I am going to be buying an ipod and money is not an issue. I was wondering is it worth it to buy the photo? or should I just by the regular version of the ipod?

I think the normal iPod is better.

photo... but only because its 30GB.

The screen on the photo is a lot nicer, and you can view album art on it. Plus the hard drive is bigger.

well, i have a 3g 20gb ipod, and i like it, but whenever i see the photo i mostly like how it shows album art. I say ipod photo. but if you are willing to stray away from apple, check out the iAudio M3 (no screen but remote with screen) or the iAudio M5 (nice color screen) both are about the size of an ipod

I prefer the iPod Photo over the regular iPod.

get the photo... the color screen alone is worth it.

I like the iPod Photo, I just brought one a few days ago and the screen is soo clear.

id say wait a bit until they become the same thing (inevitable considering poor sales). But other than that (ie you wont wait do photo).

5th g is coming out soon so maybe wait and see how it looks and see if there are any improvements (not that I can think of any)

The screen isn't visible when the backlight goes off.

I agree. The iAudio M3 is a very nice product. I'm listening to music on it right now, and the output is very high quality. It also supports a wide variety of audio files.

I haven't tried either the M5 or the iPod Photo, so I can't give you any sort of comparison.

If money is definately not an issue, spring for the photo.

If you are able to dish out a lot of cash into a DAP then I suggest you get an iAudio X5.

I was going to say get the iPod Photo for the reasons listed above ^

Take a look at iRiver products instead, H320 or H340
It's colour, does Photo and plays video, and cheaper than the standard iPlod
And it's better quality, and it plays Ogg Vorbis, WAV and other formats Apple refuse to move to, and it's not DRM locked*, and it can encode MP3 on the fly, and it has a built in FM radio, and it doesn't need a computer, and it doesn't need software like the iPod, and you can plug digital cameras straight into it (USB on the go), and it works on Any PC without pre-installation, and it works like plugging in a USB hard drive (no special format, it's FAT32 so works on anything).

Oh, and it's cheaper.

Don't follow the rest of the sheep, move to the dark side
http://www.iriver.at/harddisc_player.html?...0&view=features


(* if you don't know what DRM is, wait till you buy the iPlod and kick yourself you wished you'd bought a iRiver)

It is easily visible with no backlight.

For the cost it is worth it to get the extra 10GB, 3 hours of battery life and the colour screen.

Thanks everyone with your help I believe im going to go with the iPOd photo and if Apple comes out with something new soon I'll just the my photo, so Photo it is thanks again.

Precisely what I was going to say. For students, its like an extra £30 or something.

I'm a student but don't qualify for the discount and it is £30 extra.

It wasn't when I used it so...
I still prefer the normal personally...

speaks the truth.