http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:21:02 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/29/051132.php#comment-106445 The problem with the MuVo is that it isn't MacOS compatible, which is a terrible failing in a device as simple as an MP3 players. BTW, to update the story, my daughter didn't like the color of her iPod - silver was all they had in stock before Christmas, so I'm buying a pink one this week and trading it to her so I get her silver one and she gets the new one. Dave 106445@blogcritics.org Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:21:02 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/29/051132.php#comment-105945 Any portable device with a harddrive in it is going to be prone to problems; I'm saying that, across the board, the Ipod seems to have a lot less of these issues while other players consistently and repeated showed the same problems over and over again. The other thing the Ipod has going for it is the super-easy interface. This thing is so easy to use that my dad, who picks up on things-computery pretty slowly, was able to play around on it with very little instruction. 105945@blogcritics.org Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:16:21 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/29/051132.php#comment-105924 If you don't know of Apple hard drive issues, you haven't looked hard enough. All harddrives are prone to error, Apple no exception - flash memory based devices, on the other hand, are far less error prone - both the Mojo and the Muvo use flash memory. The IPod is slick and looks good, no doubt. 105924@blogcritics.org Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:19:21 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/29/051132.php#comment-105912 I did a lot (many months worth) of research before settling on a player and wound up choosing the Ipod. From scouring the many mp3-player specific forums, I found that nearly every one of the non-Ipod units out there had some signficant and consistent quality issues, from hard drives randomly failing in large numbers to parts actually physically breaking. The Ipods may be expensive but there was a much higher quality guarantee - I saw very few consistent problems brought up with the Ipods, instead seeing completely random problems that often seemed to be due to user error. Quality does cost extra and Apple obviously knows this, jacking the price up quite a bit, but that's what happens when something is both quality AND the hot brand to have. 105912@blogcritics.org Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:58:48 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/29/051132.php#comment-105851 So you've got your mojo working - good fer ya. I use a Muvo TX myself - love it. Also, WMA10 on my Dell Axim X50. That pink IPod is forever seared in my retina 105851@blogcritics.org Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:21:08 EST