ipod nano best price? Or alternative?

Tar.Aldarion

Looking to either buy a 16gig ipod nano, where would have the best price?
They generally seem to be about 159 but ive seen it a few places for less before, anybody know any deals?

something refurbished like here be ok? http://store.apple.com/ie/product/FC696QB/A

Also what alternatives would you suggest? It's for my mother who just wants something small for walks etc.

cnocbui

I bought my daughter a refurbished nano and it was like new, so no problems with those.

That said, they are a bit expensive these days. Something like this might be a better option:

http://www.sony.ie/product/nws-e-series/nwz-e443k

pleasant Co.

it's hard to beat the current nano, and I'd recommend apple's refurb store quite highly.

Really, I'd only recommend Apple mp3players for non-techie types (mom's - apologies for the sweeping generalisation) as no brand has as good customer service for when things maybe/might go wrong

Tar.Aldarion

cnocbui wrote: »

I bought my daughter a refurbished nano and it was like new, so no problems with those.

That said, they are a bit expensive these days. Something like this might be a better option:

http://www.sony.ie/product/nws-e-series/nwz-e443k

Thanks I'll have a look at that one! Hopefully there are bigger than 4gb ones!
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Mactard wrote: »

it's hard to beat the current nano, and I'd recommend apple's refurb store quite highly.

Really, I'd only recommend Apple mp3players for non-techie types (mom's - apologies for the sweeping generalisation) as no brand has as good customer service for when things maybe/might go wrong

Thanks, I'll be setting up everything and can fix anything that goes wrong, the nano seems like a lovely little piece of kit. Seems the store is good too, might get it there or see is there somewhere cheaper.

Will have a look at some more alternatives first though.

pleasant Co.

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Will have a look at some more alternatives first though.

Another alternative: Sandisk Fuze+, but that might be difficult to track down over here (and amazon might not ship here as they seem to be picky about shipping mp3 players to the republic)

Or

Samsung Q3 (limited to 8gb though)

and finally

Sony s765 basically the same as what cnocbui linked to, but in a different shell and a bit cheaper

That's all the more reliable options that I can think of, I'll spare you the mention of Cowon, iriver and Creative - their hangups just seem to be illogical :pac:

cnocbui

Mactard wrote: »

it's hard to beat the current nano, and I'd recommend apple's refurb store quite highly.

Really, I'd only recommend Apple mp3players for non-techie types (mom's - apologies for the sweeping generalisation) as no brand has as good customer service for when things maybe/might go wrong

I personally don't think the current nano is a good design. Too small, bad form factor and lacking the physical dedicated controls like the scroll wheel. They were supposed to be designing a great PMP and instead came up with a gimmicky watch.

Apple have some clever people working for them but they are not immune from ignoring the truism of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.

They made the same mistake with the truly awful previous shuffle that was so small you could loose it if you inhaled too hard and with the dumb controls on the cable.

I went to some effort to find an older version of the Nano, with the click wheel, for my daughter. I ended up getting a 16gb refurbished one on eBay for about €50 less than the rrp for the current 8gb nano. So the effort lead to a big win.

Anyone wanting to see the vast array of PMPs available should have a browse here: http://amazingadgets.com/category/ipod-mp3/

As for Amazon. After my disbelief at reading on another thread that they wouldn't ship to Ireland, I actually investigated a bit. I did indeed find that all the PMPs I tried selecting were banned from being shipped to Ireland except for iPods. I contacted their customer service people and after going through a couple bods got a call back from someone slightly higher up the foodchain in Bangalore or wherever they are. They confirmed they would not ship PMPs to Ireland and that it was their policy not to disclose the reasons for this. A couple of the people I spoke to were unaware of the restriction and agreed that it seemed nonsensical.

pleasant Co.

cnocbui wrote: »

I personally don't think the current nano is a good design. Too small, bad form factor and lacking the physical dedicated controls like the scroll wheel. They were supposed to be designing a great PMP and instead came up with a gimmicky watch.

I've read your post on this a few times in the past but have never expressed that, wholeheartedly, I disagree. The new nano [IMO] is a vast improvement over the elongated, awkward-to-hold gen5 nano. The lack of scroll wheel is negated by the use of an intuitive and responsive touchscreen which, despite it's diminutive form, works incredibly well and of course keeping the physical volume buttons was a lesson learned from the gen1 ipod touch (the 5th gen of which is their current great pmp leaving the nano exactly where it should be, a small music player)


Just wanted to offer my POV on the matter, if you'd like to discuss it further i'm reachable by PM, but now lets focus on the thread at hand.

K.O.Kiki

Whatever you do, do NOT buy a 2nd-hand iPod nano 3rd gen (the slightly fatty one).


Most overtly-sensitive touchwheel I've ever had the displeasure of using.

Ste-

cnocbui wrote: »

As for Amazon. After my disbelief at reading on another thread that they wouldn't ship to Ireland, I actually investigated a bit. I did indeed find that all the PMPs I tried selecting were banned from being shipped to Ireland except for iPods. I contacted their customer service people and after going through a couple bods got a call back from someone slightly higher up the foodchain in Bangalore or wherever they are. They confirmed they would not ship PMPs to Ireland and that it was their policy not to disclose the reasons for this. A couple of the people I spoke to were unaware of the restriction and agreed that it seemed nonsensical.

I just got the new sansa clip zip.
Bought from a reseller on Amazon delivered to Ireland no problems.
The seller was AdvanceMP3 which I know have their own site but I wanted to test if I could get the clip zip sent here and I did, listening to it now.

cnocbui

Good to hear. Obviously I was looking at PMPs where Amazon themselves were the retailer.

I found this and think it would be a good alternative to a nano. I don't think I have ever seen a PMP that will play Ape, let alone flac and OGG as well !

Foehn & Hirsch - TJ-514 MP4 player

There is a review of it here: http://www.itreviews.com/hardware/audio-video-players/foehn-hirsch-tj-514-mp4-player/

The list of features - for the price (~£30) - is incredible:

F&H TJ-514 Fifth Gen 8GB MP4 Player with G-Sensor Camera & FM Radio 2.4 inch TFT Screen Red
With all the features you would expect from an up to date piece of technology the F&H Fifth Gen media players are a great way to listen to your music and watch movies wherever you are.

Features:-

2.4 inch large TFT Screen
Slim & trim in design, in 9 fancy colours
Built-in camera, support DC & DV
Built-in loud speaker
Built-in G sensor (support User interface rotating & Scroll through menu list by a flick, gravity sensitive)
With multiple functions, such as mucis & video play, photo viewing, voice recording, ebook reading, FM Raido, stopwatch, etc.
Charger included

Specifications:-

2.4 inch TFT Screen, 320*240, 260,000 full colour
Music: supporting format of MP3, WMA, OGG, APE, FLAC and AAC
Recorder: MIC recording
Photo: supporting format of JPEG, BMP&GIF
Video: supporting AVI, FLV, 3GB,etc (need to convert)
Supporting FM Radio
Supporting DC and DV
Supporting USB2.0 high speed transmission
Supporting Multitasking
Built-in G sensor
Built-in speaker
Dimension: 11.4* 4.9 * 0.9cm





Only places I could readily find them for sale were here:

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?q=Hirsch+TJ-514&x=0&y=0

http://www.saverpoint.com/fh-tj-514-fifth-gen-8gb-mp4-player-with-g-sensor-camera--fm-radio-24-inch-tft-screen-red-9431-p.asp

Tar.Aldarion

thanks a lot guys will deffo look at some of these. the nano seems to be overpriced as there are a lot of cheaper alternatives that are just fine.


what do you think of this?

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/12103211/Sandisk-Sansa-Clip-8GB-MP3-Player-Black/Product.html


the TJ-514 MP4 player looks pretty amazing for the price there!

Ste-

The clip+ is one of the best/smallest mp3 players.
Search this forum it's talked about a lot in here when people want to get their first mp3 player. Great little unit imo. And expandable storage too. Great bang for buck.

Tar.Aldarion

Thanks now to just find the best place to deliver it to here for cheap!


or that other one with loads of features above, as that looks amazing

Tar.Aldarion

apart from those two what do people make of this?

http://anythingbutipod.com/2011/07/cowon-c2-review/


I quite like what mactard linked to as well so I am really confused now!