so im starting to get interested in these iPods now that you can do more with them..

the dockings to stereos and cars now...



absense of cd's here we go.....

very interested

anyone else? got one? hate them?

spill it here

i <3 my iPod
and my iPod <3's me

I have an Mp3 player. I don't use it much.

I thought it would be cool to get a pocket PC a couple of years back. They play video too. All mine seems to do is collect dust. If you need a dust colletor in your home, go for it!

Mine does not play video but I have a dock base at my desk at work, one at home and one in my car so I can tell you I find it very useful. It's charging while you're listening so it's always ready when you walk out.

I've had it for 2 years and I'm still happy .

since I have my Bose iPod Sounddock I really never use my cd-player anymore, my cd-collection is collecting dust.....

Couldn't live without my iPod!

wonder if its possible for Apple to start updating iTunes without making us download a 20 or 30 meg program to redownload.. why can't they make that program to have variable updates that compliment the program to their current status.. kindof like virus protection programs work


I dunno, its just a thought.. i dont like downloading that thing over and over whenever a new version comes out..

Something to consider about the Ipod video.
its bad enough people know to mug you for your Ipod when they see the white speakers in your ears but now they want you to walk around watching videos all day and let everyone see what you have.

Got an email that Tivo will be hooking up w/ ITunes to make the whole video thing more accessible. I'm LOVING that

AND I want one of those dock station thingies

I'm a sheep

muirdo said:

I'm not too worried about it, because it seems as if everyone here in Seattle already has an iPod of their own.

Anyway, I think I've blown out the white headphones that came with mine. I might look into Shure's line of earbud headphones for a replacement... the guy sitting next to me on a recent flight had many good things to say about them.

whats the best FM trasmitter u can get? I dont want no crappy quality when I put it in my car.. keep in mind.. im a quality freek.. so

Sdldawn said:

Dunno, but I was very disappointed in the iTrip.

Sdldawn said:

I have a Dension ice>Link http://www.dension.com/icelink.htm
Love it!
Not an FM transmitter but wires are hidden and your iPod keeps charging while listening

but is that just for specific cars?


and how much does something like that run...

Sdldawn said:

Alpine make a head unit with dock and full interface inc remote with all info passed ie screen displays info on head unit for under £300

i'm not interested in flashy hook ups and remotes and such..


I just want it to sound good in my car..

that has got to be a possibility.. i mean.. that askin much? they should be on top of this.. and it hsould be affordable.. at least 200... or so..

Sdldawn said:

Look at my previous link http://www.dension.com/icelink.htm
I got mine 18 months ago for 180 Euros. And that's because I wanted to keep the Stereo that cane with the car. They said there were stereos that needed one piece less so it was even cheaper.
Believe me, it's worth it. It sounds like a CD player only with 10000 songs to choose from
The installation took about half an hour.
It looks great: you can have it backlit as it's plugged and keeps charging while in the car so it's always charged when you need it and you handle it from your player knobs.
Only thing (I don't know if they have solved this yet) is you can't use a CD changer. But who needs it?

matt said:

I can testify on that, they're expensive but really worth the money.

abierman said:

WORD!

matt said:

why is that? I don't know much about it other than being a fm transmitter..


i need details cause I like the convenience of just cutting a station on and listening...


gimme yur review on it.

Sdldawn said:

The iTrip's transmitter seemed to lack enough power to produce acceptable sound quality. Maybe the problem was specific to the car I was driving (a rental Chevrolet Cavalier or similar "Detroit junk" car), but unless I put the iPod and iTrip in the cupholder right by the radio, the sound would cut in and out. And even when I found that the cupholder placement worked best, I still thought the sound quality was poor. I've gotten much better sound by patching audio devices into a car's tape deck via those cassette adapters.

I understand that there are limits to how much power devices like the iTrip are allowed to produce -- after all, it is an unlicensed mini FM radio transmitter -- but I expected better. Fortunately, I was just borrowing the iTrip from a friend for the day during a roadtrip to Canada.

IMHO, the best way to listen to one's iPod in the car is to install a new head unit with a stereo 1/8" line-in jack on the front. (I did this with an old 1987 BMW 325 that I made some improvements to.) Then you can use a simple patch cord that's available at any RadioShack. I don't know why most car manufacturers don't include a line-in jack as a standard feature -- I've seen it only on Nissan Sentras that I've rented.