Is it me or are ipods getting worse?


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I think full featured players is the next generation. The iPod has had a fantastic run but it's day is nearly over. The Touch and even phones with mp3 capabilities will be the next big thing, at least I think so. Why have two or three things doing something one could do?

I agree. The only issue is that they have to make sure that they don't do anything to compromise one or the other. It has to be a great phone without negatively impacting the music functionality, and it has to be a great music player without impacting the phone. It's a rather fine line, so we'll see what happens. Maybe with Windows Mobile 7, given that the Zune OS is really well done it seems. I look forward to seeing where things go with this.

I still think the Classic is there BEST iPod.

I only wish it had a radio and came in white. I don't care about a camera, or apps, or any of that other stuff. I just want better audio quality.

My favorite is the Nano, but to each their own. The radio I agree with. That's one feature I wish they had added earlier. I don't want a video camera on my Nano. How many people are ever going to use that? Come on... The radio is probably the only worthwhile improvement in the last generation.

I rather like my iPod Nano (4G) and I'll probably keep it for a while (past the newest one because it's not a very good upgrade...) so far I've not had one problem. Well apart from 1-2 lock ups, easily sorted though :p

No, they're not a good upgrade at all. I was really disappointed. I had a few lockups with my iPod Nano 4G a while back, but an OS update was released that fixed them. I don't know if you have the current OS version, but it might be worth checking into.

I actually think Rogers is the best. On my iPhone 3G I get 6GB Data and Unlimited Texting for $30.

I get unlimited data for 15, and 10 faves and 450 minutes for 45 with telus..

Rogers doesn't have coverage in my town and no coverage for at least 2 hours away...

I agree they've had issues.

My first gen iPod Touch was replaced only after I used it a few times. The replacement seems to be working since.

My first gen iPhone was replaced 3 times. The last replacement had a terrible screen. Dead pixels galore, but I was out of warranty, I decided to try one more time and upgrade to the 3G in April this year. So far so good, although as of this week it's starting to randomly shut off. I did a restore and it seems to be working correctly again.

Battery life is terrible though. I can't go a day with out charging... under moderate usage.

I don't think my next phone will be an iPhone.

I agree with ya'all. I uh, am really disappointed by the iPod Nano previous gen battery life, but happy with everything else. I have to charge it pretty much every day, whereas with my classic it was maybe every 2 weeks of every-day usage :(

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