iPod Mini Silver vs iriver vs zen micro

_jaye_ · **Posted:** Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:52 am

Ok, it's time I need to get a new music player! I had my eyes set on iPod Mini Silver, but now, there is....an iriver mp3 player! Between these two I need to pick one. Of course, the price is one important thing and I haven't checked how much they are (in Hong Kong). Other than that, I need help in choosing...Sooo I'd really appreciate it if you PPTers can help

unclekyky · **Posts:** 198 **Joined:** Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:00 am

i would stay away from ipod minis. if you're going to get a small one, then i suggest getting a zen micro. i haven't checked out iriver though....

creative stuff:
http://us.creative.com/shop/shopcategor ... tegory=213

http://www.thebrinkofreality.net/forums ... topic=4091

_jaye_ · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:11 am

I have thought of zen micro before but...

I'm not quite sure about it. Why stay away from iPod Minis? o_O

Ooook so between ipod mini silver, iriver and creative zen micro (white/silver)

Tranx · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:39 am

I have a silver iPod mini. It's great. The only bad thing about them is that iTunes usually dupes all the songs into a different format so it will take up a fair bit of space on your hard disk.

I recommend iPod mini. I have no idea what this other thing is but I don't know much about portable mp3 players except some of the Creative ones and iPods.

Looking at the iriver website, that player looks beautiful, but it wouldbe good to have a play around with one to see how it handles. iPods are easy to navigate and have games and stuff so they have a lot of extra features but on the other hand, the iriver one has colour display.

I'm sure that they are both great and it would probably depend on what you are personally looking for in an mp3 player.

EDIT: Sorry I don't know which iriver one you are talking about and I assumes the new H10. If you get an iriver that doesn't need to be ultra small then I'd recommend one of those.

Shadowfare · **Posts:** 692 **Joined:** Mon May 31, 2004 3:29 pm

I had my heart set on a zen micra, but EVERY shop we went to said they had returned all their stock because it was craptastic. People kept on returning the zen's because they were faulty in every way possible. Iriver is very pretty, but my dad got one. It holds 80 songs :roll:

I like my ipod mini pink

_jaye_ · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2005 10:55 am

The iRiver I'm talking about has 5 gigs

iRiver H10 ^^

My friend recently got zen micro and he says it pwns iPod/iPod mini

teehee I guess I wanted the iPod mini because my friends have them XD (and for the fact that it holds many songs and it looks pretty).

cky182 · **Posts:** 1035 **Joined:** Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:25 am

my friend has an zen micro and it's really good. yeah, I'd stay away from anything from Apple, other products do the same, and usually do it better. so, yeah, I'd have to say get the Zen Micro.

unclekyky · **Posts:** 198 **Joined:** Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:00 am

zen micro: (look at website for detailed facts)
1. Has 5GB of storage
2. Looks UBER sexy
3. Longer battery life
4. i have no idea what warenty it has

ipod mini:
1. 4GB of storage
2. looks ok (normal ipods looks better)
3. battery life sucks
4. the warrenty is pretty inexpensive. you can supposedly just change your ipod in for a new on

_jaye_ · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:41 am

Hm... Well ok, let's say that I throw the choice of iPod mini out the window and look at zen micro and iRiver H10.

zen micro:
-5GB
-Long battery life approx. 12 hours(but how long charging time?

perhaps I missed that a while ago)
-personally I think it looks ok; not bad enough to make me hate it on the first look teehee
-has 10 colours (though some are quite unnatural but yo, 'tis pretty

)
-has a cool name

-my other friend said that it has an overly sensitive touch pad
-detachable battery
-the list goes on

iRiver H10
-5 GB
-long battery life
-looks awesome

(clicky!
-detachable battery
-coloured screen! so you can view photos

-just a little larger than zen micro (height)
-the list goes on

This is getting harder each time...too bad I can't have both

Hm...what is direct encoding? iriver H10 has it but I don't know what it is -_-

vtothec · **Posts:** 1422 **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2004 1:02 am

Mini ipod! Ipods rock

Bangel · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:00 am

Looking for your choices, I think you should go with the iRiver. I do know that Apple is known to make excellent sounding products, and from your list it does look like the iRiver is the way to go... sounds like more benefits to me.

_jaye_ · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:22 am

Quote:

Name: H10 User
Location: Korea
Review: So far so good with this player... Pocket-lint pointed out most of the good things so I'll point out the Bad's of it. 1. No dedicated volume button 2. Mediocre touch sensitive scrolling navigation - This may be one opinion but Apple's Click Wheel’s usability is superior. 3. Screen -Why does it have to be square? It would have looked nicer if it was wider. 4. Bundle Package Problems -The music organizer for the player was kind of buggy then again you can just drag+drop 5. The rubber skin HAS TO GO 6. and the bundle earphones suck.
Date Posted: 31 January 2005

Zen Micro review
Zen Micro again

What do you think?
(It is really getting more difficult...)

Clearly the iRiver is more expensive than Zen Micro. iPod Mini is the cheapest of all (even though still near 2000 HKD)

fzun · **Posted:** Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:29 am

I've got an iPod mini silver. It's working great so far, no problems. What I'm most grateful for is that my computer just crashed, but I can upload my songs from my iPod into iTunes and I don't have to re-download them

.

I heard that they're only supposed to last a year, which would suck I guess. You could always get the iPod shuffle (the new one). It's cheaper but it only holds 249 songs or something like that.

Shadowfare · **Posts:** 692 **Joined:** Mon May 31, 2004 3:29 pm

fzun wrote:

I've got an iPod mini silver. It's working great so far, no problems. What I'm most grateful for is that my computer just crashed, but I can upload my songs from my iPod into iTunes and I don't have to re-download them

.

I heard that they're only supposed to last a year, which would suck I guess. You could always get the iPod shuffle (the new one). It's cheaper but it only holds 249 songs or something like that.

I heard three years. The lithium battery runs out after that.
Thats a plus for zen's, you can replace the battery. A must for these sort of products.

Paulisacretin · **Posted:** Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:13 pm

Shadowfare wrote:

fzun wrote:

I've got an iPod mini silver. It's working great so far, no problems. What I'm most grateful for is that my computer just crashed, but I can upload my songs from my iPod into iTunes and I don't have to re-download them

.

I heard that they're only supposed to last a year, which would suck I guess. You could always get the iPod shuffle (the new one). It's cheaper but it only holds 249 songs or something like that.

I heard three years. The lithium battery runs out after that.
Thats a plus for zen's, you can replace the battery. A must for these sort of products.

It isnt do to with length of time, its to do with the number of charges. It has a finite number of charges in it, and so if you have to charge it, say, every single day, it might only last 18 months to 2 years. And you probably will be charging a lot with a mini, especially if you have it on shuffle, battery life is like 4 hours...

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