USB2.0 PCMCIA card...just freezes up etc...

Etc..etc.....rant rant.....

How EASY would it be if it would be filesystem compatible and you plug it in and COULD copy songs from and to windows just like i do on a memory card or something ?

NO...oh..because Apple needs to sell their stupid itunes tracks with their stupid software.....because if it would just WORK without any special s/w...well apple might lose some customers buying songs using their itunes store...DUH 🙂
 
why are you so angry? you knew exactly what you were getting into. or youre an idiot and did no research. what, you expect everything you buy to work perfectly, right out of the box? THEN WHY THE HELL DO YOU HAVE A WINDOWS PC?! go buy a mac if little problems like these make you angry.
 
I don't have an ipod, but I've used one and I always end up brushing the click wheel by accident and either suddenly turning the volume way up or way down. How can I avoid this other than use the hold button (As that will block my intentional as well as accidental button pushes).
 
LISA NEEDS BRACES

I don't like iTunes either, but some people love the idea of an all-in-one CD ripper, burner, track purchaser, player syncher, blowjob giver. I suppose if you have the iPod dock and all that it's pretty convenient.
 
redchairsoftware

check it out, it would be worth it for you.

also, google "musicbrainz" for a free id3 tagger so that you don't have to cuss at your ipod anymore.

EDIT: shame on you for buying 300 dollars worth of hype. Should have looked into it and seen that others are vastly better.
 
its so true, thats why i sold my second get ipod long time ago. I'm still looking for something better. No one has done it yet though.
 
I made up my mind not to get an ipod when on the Screensavers They took a call about the new ipod mini crashing all the time and Kevin was going to talk about how cool his was.

Well Pat was talking to the caller while Keven was messing with his ipod with a sick look on his face, Pat ask what the prob was and keven looked up and said "my music is gone. the ipod lost all my music..."

This was on live TV, I started rolling on the floor.

 
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