What a surprise. I had no idea!!!!!

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we know you're excited but easy on the caps button.

Spose its ok for free... But hey you fashion wh0r3 lol...

iPods are boring now.. there is better players.

Bleh.. Fashion

whats better then the trend setting and bar raising ipod?

I am puzzled at how that could give you orgasm.. well, whatever. I bought two iPods 4G, and I haven't had any effects yet.

Just a nice MP3 player to me.

I dunoo... Mr H Ford started a trend of Cars, the Model T... LoL.. Better cars now

LoL.. Ignore me

im an ipod virgin. its my first time.

i thought headphone/remote and case came with it

crappy headphones and no case comes with it.

Awesome. Lucky you!

I knew this thread would have trolling though. Both iPod fanboys and iPod haters can't ever keep their mouths shut.

Back on topic, post some pictures of it out of the box maybe? The back of the box doesn't do it justice.

i cant open it. its a collectors item. are you crazy. its like a comic book. in a couple of eyears it will be worth more then twice it is now.

its hardly a collectors item. lemme guess yours looks like this.

I'm not sure what people can do with the S/N and stuff, but better cross/blur it out

Anyway, congrats d00d. Another victory for Apple's marketing machine.

what can they do? say they want a refund and they have a serial number? i think they also need the merchandise also to get their 400 dollars back. lol good one.

With the S/N, people can request for a free pair of ear buds from Apple support.


The most depressing part about iPod is that it is assembled in China. Since I bought two 4G iPods, I can clearly tell that their quality control is not great at all.

If you did not get your iPod engraved, good job because of the quality control in California.

If you got your iPod engraved, you are taking a chance of a tons of minor defects as it is shipped directly from Shanghai to United States without much quality control.
For example, you are more likely to get a screen with rainbow color on it. The "On Hold" button may be movable in more than two directions. Finally the click-wheel is actually above the white case surface horizontally. Anyway, if I buy another iPod from Apple directly, I will never get it engraved.

Thats awsome dude, I just recently got the iPod 4 gig and I'm perfectly content with it.

Enjoy your new toys

I got my iPod engraved and haven't had any problems with it. I'm kind of upset with the battery time, but hey what can you do?

Joshwm, if you update the firmware to 3.0.2, the battery power actually lasts up to 12 hours for me. However, different bit-rate and format will result in differnet milegage in play time. I am not too worried.

After they engraved my iPod, I noticed that the steel case is not flat (the back surface of iPod) as opposed to one without any engravement.

i didnt engrave mine. im so happy!

you should sell it all and get a much better mp3 player and have some cash left over

The 4G iPods are the furthest from collector's items... You could consider the 1G a collector's item, the iPod mini or the iPod photo might be considered a bit of a stretch...but that's about it. There wasn't any real innovation from the 3G to the 4G model.

The value will never double unless you have all of the generations in their boxes.... The value will more than likely only decrease unless you wait at least 50 years...if not more heh.



What would you consider a better mp3 player? An iPod photo, an iRiver, I doubt one can consider the zen a "much better" mp3 player?

lol, sell th ipod and all the accessories and buy a 20GB 3g.

youll get a smaller, lighter, cooler better ipod, and several hundred in your pocket.

you can spend that several hundred on songs.

Alright, thats cool. First reply was deleted.

Congrats on the iPod. Hopefully I can get one soon.

Enjoy your new pod but one thing first--the headphones that you bought include the same ones that come in the box of the iPod. (I dont believe thats the In-ear Apples.)

Buy some SHure ec3

ne ways congrats on ur iPod. dont consider it colletors unoless its maybe like teh U2 one, which is sure as hell isnt....

i occasionally get that rainbow coloured effect but its not permanent i will be sat at home using my ipod and i dont notice it even if im looking for the rainbow screen effect its not there, but if im out and about i tedn to notice it then what causes that raindow effect anyway ?

no, no it wont.

No he won't. The battery life is worse, the 3g's weigh more and have larger dimensions. Not to mention any 3G now will almost certainly be a refurb or second-hand of some sort, carrying no Apple warranty, except maybe AppleCare.

How did u get it

Electronics dont work like antiques. The longer you take to sell it, the less the item will go for. Your ipod is not a collectors item and it will never be. The U2 edition cant even be considered a collectors item because its widely sold everywhere.

As for people saying sell it and get a new player, i'd have to agree, but if hes so excited over it then let him be. Personally I'd never waste money on an ipod, especially not an ipod photo or the u2 ipod. Its all just a marketing scheme.

Anyways, congrats on getting all that stuff, i guess...?

Don't get me started...

I purposely ignored that post for everyone's own good.

I like iPods.

i like my iriver.

Should I shamelessly list all the features my DAP has that yours doesnt?

Yes, please show us how old you really are.

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Sure.

As we all know, it's all about having the most features. The user experience and style mean nothing, right?

Heh, only if it looked this.

Hell, even I'd buy one if it did

^ Nice!

Oh dear...

Style isnt really that important. It's a DAP, not a fashion item. I like having choices, not being limited to the confines of a less-quality player.

May I remind you we're talking about the iPod here.

sigh, i wish people would lay off the fashion/trend whore argument against the iPod. sure some people may use it as a fashion item (ie. fashion conscious girls and trendy guys) but the majority just want a great and arguably the best mp3 player available.

style and usability in electronics is a product of good design. apple just capitalized whereas samsung, iriver, et al. continue to strive towards it. sony is almost there with their newest offerings...

just because the iPod has a lot of marketing behind it and high market share doesn't make it trendy. using that logic, consider windows. where are all the "you're all trend whores using an inferior operating system when you could use nix or osx instead" statements?

if you want the iPod, get it. if you don't just get something else and be happy.

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Some of you need to chill out. He got an iPod and is excited to show it off. It obviously meets his needs as far as portable music goes, so why bash it? As long as he is happy with it, then kudos to him. Your personal opinion of the iPod will have no affect on his useage or joy and really only serves as a poor attempt at beating down Apple's often "elitist" attitude with an elitist attitude of your own.

wow, this of all the money it is worth, *and what i could do with it* , but hey congrats, u lucky sonofabitch

*looks at the anti-iPod trolls run away*

Seriously, Congrats man

good one bangbang, good to see im not alone in thinking the bashing is lame