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Ipod advice

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sarahskis
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I have an ipod mini, the 4 gig and its way too small to hold anything. and itunes pisses me off on so many different levels.  I was wondering if its worth it to:

a) Go for a different mp3
b) Sell it, and go for a bigger one
c) how do you change it so you can still plug in to other peoples computers and not have it erase your stuff?

Any ideas would be awesome.  Thanks

Oh yeah, and i figured i'd just put it out therethat skiing in rain sucks so much. Eastern PA got about 2 inches last night, and i was skiing in puddles.  no good
Mar 5 2008 9:37PM
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2+2=5
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if u use itunes stick with an ipod. just get an 8gb nano.
Mar 5 2008 9:39PM
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comeatmebro
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option b ftw.

but for c, just plug your ipod into their comp. it will ask you if you want to erase songs from it and put their library on it say no. then hit manually update songs or something like that.
Mar 5 2008 9:40PM
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sarahskis
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well i took care of option c lol.  do you know anything about winamp?
Mar 5 2008 9:47PM
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Alex_thedroog
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just get a bigger one..it is so much nicer, I couldn't imagine only having 4 gigs of storage for my music
Mar 5 2008 10:41PM
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2+2=5
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winamp is just like itunes but theres no music to buy. basically it just plays music on your computer, it has nothing to do with ipods or mp3 players.

just shell out the cash for an 8gb nano and avoid getting a big ipod classic thats like 60 or 120 gb. those things break soooooo easily, and if u ski with it, it'll give out for sure.
Mar 5 2008 10:44PM
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sarahskis
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i ditched itunes and got winamp. its so much easier and you can snag music from everyone else wahoo.

thanks for the help
Mar 30 2008 4:17PM
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JC_Nolan
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i would go for option B. im thinking about doing that too, i currently have a nano 4g (i thnk 4) but i dont have alot of money now so... yea
Mar 30 2008 6:01PM
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bermbuster49
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i hated both as well, but i recently broke down and bough an ipod touch and i can honestly say i feel like they have made strides in the right direction. you can basically do anything to your ipod and then fix it by pressing two buttons, no more sending it back for 2 weeks because one little thing happend. its awesome, so if you have the cash, go for it, also, i jailbroke it, so now i have like super nintendo games on it and all kinds of tools and everything, i use it so much.  but if you really want to go away from apple, go zune.
Mar 30 2008 8:28PM
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melskiis
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b: gett a bigger iPod. personally i think iPods are the best mp3s

Mar 30 2008 8:32PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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I'm curious to hear what you didn't like about iTunes. I love the interface and features.
Mar 30 2008 8:44PM
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sarahskis
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itunes and i didnt get along at all. For some reason i couldnt figure out how to just click and drag my music.  but to tell you the truth i never really played around with it that much.  I got winamp and i was able to plug in other people's ipods into my computer and take their music and add it to my library.  You can see whats on your ipod and blah. way easier for me

Mar 30 2008 9:13PM
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duckets.
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def option B apple is way ahead of the market w/ the touch
Mar 30 2008 9:23PM
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theres_ghosts
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i just got an 80 gig classic and its pretty good if you dont mind not having internet
Mar 30 2008 9:42PM
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Snowcase
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Completely wrong. I have winamp. Never installed itunes on my computer and have had 2 ipods. I fucking hate itunes and I love winamp.
Mar 30 2008 9:47PM
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sarahskis
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/\ i agree = ]
Mar 30 2008 10:32PM
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2+2=5
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i thought ipods only worked on itunes? guess im wrong then.
Mar 30 2008 10:36PM
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Snowcase
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Winamp comes with an ipod plugin then there are other plugins you can add with more features.
Mar 31 2008 12:11PM
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pmills
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i hate the fact that you've gotta play the .m4a game, apple is all about exclusiveness

where's my freedom to take music off my ipod and put it on another computer? (you can but good luck finding one particular song) 

If the codex gets corrupted, and you haven't bought all your music through itunes, you're SOL, i've had my ipod crash and had to try and save my library several times, but defiantly lost a lot of good music in the process.

i want a portable hard drive to hold my music, where things can come and go as they please, not a music prison where shit is on lock down.


Mar 31 2008 1:51PM
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pmills
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to allow you to nab friends music off their itunes, just turn off auto-sync, and manually manage play lists

to save your ipod music to your PC, turn hidden folders on then look at the ipod from my computer, brows around in the data folders until you find all the YSXV MYUS WESE MCYE ect. files, this is what itunes renames your music. You can put everything in a folder, then upload the files to winamp or itunes library to know what they are.


Mar 31 2008 1:55PM
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Snowcase
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You can also use ephpod. It will find the song for you then copy it to your computer.
Mar 31 2008 1:58PM
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*freeskierpj*
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If you hate iTunes (as I do) then go with a creative and get a napster subscription...$15 a month for unlimited song dloads and they are all top quality unlike limewire where you could dload a song named what you want but it isn't actually that song then you gotta waste the time to find that song again and dload it again...

Mar 31 2008 4:54PM
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