I'm thinking of buying one, what should I look and look out for?

I succombed and bought the 30 gig IPOD video unit. The final straw was after I bought another MP3 player but couldn't find a car adapter to charge it. What good is having a lot of memory if you can't listen to it because the internal battery is dead?

IPOD peripherals can be found everywhere!

The only drawback is you have to use their software, oh well. Life goes on with music.

THL, I'm a big fan of the Ipod. I'd get the biggest one that you can afford. You do not have to use the Itunes software that comes with it. Do a search of threads here and I post some info on 3rd party software for the Ipod. Or just give me a yell.

I went the opposite way. I've got the iPod shuffle. Its cheap, only holds a gig of music... but its REALLY small. its the size of a jump drive, it basically consists of a USB port.

Obviously its stripped down from a normal ipod, you cannot select songs (no window so you can't even see song titles). It will play songs either randomly or in the order you set them when you upload them. It's great for me, because I don't particularly care to select my songs. I just load up a ton of songs I like and it selects the order .... and its CHEAP!!!

My daughter and my stepson both want one for their birthdays. The 30 gig was way out of the price range. There were 2 Ipod Nano's. One was $150 and the other was $200 but I don't remember how much they held. I know my daughter wants the most memory she can get, she has a ton of songs she wants to put on it. Of course I told her to have her dad buy it then.

Definitely iPod. I have an iPod Video 30g that goes everywhere with me. I listen to it while I work and play it through my car stereo. However, I don't recommend these for working out. I have a separate mp3 player for that.

I have a 4G 20 gig iPod. I like the itunes software. It is easy to use and has some good features. I use it in the car (via a tape adaptor- stay away from the fm modulators- they are crap) and elsewhere via headphones. Plus there are a ton of accessories available for all the iPods.

Make sure to get the biggest one you can find. I load my songs at 320 (I can hear the crappy quality of 128 songs) and I currently have 1800 songs with about 1.24 gigs of room left. I wish that I would have gotten the 60 gig model.

J

Have 30G Creative Nomad Jukebox..holds about 40-50 hrs of music. Usually download full shows ( Grateful dead, Simon-Garfinkle,the Pretenders, Dylan,etc)which are about 2 hrs each. Download free music from a number of Torrent sites from the Internet. Use it in the car, at the gym,out walking.Actually a bit cheaper than Ipod.

Got the 60gig Creative nomad video on sale for 215....450-50r/b-100r/b-85 cashback. I love good deals