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Curtis - Jan 10, 2005

		Curtis		Jan 10, 2005
			Being a (new) Iriver owner, I know which one I'm going for. Informed opinions optional.

		SkankinMonkey		Jan 10, 2005
			Iriver makes some AMAZING products. They have great battery life, support TONS of audio formats (hi Ogg!) and just simply look better as well. I'm a firm believer that Iriver makes better products.

		racketboy		Jan 10, 2005
			Apple is the king of design. The battery life might not be the best, but the design and interface makes up for it. Also, as long as the device plays MP3, that's all I need (at least for now)

		it290		Jan 10, 2005
			Hmm, I won't vote, as I haven't used any Iriver products. I think the iPod is an excellent product, but it's also overpriced, just like every other Apple product. Also, the iPod Photo is pretty lame.

		CrazyGoon		Jan 10, 2005
			They both do the same thing, and are both overpriced for what they are worth. I would vote for neither, but since that isn't an option, I am more inclined to vote for iRiver, but only because it is less popular. By these means, I won't bother voting on this one.

		Resident_Lurker		Jan 10, 2005
			I've got an iRiver 120 and I like it. Looks good, too. But whatever works

		Zero 9		Jan 11, 2005
			iRiver has more features and iPod has bad sound quality.

		it290		Jan 12, 2005
			The iPod sounds fine, IMO.. it's just the headphones that suck.

		Cloud121		Jan 19, 2005
			A friend of mine as an Iriver, but I stand by the iPod.

		SkankinMonkey		Jan 19, 2005
			Have you used an iriver? I mean really, it has better features, better battery life. The only thing the iriver lacks is the 'cool' feature of apple, and itunes, which I personally don't care about.

		Dud		Feb 22, 2005
			I've been looking into this lately, and from what I've researched Iriver players seem far better. I'm close to winning my free 20GB iPod, and it is going right on eBay, so I can get a used Iriver h320. Additionally, I despise the white color scheme Apple uses on their iPods.

		Des-ROW		Feb 22, 2005
			iPod. Beautiful design, very clean and works great. I love it. The iRiver is just like the iPod, but it is ugly and it "non-mainstream"

Dud

Feb 22, 2005

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Des-ROW@Mon, 2005-02-21 @ 11:38 PM



The iRiver is just like the iPod, but it is ugly and it "non-mainstream" 



[post=130226]Quoted post[/post]

That's one of the reasons I'm going for the Iriver:

non-mainstream=no one's going to steal it!

I need to think about these things. I think the record weekly total money stolen out of the locker rooms at school was $1500.

Granted the spinny/clicky wheel is nice, with the Iriver (for the purpose of this argument I'll be comparing 20GB iPods to the Iriver H320) iPods suffer from battery problems, and only support MP3. Iriver players support a ton of file formats including OGG, and they don't need some stupid Apple software to upload your music.

However all technical stuff aside, I just hate the way iPods look. Wearing an all white suit is stylish, but sterile pearly white electronics, are totally unappealing to me. They look like something my doctor would listen to music on.

		Cloud121		Feb 22, 2005
			Just get a Mini then! Oh wait... You only get about 4GB or 5GB, when for $50 more, you can get 20GB. I see so many kids at my schcool with Mini's... Ugh... Why?! $50 more, you get 20GB!

Des-ROW

Feb 22, 2005

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Dud+Tue, 2005-02-22 @ 02:54 PM-->QUOTE(Dud @ Tue, 2005-02-22 @ 02:54 PM)sterile pearly white electronics, are totally unappealing to me. They look like something my doctor would listen to music on.  [/b]