Comments for iPods for You! http://www.ipodsforyou.com Tips, advice and resources for anyone interested in iPods: different models, accessories, etc. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:50:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 Comment on Apple iPod MP3 Player by John Q Normal http://www.ipodsforyou.com/features/apple-ipod-mp3-player-18/#comment-2 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:00:32 +0000 http://www.ipodsforyou.com/features/apple-ipod-mp3-player-18/#comment-2 Um, this article is a little strange. It mentions 4th generation iPods, yet they're on the 5th generation (5.5, actually, if you count the mid-generation updates to the line). The article doesn't mention that the iPod plays AAC (the great sound quality) and MP3, and that there are video models as well. The iPod's shortcoming is lack of support for Ogg and Vorbis. The article indicates that there was a problem with iPods being Mac-only, but software for Windows was available from the inception of the device. It's only recently that Microsoft released the Windows Vista operating system and introduced incompatibilities the interfered with operation of the device (for which they've subsequently issued patches that fix most of the issues). Speaking about Vista, you mention Xplay -- which won't work with Vista. So watch out if you bought a new PC! Xplay is a little awkward in that while it will reencode audio (sometimes with a notable loss in quality), it doesn't integrate with the non-iTunes services, meaning it's more complicated to use than iTunes. The main feature of dragging-and-dropping content as opposed to iTunes syncing can be accomplished by turning on the "Manually manage iPod" and "Use iPod as a disk" features in iTunes. This isn't a very good article. Um, this article is a little strange. It mentions 4th generation iPods, yet they’re on the 5th generation (5.5, actually, if you count the mid-generation updates to the line).

The article doesn’t mention that the iPod plays AAC (the great sound quality) and MP3, and that there are video models as well. The iPod’s shortcoming is lack of support for Ogg and Vorbis.

The article indicates that there was a problem with iPods being Mac-only, but software for Windows was available from the inception of the device. It’s only recently that Microsoft released the Windows Vista operating system and introduced incompatibilities the interfered with operation of the device (for which they’ve subsequently issued patches that fix most of the issues).

Speaking about Vista, you mention Xplay — which won’t work with Vista. So watch out if you bought a new PC! Xplay is a little awkward in that while it will reencode audio (sometimes with a notable loss in quality), it doesn’t integrate with the non-iTunes services, meaning it’s more complicated to use than iTunes. The main feature of dragging-and-dropping content as opposed to iTunes syncing can be accomplished by turning on the “Manually manage iPod” and “Use iPod as a disk” features in iTunes.

This isn’t a very good article.

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