Replacing Ipod

[nicola_red]

My bf's ipod has died and all attempts to repair have failed.  It's going to a better place (probably stripped for parts by an ebay buyer!) and he never wants to look at another ipod again.  What I want to know is: what type of mp3 player should he replace it with?  Those of you who own non-ipod mp3 players, what do you have, why did you buy it and what are its advantages/disadvantages?  Cheers all.

[TracyJ]

I was a bit shocked when my mate said that i-Pods only tend to have a life of around 5 years, tops. I personally avoid the huge hard drive players since the Creative Jukebox I had started acting the goat. They appear to be as temperamental as PCs. Is it absolutely imperative that your boyfriend should have so much music to hand? Would he be able to cope with, say, 512mb and change the music via his PC every time he wants a change? If so, I would recommend the little memory stick kind, such as the Sumvision model I got from the internet. I paid around �70, and they're even cheaper now. The pros are its size, the amount of memory you get for the money, and if you're mugged or lose it, you've only lost �70 as opposed to a few hundred. The cons are that you will have to suss out what you want to listen to and download different stuff as you get fed up with it, so there's more time spent at your computer. Mine has got about 80 songs on at the mo, and there's room for more, so it's not too bad.

[Philtaz]

I've got a Ministry Of Sound 20Gb jukebox(about 2 years old) and I have to say it has done me proud from day one.  I paid �220 for mine when new and they are now going for �70 on eBay.  Yes, due to the time scale mine is a bit bigger than the current one's but it's marginal, say slightly bigger than a cigarette packet.

 

[Didwot]

My iPod is two and a half years old and works like a dream. Surely what happens after five years is that hte battery gives up, but it is replacable. It is meant to be good for 500 recharges which is about 5 years if you recharge once a week. Are you sure the machine has really died. If it is a dead battery it will work when plugged in. You can reboot the device by holding down the menu and stop buttons simultaneously on my machine, and on the two occasions when it has frozen that has doen the trick. It may be a different combination of commands on your machine. Personally I would buy another iPod any time.

[nicola_red]

Yep, we've tried resetting and many other tricks as recommended by various friends and internet sites.  It's completely dead and listed as such on ebay - I have bids so it's definitely going.  It's only just over a year old and apparently the problem that's happened to it is not that uncommon - I'd say it's a warning to ipod users.