MINI2 - MINI Forum - View Single Post - iPod vs. Nomad vs. iRiver --- MP3 Players

gabe · Mar 8th, 2004, 04:46 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by msenkbeil

I've looked around and found that for under $300 I can get a 40 GB Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra: http://www.nomadworld.com/products/J...a/features.asp

Compare that to just under $500 for a 40GB iPod: http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html

Does Apple honestly expect me to buy a $500 hard-drive powered mp3 player if I can't replace the battery? This single factor is a complete hangup for me. Am I being unreasonable?

The Nomad has a replaceable battery, but is the iPod's user interface really $200 (67%) nicer?

In a word, yes. Of course as stated above the battery is completely replaceable iPod as well.

Mar 8th, 2004, 04:46 AM	#4
gabe MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago, USA Local Time: 11:38 PM Posts: 280 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by msenkbeil I've looked around and found that for under $300 I can get a 40 GB Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra: http://www.nomadworld.com/products/J...a/features.asp Compare that to just under $500 for a 40GB iPod: http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html Does Apple honestly expect me to buy a $500 hard-drive powered mp3 player if I can't replace the battery? This single factor is a complete hangup for me. Am I being unreasonable? The Nomad has a replaceable battery, but is the iPod's user interface really $200 (67%) nicer? In a word, yes. Of course as stated above the battery is completely replaceable iPod as well.