 Apple iPod Fourth Gen. (20 GB, MAC/PC - M9282LL/A ) MP3 205 of 257 people found this review helpful.
I jumped on the bandwagon and bought this and have since often wondered if some of the others might have been a better buy. Yes, there are more accessories for this one, it has a cool look when it is new, the click wheel is cool, and more people are familiar with it. However, it has its drawbacks.
The iTunes interface isn't very flexible for personal preferences. My files previously were stored in folders by genre, then sub-folders by artist, etc. I could then play all music of an artist, genre, etc, and shuffle the songs within those choices. The only way you can shuffle with iPod is shuffle all the songs on the iPod. You may get some 80s heavy metal song, then follow that with some bubble-gum pop song you still aren't sure why you ever saved. The only way to change this is by going through a very tedious task of creating playlists.
One other big problem is that the iPod is very prone to scratches. The screen scratched the first day when I put it in the inside pocket in my jacket, which has a soft liner and shouldn't scratch anything. The chrome back is also cool looking, but also very prone to scratches.
I would also like to see them add some equalizer type functionality to the iPod for listening preferences.
The thing plays music just fine and hasn't had a functional problem yet, but I would suggest considering other options before purchasing this item.
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as a follow up to the first reviewer, i would like to say that it is easy to shuffle by artist, album or genre by simply selecting "shuffle" in the settings menu, and then selecting whether you want to listen to a specific playlist, genre, artist or album. Also there is a number of preset equalization settings in the settings menu under "eq" and as long as you have a keen ear, it is not hard to picture the equalization curve of each selected eq setting. I am a total high end audio buff and these preset curves have always left me satisfied when listening to headphones, and whenever i use it with my home stereo system or car stereo, the ipod's eq is always turned off so no complaints about the preset sound processing. Get familiar with your iPod and you will see that Apple has thought of it all and there is not one complaint from me.
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