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Apple iPod classic 120GB Black

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volume down to a certain point. Apparently my hearing is better than most iPod users because the lowest setting was too loud for me when in a quiet setting like the library or other places where there isn't much background noise. You have to get a set of earphones with an inline volume control to turn it down any lower, even though the volume bar will still scroll down (bug?). One other thing to think about, you can only use iTunes to add music to this player and you can only use it on one computer. With the Philips GoGear I could sync my player to my home computer and my work computer so I had my library on both, which I really liked. Apple should come up with a way to use your iTunes account on more than one computer. Overall, I would NOT recommend the iPod classic. Apple should fix the sound (Its one of the most important parts of a music player) and volume control. My 5 year old Philips GoGear still has much better sound quality than this. Some people may think that the sound qualtiy is not that important but if I was going to use this for something other than a music player then I would have went with the Touch.

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Apple iPod classic 120GB Black

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volume down to a certain point. Apparently my hearing is better than most iPod users because the lowest setting was too loud for me when in a quiet setting like the library or other places where there isn't much background noise. You have to get a set of earphones with an inline volume control to turn it down any lower, even though the volume bar will still scroll down (bug?). One other thing to think about, you can only use iTunes to add music to this player and you can only use it on one computer. With the Philips GoGear I could sync my player to my home computer and my work computer so I had my library on both, which I really liked. Apple should come up with a way to use your iTunes account on more than one computer. Overall, I would NOT recommend the iPod classic. Apple should fix the sound (Its one of the most important parts of a music player) and volume control. My 5 year old Philips GoGear still has much better sound quality than this. Some people may think that the sound qualtiy is not that important but if I was going to use this for something other than a music player then I would have went with the Touch.

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Apple iPod classic 120GB Black

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volume down to a certain point. Apparently my hearing is better than most iPod users because the lowest setting was too loud for me when in a quiet setting like the library or other places where there isn't much background noise. You have to get a set of earphones with an inline volume control to turn it down any lower, even though the volume bar will still scroll down (bug?). One other thing to think about, you can only use iTunes to add music to this player and you can only use it on one computer. With the Philips GoGear I could sync my player to my home computer and my work computer so I had my library on both, which I really liked. Apple should come up with a way to use your iTunes account on more than one computer. Overall, I would NOT recommend the iPod classic. Apple should fix the sound (Its one of the most important parts of a music player) and volume control. My 5 year old Philips GoGear still has much better sound quality than this. Some people may think that the sound qualtiy is not that important but if I was going to use this for something other than a music player then I would have went with the Touch.

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Apple iPod classic 120GB Black

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Apple. (Also, note that in addition to a download-only manual, you are limited to ONE technical support call. This is not a user-friendly company.) The big problem, though, is the iTunes software. This is bloatware beyond anything I've seen yet... almost 75MB, with no options for anyone who just wants to copy mpegs onto the player's disc. Apple support says you can download the software via a dialup -- it only takes about eight hours -- but in the real world, no dialup connection will stay alive that long. My options? A hundred-mile round trip to an Apple store for a copied disc, or find someone with the software and copy it from them (of course, Apple won't support me if I'm using this "pirated" software, either). I really don't understand why Apple can't send out a disc with the current software on request. I used to write firmware for products that could be upgraded on the fly via the Internet, but if a customer requested a disc, that was no problem. A few cents in materials, and a few minutes of our time. Apple's reason seems to be, "we won't do it because we haven't done it lately. If we do it for you we'll have to do it for everybody. And this way we can control it." That's infantile and arrogant. They also feel that I don't fit their techno-elite user profile, so I should just go away. (My impression was that iPods were pretty much commodity items by now, not cutting edge technology.) If this is typical Apple attitude, it's my last contact with the company. My only practical option, I guess, is to return the player to Amazon and look for a simple, no-frills unit that doesn't require an expensive broadband connection (if they exist). As far as I'm concerned, this product is sold incomplete, with required components missing.

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Apple iPod classic 120GB Black

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Apple. (Also, note that in addition to a download-only manual, you are limited to ONE technical support call. This is not a user-friendly company.) The big problem, though, is the iTunes software. This is bloatware beyond anything I've seen yet... almost 75MB, with no options for anyone who just wants to copy mpegs onto the player's disc. Apple support says you can download the software via a dialup -- it only takes about eight hours -- but in the real world, no dialup connection will stay alive that long. My options? A hundred-mile round trip to an Apple store for a copied disc, or find someone with the software and copy it from them (of course, Apple won't support me if I'm using this "pirated" software, either). I really don't understand why Apple can't send out a disc with the current software on request. I used to write firmware for products that could be upgraded on the fly via the Internet, but if a customer requested a disc, that was no problem. A few cents in materials, and a few minutes of our time. Apple's reason seems to be, "we won't do it because we haven't done it lately. If we do it for you we'll have to do it for everybody. And this way we can control it." That's infantile and arrogant. They also feel that I don't fit their techno-elite user profile, so I should just go away. (My impression was that iPods were pretty much commodity items by now, not cutting edge technology.) If this is typical Apple attitude, it's my last contact with the company. My only practical option, I guess, is to return the player to Amazon and look for a simple, no-frills unit that doesn't require an expensive broadband connection (if they exist). As far as I'm concerned, this product is sold incomplete, with required components missing.