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  1. 09-26-2008, 11:29 AM #1
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    Default Mp3 Players/media device..... suggestions...

    Looking at getting an mp3 player....

    i've owned an ipod.. and a zune... don't much care for them...

    i want some form of a "plug and play" where i can just "drag and drop" my music from my laptop directly onto the mp3 player.....

    i kinda like the 2nd iriver clix but never used one (have used the 1st gen)

    i'd like something not TOO BIT.. or too small.......... but obviously something with a decent enough sized screen for the movie capabilities....


    anyone got any ideas???? i could always use my phone.. (lg dare) but i don't want to suck the battery life out of it.... and it's not drag and drop either cause vzw is gay....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Killer

    i want some form of a "plug and play" where i can just "drag and drop" my music from my laptop directly onto the mp3 player.....


    n00b . get an ipod and put RockBox on it. Drag and drop and you can listen to FLAC AUDIO
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nemesis
    n00b . get an ipod and put RockBox on it. Drag and drop and you can listen to FLAC AUDIO


    will this work on any gen ipod???
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    The Zune is pretty much drag-n-drop.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Killer
    will this work on any gen ipod???
    Almost. http://www.rockbox.org/


    Check it out. Its worth it and easy to install. It does exactly what you want without having to downgrade to cheaper hardware.
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    iTunes FTMFL
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nemesis
    Almost. http://www.rockbox.org/


    Check it out. Its worth it and easy to install. It does exactly what you want without having to downgrade to cheaper hardware.
    awesome.. i'll def check into that.... thanks man!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Ran
    The Zune is pretty much drag-n-drop.

    maybe when i owned it i was doing it wrong... but i couldn't figure that crap out... it was a first gen... and i didn't have any of the software or anything...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Killer
    maybe when i owned it i was doing it wrong... but i couldn't figure that crap out... it was a first gen... and i didn't have any of the software or anything...
    The software is download only. Once you download/install it, you choose what folders you want it to recognize and pull files from. It'll automatically add everything from that folder. Then you just drag it from the folder in the software to your device and it syncs automatically.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ran
    The software is download only. Once you download/install it, you choose what folders you want it to recognize and pull files from. It'll automatically add everything from that folder. Then you just drag it from the folder in the software to your device and it syncs automatically.

    too much work for me.. i'm lazy.................
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    Quote Originally Posted by Killer
    too much work for me.. i'm lazy.................
    Install software, pick folders, drop files onto MP3 player. That's too complicated?



    Also, the new Zunes are a lot slimmer than the 1st gens. Sport1.3 has one of those and it looks like a brick compared to my new one.
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    get a creative Zen vision. i love it, music, movies, radio, pictures.
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    i don't like the creative brand so much to be honest...
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    Quote Originally Posted by thecrazyone
    get a creative Zen vision. i love it, music, movies, radio, pictures, microphone.

    For those spur of the minute karaoke outbursts??
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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ Maestro
    For those spur of the minute karaoke outbursts??
    Nothing wrong with karaoke.

    Karaoke Bar + Buddies + Booze = Fun As Hell
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ran
    Nothing wrong with karaoke.

    Karaoke Bar + Buddies + Booze = Fun As Hell
    Never said anything was wrong with it, just wondering what the point of having the microphone on the Zen was. It doesn't matter now seeing as how he removed microphone from the list of Zen features.


    Karaoke Bar + Buddies + Booze is definitely FTW though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ Maestro
    Never said anything was wrong with it, just wondering what the point of having the microphone on the Zen was. It doesn't matter now seeing as how he removed microphone from the list of Zen features.


    Karaoke Bar + Buddies + Booze is definitely FTW though.

    as in a recording option..... not like an amplified mic... dork..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Killer
    as in a recording option..... not like an amplified mic... dork..

    haha yea thats why i removed it,didnt wanna confuse. not like a announcing microphone but a recording one so you can record speeches, classes, or anything else you want.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Killer
    as in a recording option..... not like an amplified mic... dork..
    Quote Originally Posted by thecrazyone
    haha yea thats why i removed it,didnt wanna confuse. not like a announcing microphone but a recording one so you can record speeches, classes, or anything else you want.

    Hehe, yeah guys.....I know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ Maestro
    Hehe, yeah guys.....I know.
    sure you did...... it's ok to be slow....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Killer
    sure you did...... it's ok to be slow....
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    No shuffle, Ipod Classic, Touch.

    Basically only the Mini, and first Gen Ipod Nano. So this will work on my 1st gen. But not my 3rd gen Nano. Bummer.
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    I'd personally stick w/ an iPod or Zune. . . but that's cause my headunit in my car only has a USB and iPod plugs. . (No CD player)


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    Quote Originally Posted by eViLMunkey
    I'd personally stick w/ an iPod or Zune. . . but that's cause my headunit in my car only has a USB and iPod plugs. . (No CD player)

    eh... i'd have to buy some form of transmitter for it to work in my car either way...

    got a 99 jeep... and it's one of those dashes/units where you'd have to just about replace the whole instrument panel to get something aftermarket that would have an adapter..... so basically what i'm saying is... plug and play with my car is not something i'm worried about either way!!!!
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    Zune since they have the radio transmitter package


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    .... so wait.. rockbox will not work on the new nano????
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