Comments on: I, iPod http://www.calvertgames.com/cgblog/2004/09/21/i-ipod/ @ calvertgames.com Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:26:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: wco81 http://www.calvertgames.com/cgblog/2004/09/21/i-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-39 wco81 Sun, 10 Oct 2004 11:49:45 +0000 #comment-39 Good to hear you like it. But it's designed in California and made in the Far East somewhere.<br /> <br /> Yeah look into the Smart Playlists. I made one of the least played songs so I can hear some stuff in my library that didn't play too much in the shuffle mode. It's dynamic so as you add more songs, it updates automatically.<br /> <br /> I've not bought a single song from iTunes Music Store. Still have a lot of CDs to rip yet (BTW, with 40 GB, I would look into ripping at 192kbps AAC). They have some free downloads occasionally and a lot of spoken word content. For instance, they had free downloads of the VP debates, if you really want to listen to something like that.<br /> <br /> But the record companies are really greedy. Even though iTMS is doing well, there are rumors they want to raise prices to protect CD sales. Other rumors suggest that they've raised the fees so companies like Apple are forced to eat costs in order to maintain the 99 cents prices. A lot of albums which were 9.99 have increased in price.<br /> <br /> ipodlounge is a great resource, if you want to hear about getting new headphones or ideas on getting the most out of the iPod. They have a review of a "Tivo" for radio called the radioShark. You can schedule recordings of FM shows (not sure about AM) or rewind broadcasts you're listening live. Then you can save as an AAC file and upload to your iPod. Very cool. Good to hear you like it. But it’s designed in California and made in the Far East somewhere.

Yeah look into the Smart Playlists. I made one of the least played songs so I can hear some stuff in my library that didn’t play too much in the shuffle mode. It’s dynamic so as you add more songs, it updates automatically.

I’ve not bought a single song from iTunes Music Store. Still have a lot of CDs to rip yet (BTW, with 40 GB, I would look into ripping at 192kbps AAC). They have some free downloads occasionally and a lot of spoken word content. For instance, they had free downloads of the VP debates, if you really want to listen to something like that.

But the record companies are really greedy. Even though iTMS is doing well, there are rumors they want to raise prices to protect CD sales. Other rumors suggest that they’ve raised the fees so companies like Apple are forced to eat costs in order to maintain the 99 cents prices. A lot of albums which were 9.99 have increased in price.

ipodlounge is a great resource, if you want to hear about getting new headphones or ideas on getting the most out of the iPod. They have a review of a "Tivo" for radio called the radioShark. You can schedule recordings of FM shows (not sure about AM) or rewind broadcasts you’re listening live. Then you can save as an AAC file and upload to your iPod. Very cool.

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