moxxee wrote:Here is a question: I hate iTunes. It is an awful program and the it makes me cringe every time I see the 'sync' button and the whole unorganized list of 6500 songs with little checked boxes....anyway... What ever happened to the good ol' drag-and-drop? It seems like it would be WAY WAY WAY easier than that stupid sync crap. But hey, that's me. I must be wrong because I'm poor and Apple has a net worth greater than Oprah herself. Bit I digress. The question is this: Is there a simple program that can be installed and used to sync these machines instead of iTunes?

PS- Is this compatible with a mac?

I have sync turned off on my ipod touch- I just drag and drop the songs that I want and it works great. Love mine, and if I needed another one I would be all over this.

just wondering if there had been any ag-bay of ap-Crays since Amazonization.

z06rono wrote:Cuz you'd rather have a P.O.S no name, partially functional, Android 1.6 based tablet?

WEll at least I will have flash.

hummmmm I wonder if i should get this or a shuffle for my 7 yr old?

krychek67 wrote:My daughter has one of these and if you're in an area where hotspots are plentiful (college campus, let's say) it is quite useful and it's so thin I always think I'm going to break it when I handle it. She loves it, but you're right, she does keep wishing that was her phone.

My thirteen year old has one (refurb off woot) and it is perfect for him cuz he don't need no phone!!

eldiablohijo wrote:Can't you get this for $19.99 from the Bum that lives under the freeway?

I payed another $5 for the warranty, and when it turned out to be a cardboard box filled with weights painted like an ipod, he wouldn't fulfill my warranty claims. I give the bum 2 stars.

DaveROR wrote:uhhh doesn't apple sell these for $179 directly? refurb version.

Apple's store is down right now, but google says:
Only $179.00. Refurbished 32GB iPod touch from Apple. Great Price. Free shipping . .... Built-in cameras + FaceTime. HD Video recording and editing ...

The $179 was for the last generation. No Facetime. I was looking at them just the other day. The 32gb current-generation refurb from Apple was, I think, $249.

People still pay 300 bucks for an MP3 player?

attentivevow wrote:I guess I just dont understand the allure of the Ipod touch over just getting an IPhone or an IPAD.

I'd rather have an iPod Touch than an iPhone, and although I think the iPad is pretty and awesome, I can't justify buying one. However, as much as I want a new toy, I also can't justify buying a new iPod Touch (though I'm trying - bigger hard drive! camera!).

I have a Droid phone, and I'm quite fond of it. Before I had a smartphone, I got a first-gen iPod Touch, because I already had a phone and I'm in an area that's pretty saturated with wifi. It still works fine, no complaints, even the battery life is still good. I knew what I wanted from it and what I didn't want from it, and found it to be a reasonable purchase for my situation and needs.

Besides, having a Touch doesn't require me to pay AT&T ;)

jennipherf wrote:hummmmm I wonder if i should get this or a shuffle for my 7 yr old?

Get this...it will make your seven year old a genius!

moxxee wrote:Here is a question: I hate iTunes. It is an awful program and the it makes me cringe every time I see the 'sync' button and the whole unorganized list of 6500 songs with little checked boxes....anyway... What ever happened to the good ol' drag-and-drop? It seems like it would be WAY WAY WAY easier than that stupid sync crap. But hey, that's me. I must be wrong because I'm poor and Apple has a net worth greater than Oprah herself. Bit I digress. The question is this: Is there a simple program that can be installed and used to sync these machines instead of iTunes?

PS- Is this compatible with a mac?

I have an iPod Classic 160GB that I received as a gift. IMO iTunes is like having a virus on a PC. I use Winamp to manage the iPod's music library, synch, etc. It works quite well and doesn't automatically try to transcode all my MP3s to Apple format.

attentivevow wrote:I guess I just dont understand the allure of the Ipod touch over just getting an IPhone or an IPAD.

Touch < $$$

moxxee wrote:...every time I see the 'sync' button and the whole unorganized list of 6500 songs with little checked boxes....anyway... What ever happened to the good ol' drag-and-drop?

Hey, maybe I'm just a pony fan responding to troll bait, but you can turn off the auto-sync and manually drag and drop whatever songs you want onto your ipod/iphone/ipad from itunes. Problem solved, crisis averted

RWoodward wrote:People still pay 300 bucks for an MP3 player?

No ... but they apparently will pay it for the iPod Touch.

gibson93 wrote:I just want a friggin crap bag of poop...I waited all day yesterday and never saw one!

Of course not. Do some research. Learn how the game is played.

bplinson wrote:One word.....SKYPE

Or Talkaton,

Like the t-shirts near lunchtime, It feels like they're giving us time to get to work.

socks.mark wrote:I payed another $5 for the warranty, and when it turned out to be a cardboard box filled with weights painted like an ipod, he wouldn't fulfill my warranty claims. I give the bum 2 stars.

I would have only given him 1 star.

Once upon a time I used to wake up the entire family with the woot off song. My five year old somehow magically remembered this and is begging me to play the pod cast - Can someone kindly point to where it is, all we could find was the video and the blog...

babylemonade wrote:froogled and next best price looks like $274.99 (inc. shipping) from our good friend Amazon.

The one at Amazon is not a refurb, it is NEW for $274.99!!

Refurbs at Amazon start at $215+$5 shipping = $220

moxxee wrote:The question is this: Is there a simple program that can be installed and used to sync these machines instead of iTunes?

Google "iTunes Alternative' and you will find there are plenty alternatives to iTunes!

Although, I have to be honest, I agree if your library is 'unorganized' it is a mess. However, if you take the time to organize it and keep it organized (not really that hard to do) I personally think it works really well! I have multiple iPhones/iPods that I sync and I can use my main library and sync playlists as I feel the need. It is still 'drag and drop' except you do it in your library. Once you create a playlist and you want to add a song instead of dragging the ENTIRE selection (again) you add one song to the library and you're all set!

It takes a little time, but from what I can tell, well worth it!

Besides, the 'Genius Playlists' are awesome on my Apple TV! Either the lists that iTunes creates or (even better) on the fly based on the song that is currently playing!

But hey... That's just me

This is just an app in an itunes, in an ipod that is stuck in your head!!!!!! boogga baggy boo

attentivevow wrote:I guess I just dont understand the allure of the Ipod touch over just getting an IPhone or an IPAD.

The touch is the iphone without the crappy "phone" part. Oh, and the camera's not that great. Most of my family have iphones and the voice quality is terrible talking to them.

Is the iPod included?

jennipherf wrote:hummmmm I wonder if i should get this or a shuffle for my 7 yr old?

this. Ridiculously better capability than the shuffle. My 7 year old loves to play with the touch....haven't gotten her one of her own yet but I would if I thought she'd use it enough.

Schleppo823 wrote:I have sync turned off on my ipod touch- I just drag and drop the songs that I want and it works great. Love mine, and if I needed another one I would be all over this.

Is the sync on-off controls on the pod or the computer? BTW, Winamp does not work with the touch. I've tried many times. Although it IS compatible with older versions.

bought it - love it

bplinson wrote:Works just as "WELL".

Nice. Well job. ;0)

GetAmped wrote: IMO iTunes is like having a virus on a PC.

Well put! I hate itunes. I have a first gen ipod touch that was a hand-me-down from my sister and I'll never buy another apple product because of the hassle that is itunes.

I think yesterday's rock on a stick moved faster.

Last time I bought a "Refurbished" iPod from woot it stopped working in about three days. Called Apple support and the device had never actually been refurbished. It was just used and broken.

Doesn't seem like such a great deal to me.

$229.99 + $5 + $37.99 = $272.98 for 1 yr warr.


New at NewEgg

http://goo.gl/JAH4K


$279 w/free ship. and 1 yr Apple warr.

And I agree with others, I think the Apple store has refurbs for $259 w/free ship. and 1 yr warr.

z06rono wrote:Cuz you'd rather have a P.O.S no name, partially functional, Android 1.6 based tablet?

Last time I checked there was not a "1.6 based tablet" and "no name" obviously you haven't heard, Android is out selling the Apple OS. And dont give me that apple os runs on one phone crap, thats apples fault. Point is Android is not a no name OS and no Android device being manufactured runs 1.6, and no tablet has ever ran 1.6.

attentivevow wrote:I guess I just dont understand the allure of the Ipod touch over just getting an IPhone or an IPAD.

Don't need the phone & bill associated with it. Look kinda funny jogging with an iPad on my belt

I got my first I-Touch ever refurbished here. When it stopped working a few months later I wandered over to the Apple Store and they honored the original warranty. So you're not taking much a risk getting this refurbished.

That is odd. I have never had a problem with the refurbished stuff I buy from woot. Did you try calling woot? They seem to have great customer service and if it stopped working within three days I am sure they were willing to work with you.

jonbillarcher wrote:Last time I bought a "Refurbished" iPod from woot it stopped working in about three days. Called Apple support and the device had never actually been refurbished. It was just used and broken.

Can I just buy the camera part and add it to my gen 2 ipod touch? Thanks.

I've been at work for over 2 and a half hours. This is only the third item for sale. C'mon Woot!

casacoma wrote:this. Ridiculously better capability than the shuffle. My 7 year old loves to play with the touch....haven't gotten her one of her own yet but I would if I thought she'd use it enough.

I got my 15-year-old the ipod touch for her birthday. As far as I can tell, she rarely uses it to listen to music. As she and her sister say, "You get a Touch for the Aps, not for music."

hal2814 wrote:That is odd. I have never had a problem with the refurbished stuff I buy from woot. Did you try calling woot? They seem to have great customer service and if it stopped working within three days I am sure they were willing to work with you.

Yes, woot did eventually refund my money. Just makes me leery of refurbished iPods from Woot.