RE: ipod or mp3 or something

[Guest guest]

My DH got a MP3 player for me this Christmas. It's a battery eater (

bout five hours per battery) I am sure .. and he better have.. paid less

than or just barely $100 dollars.

I will ask him .. it is nice.. easy to use in the fact once I turn it

on, it automatically starts playing. I have about 80 songs on it.

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ipod or mp3 or something

is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been

Aerosmith one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I

find it difficult to get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod

yesterday at school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small

thing and he said he could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart

website for over $100.00. Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask

me. CD player much cheaper but gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I

get to looking and am amazed at the prices of these things. One hundred

or more is cheap. Anybody got suggestions? Sure would hate to pay that

price and not be happy with purchase. Double that amount as would have

to get two.

Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

[Guest guest]

This is the dilemma I face with , as well. His two brothers have Ipods. My

15yr. old has a $200 one, and we just got the 12 yr. old an IPod Shuffle for $95

at Sams Club for Christmas. I toyed with getting the shuffle for too, but

I'm afraid something would happen to it.......like getting stolen from someone

at school, since he wears it on the bus everyday like all the other high school

kids.

still carries around a CD walkman, which is so much bigger. He scratches

his CDs too. I think I am going to take the plunge, though, and at least get him

the shuffle one......which is only one inch wide and three inches long! He

listens to the same songs over and over.....mostly soundtracks from the videos

he loves. Since it holds 150 songs, I think that will be plenty for him. The

$200 ones hold something like 1000 songs. I was just going to wait a little

while to see if the shuffles go down in price, since no one really purchases

that kind anymore. My other concern is that with the CD walkman can repeat

a song over and over, which he sometimes likes to do......which drives us

nuts......and the shuffle won't let you do that. It shuffles the songs

continuously, hence its name. But maybe this will break that habit of

repitition that our kids tend to fall into. : )

I've never owned an MP3 player, but I think it would be foolish to get one of

those, which are only a few dollars cheaper, when IPods are available at a

slightly higher cost but are better in sound quality and easy recording

capabilities from your computer.

Jackie, Mom to 18ds, 15, and Bradley 12

-------------- Original message --------------

From: " Barbara Dillon " <cbbtdillon@...>

> is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been Aerosmith

> one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I find it difficult to

> get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

> I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod yesterday

at

> school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small thing and he said he

> could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart website for over $100.00.

> Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD player much cheaper but

> gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to looking and am amazed at the

> prices of these things. One hundred or more is cheap. Anybody got suggestions?

> Sure would hate to pay that price and not be happy with purchase. Double that

> amount as would have to get two.

> Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I don't know much about iPods. Are the downloads free? If not, there's more

$ you need to spend to load it.

Just a thought

Di

ipod or mp3 or something

> is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been

> Aerosmith one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I find

> it difficult to get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

> I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod

> yesterday at school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small thing

> and he said he could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart website

> for over $100.00. Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD

> player much cheaper but gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to

> looking and am amazed at the prices of these things. One hundred or more

> is cheap. Anybody got suggestions? Sure would hate to pay that price and

> not be happy with purchase. Double that amount as would have to get two.

> Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

The downloads from ITunes is .99 a song. But you can also take songs from CDs

and download them onto the Ipod at no cost, which is perfect for , since all

the songs he likes are on CDs he owns. This is better than having to carry

around CDs and switch them everytime you want to hear something different. Much

more convenient.

I still buy CDs in music stores, because to me I LOVE opening a new CD with the

artist's picture and a listing of the songs, etc. I think this joy comes from

my childhood, when I would save and save until I could go to a RECORD (now I'm

dating myself here!) store and buy a brand new ALBUM! Remember those days?

LOL.

Jackie

--------- ipod or mp3 or something

>

>

> > is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been

> > Aerosmith one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I find

> > it difficult to get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

> > I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod

> > yesterday at school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small thing

> > and he said he could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart website

> > for over $100.00. Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD

> > player much cheaper but gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to

> > looking and am amazed at the prices of these things. One hundred or more

> > is cheap. Anybody got suggestions? Sure would hate to pay that price and

> > not be happy with purchase. Double that amount as would have to get two.

> > Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I've been thinking about doing this also, but know very little about the Ipods

and mp3s. Thanks for the mini lesson, it helped me understand some things. Caty

is 15 and still listening to BARNEY on a cassette player. She also has a cd

player and has some cd's like Kate and 's hits, Princess Diaries

soundtracks, etc. She used to like those songs, but has regresses to the purple

dinosaur and I don't know why. She will be traveling on the band bus next fall

and really don't want the other kids hearing Barney coming from those earphones!

They wil really treat her like a baby.

Well I digress...my question is....if I can get her listening to her slightly

more grownup cds again....I can copy them from my computer to the Ipod, can't I?

Or do I have to go to a website to get all music? I'm so confused.

Re: ipod or mp3 or something

This is the dilemma I face with , as well. His two brothers have Ipods.

My 15yr. old has a $200 one, and we just got the 12 yr. old an IPod Shuffle for

$95 at Sams Club for Christmas. I toyed with getting the shuffle for too,

but I'm afraid something would happen to it.......like getting stolen from

someone at school, since he wears it on the bus everyday like all the other high

school kids.

still carries around a CD walkman, which is so much bigger. He scratches

his CDs too. I think I am going to take the plunge, though, and at least get him

the shuffle one......which is only one inch wide and three inches long! He

listens to the same songs over and over.....mostly soundtracks from the videos

he loves. Since it holds 150 songs, I think that will be plenty for him. The

$200 ones hold something like 1000 songs. I was just going to wait a little

while to see if the shuffles go down in price, since no one really purchases

that kind anymore. My other concern is that with the CD walkman can repeat

a song over and over, which he sometimes likes to do......which drives us

nuts......and the shuffle won't let you do that. It shuffles the songs

continuously, hence its name. But maybe this will break that habit of

repitition that our kids tend to fall into. : )

I've never owned an MP3 player, but I think it would be foolish to get one of

those, which are only a few dollars cheaper, when IPods are available at a

slightly higher cost but are better in sound quality and easy recording

capabilities from your computer.

Jackie, Mom to 18ds, 15, and Bradley 12

-------------- Original message --------------

From: " Barbara Dillon " <cbbtdillon@...>

> is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been Aerosmith

> one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I find it difficult

to

> get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

> I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod

yesterday at

> school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small thing and he said he

> could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart website for over $100.00.

> Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD player much cheaper but

> gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to looking and am amazed at the

> prices of these things. One hundred or more is cheap. Anybody got

suggestions?

> Sure would hate to pay that price and not be happy with purchase. Double

that

> amount as would have to get two.

> Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I understand the Barney thing. doesn't care much for Barney

anymore but there was a time when Barney ruled. He turned me against Barney

in a big way...lol

He loves the soundtrack music to O' Brother. I do too but not to the extent

he does. He seems to like alot of different music and as far as it being

the latest tunes he doesn't care either way. We were sitting at a red light

a few summers back and it was a hot July day and he and I were tuning Bob

Seger's rendention of " The Little Drummer Boy. " He likes his music loud so

we got some stares for sure. hee hee I will admit though the Christmas cd

did end up missing somewhere along the way that summer. :-) Particularly

since Drummer Boy and Rudolph were chosen over and over and over. " Dang

son...let's listen to Jingle Bells or Frosty or something. "

We both enjoyed some Bob Seger and Eagles yesterday while cruising away some

time before picking up brother at school.

Kid at school yesterday was listening to rap music. None for me...thanks.

Since I have two boys not sure what girls like to listen to. That sounded

funny. Reminds me of the time Tyler remarked that I wasn't a girl...I was a

mom. hee hee

Anyhoo...does Caty like any particular movies that have music soundtrack?

Nickleodeon (sp?) advertises kids/teen music...KidzBop9 or something. Sorry

not much help. Kid at school tells me you can put cd music on ipod. That's

good. Could get it off computer too.

Barb (who is making Tyler try my newly made soy hand lotion in the Estee

Lauder scent before I'll let him go online and play games. hee hee Doesn't

want to smell like a girl.)

Re: ipod or mp3 or something

>

>

> This is the dilemma I face with , as well. His two brothers have

> Ipods. My 15yr. old has a $200 one, and we just got the 12 yr. old an

> IPod Shuffle for $95 at Sams Club for Christmas. I toyed with getting the

> shuffle for too, but I'm afraid something would happen to

> it.......like getting stolen from someone at school, since he wears it on

> the bus everyday like all the other high school kids.

>

> still carries around a CD walkman, which is so much bigger. He

> scratches his CDs too. I think I am going to take the plunge, though, and

> at least get him the shuffle one......which is only one inch wide and

> three inches long! He listens to the same songs over and over.....mostly

> soundtracks from the videos he loves. Since it holds 150 songs, I think

> that will be plenty for him. The $200 ones hold something like 1000

> songs. I was just going to wait a little while to see if the shuffles go

> down in price, since no one really purchases that kind anymore. My other

> concern is that with the CD walkman can repeat a song over and over,

> which he sometimes likes to do......which drives us nuts......and the

> shuffle won't let you do that. It shuffles the songs continuously, hence

> its name. But maybe this will break that habit of repitition that our

> kids tend to fall into. : )

>

> I've never owned an MP3 player, but I think it would be foolish to get

> one of those, which are only a few dollars cheaper, when IPods are

> available at a slightly higher cost but are better in sound quality and

> easy recording capabilities from your computer.

>

> Jackie, Mom to 18ds, 15, and Bradley 12

>

> -------------- Original message --------------

> From: " Barbara Dillon " <cbbtdillon@...>

>

> > is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been

> Aerosmith

> > one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I find it

> difficult to

> > get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

> > I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod

> yesterday at

> > school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small thing and he

> said he

> > could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart website for over

> $100.00.

> > Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD player much cheaper

> but

> > gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to looking and am amazed at

> the

> > prices of these things. One hundred or more is cheap. Anybody got

> suggestions?

> > Sure would hate to pay that price and not be happy with purchase.

> Double that

> > amount as would have to get two.

> > Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

We downloaded Itunes onto our computer......totally safe to have on your

computer. Once we did that we can put a CD into the computer and with Itunes

you just click on something and it downloads it to your " library " and from your

library you can put it onto your Ipod, if you choose. It is a very simple

process. We have hundreds of songs in our library and play music right from our

computer instead of using our stereo sometimes.

The Barney thing is still an issue in our house too. I packed all 's Barney

videos away, but from time to time, if I'm not home, he goes searching for them.

The little man finds them all the time!!!!! He'll also asks to go to the public

library with me, where they have a collection of tapes to borrow......Barney is

there and he'll wait until I'm engrossed in choosing a book for myself to go up

to the counter with his own library card and check them out! See what

independence gets us? LOL.

Anyway, occassionally I will let him watch one that he borrows from the library.

I've explained that he is too old for Barney, which I think he understands

because he'll say, " Why I can't watch it " and I'll say, " , you know why, "

and he'll say, " I'm too old, " and I'll say, " Right, " and he'll say " Okay, Mom. "

He doesn't put up a fight, fortunately.

I never bought the Barney music because I know he would become obsessed with it.

He's very happy with his soundtracks. Some of the high school kids like to

listen to his songs. They get a kick out of his tastes in music. Hearing

Christmas songs all summer long from his Home Alone 1 soundtrack does make me

nuts at times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right now I'm in search of the soundtrack from " Kicking and Screaming. " I don't

think there is one. I had this problem with a soundtrack from " Cheaper by the

Dozen, " but his cousin found a list of the songs from that movie and downloaded

them for onto a disk two Christmases ago. He listens to that one EVERY

day!

Jackie

--------- Re: ipod or mp3 or something

This is the dilemma I face with , as well. His two brothers have Ipods. My

15yr. old has a $200 one, and we just got the 12 yr. old an IPod Shuffle for $95

at Sams Club for Christmas. I toyed with getting the shuffle for too, but

I'm afraid something would happen to it.......like getting stolen from someone

at school, since he wears it on the bus everyday like all the other high school

kids.

still carries around a CD walkman, which is so much bigger. He scratches

his CDs too. I think I am going to take the plunge, though, and at least get him

the shuffle one......which is only one inch wide and three inches long! He

listens to the same songs over and over.....mostly soundtracks from the videos

he loves. Since it holds 150 songs, I think that will be plenty for him. The

$200 ones hold something like 1000 songs. I was just going to wait a little

while to see if the shuffles go down in price, since no one really purchases

that kind anymore. My other concern is that with the CD walkman can repeat

a song over and over, which he sometimes likes to do......which drives us

nuts......and the shuffle won't let you do that. It shuffles the songs

continuously, hence its name. But maybe this will break that habit of

repitition that our kids tend to fall into. : )

I've never owned an MP3 player, but I think it would be foolish to get one of

those, which are only a few dollars cheaper, when IPods are available at a

slightly higher cost but are better in sound quality and easy recording

capabilities from your computer.

Jackie, Mom to 18ds, 15, and Bradley 12

-------------- Original message --------------

From: " Barbara Dillon " <cbbtdillon@...>

> is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been Aerosmith

> one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I find it difficult to

> get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

> I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod yesterday

at

> school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small thing and he said he

> could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart website for over $100.00.

> Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD player much cheaper but

> gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to looking and am amazed at the

> prices of these things. One hundred or more is cheap. Anybody got suggestions?

> Sure would hate to pay that price and not be happy with purchase. Double that

> amount as would have to get two.

> Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Battery life is waaaaaaaaaaaay better with an Ipod than what a CD walkman and

MP3 player is. We switched to rechargables because would use 2 AA

batteries a day with his CD walkman.

Jackie

--------- ipod or mp3 or something

>

> is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been

> Aerosmith one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I

> find it difficult to get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

>

> I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod

> yesterday at school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small

> thing and he said he could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart

> website for over $100.00. Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask

> me. CD player much cheaper but gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I

> get to looking and am amazed at the prices of these things. One hundred

> or more is cheap. Anybody got suggestions? Sure would hate to pay that

> price and not be happy with purchase. Double that amount as would have

> to get two.

> Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

got one for Christmas. It is a ScanDisc brand, and so far, no problems.

One of the things she likes about it is that it also receives FM radio stations.

Sharon

ipod or mp3 or something

is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been Aerosmith

one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I find it difficult to

get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod yesterday

at school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small thing and he said he

could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart website for over $100.00.

Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD player much cheaper but

gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to looking and am amazed at the

prices of these things. One hundred or more is cheap. Anybody got suggestions?

Sure would hate to pay that price and not be happy with purchase. Double that

amount as would have to get two.

Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

[Guest guest]

Yes, I remember those days, and also love to buy CD's. One of the problems with

downloading only that one song the radio stations have decided to play, is just

that. Many time my favorite songs have turned out to be the ones that haven't

received the radio play time.

Sharon

ipod or mp3 or something

>

>

> > is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been

> > Aerosmith one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I find

> > it difficult to get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

> > I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod

> > yesterday at school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small thing

> > and he said he could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart website

> > for over $100.00. Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD

> > player much cheaper but gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to

> > looking and am amazed at the prices of these things. One hundred or more

> > is cheap. Anybody got suggestions? Sure would hate to pay that price and

> > not be happy with purchase. Double that amount as would have to get two.

> > Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Wow, I also turned against Barney big time. Every now and then mentions

Barney, and when we go to the dentist, they have a Barney stuffed toy, and I

gladly let hold it then as it seems to help her greatly.

is 14, she has the Kids Bop CD's, and the Radio Disney CD's. She

alternates listening to all of them. She also loves (loves I tell you) the

Grease soundtrack. She listens to Jimmy Buffett, mainly because I put my foot

down and say " no, it's my turn to listen to my music " , and what ever other

artist I am in the mood for. But her fav, her all time fav is son.

She has both of her CD's, and when the wear out I will gladly buy her more.

Sharon H.

Mom to , (14, DS) and , (10)

South Carolina

Re: ipod or mp3 or something

>

>

> This is the dilemma I face with , as well. His two brothers have

> Ipods. My 15yr. old has a $200 one, and we just got the 12 yr. old an

> IPod Shuffle for $95 at Sams Club for Christmas. I toyed with getting the

> shuffle for too, but I'm afraid something would happen to

> it.......like getting stolen from someone at school, since he wears it on

> the bus everyday like all the other high school kids.

>

> still carries around a CD walkman, which is so much bigger. He

> scratches his CDs too. I think I am going to take the plunge, though, and

> at least get him the shuffle one......which is only one inch wide and

> three inches long! He listens to the same songs over and over.....mostly

> soundtracks from the videos he loves. Since it holds 150 songs, I think

> that will be plenty for him. The $200 ones hold something like 1000

> songs. I was just going to wait a little while to see if the shuffles go

> down in price, since no one really purchases that kind anymore. My other

> concern is that with the CD walkman can repeat a song over and over,

> which he sometimes likes to do......which drives us nuts......and the

> shuffle won't let you do that. It shuffles the songs continuously, hence

> its name. But maybe this will break that habit of repitition that our

> kids tend to fall into. : )

>

> I've never owned an MP3 player, but I think it would be foolish to get

> one of those, which are only a few dollars cheaper, when IPods are

> available at a slightly higher cost but are better in sound quality and

> easy recording capabilities from your computer.

>

> Jackie, Mom to 18ds, 15, and Bradley 12

>

> -------------- Original message --------------

> From: " Barbara Dillon " <cbbtdillon@...>

>

> > is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been

> Aerosmith

> > one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I find it

> difficult to

> > get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

> > I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod

> yesterday at

> > school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small thing and he

> said he

> > could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart website for over

> $100.00.

> > Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD player much cheaper

> but

> > gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to looking and am amazed at

> the

> > prices of these things. One hundred or more is cheap. Anybody got

> suggestions?

> > Sure would hate to pay that price and not be happy with purchase.

> Double that

> > amount as would have to get two.

> > Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

There is another childrens musical series that Ciarra likes almost as

much as Barney. It is wee sing. Kinda sugary but a LITTLE older than

Barney.

Re: ipod or mp3 or something

We downloaded Itunes onto our computer......totally safe to have on your

computer. Once we did that we can put a CD into the computer and with

Itunes you just click on something and it downloads it to your " library "

and from your library you can put it onto your Ipod, if you choose. It

is a very simple process. We have hundreds of songs in our library and

play music right from our computer instead of using our stereo

sometimes.

The Barney thing is still an issue in our house too. I packed all

's Barney videos away, but from time to time, if I'm not home, he

goes searching for them. The little man finds them all the time!!!!!

He'll also asks to go to the public library with me, where they have a

collection of tapes to borrow......Barney is there and he'll wait until

I'm engrossed in choosing a book for myself to go up to the counter with

his own library card and check them out! See what independence gets us?

LOL.

Anyway, occassionally I will let him watch one that he borrows from the

library. I've explained that he is too old for Barney, which I think he

understands because he'll say, " Why I can't watch it " and I'll say,

" , you know why, " and he'll say, " I'm too old, " and I'll say,

" Right, " and he'll say " Okay, Mom. " He doesn't put up a fight,

fortunately.

I never bought the Barney music because I know he would become obsessed

with it. He's very happy with his soundtracks. Some of the high school

kids like to listen to his songs. They get a kick out of his tastes in

music. Hearing Christmas songs all summer long from his Home Alone 1

soundtrack does make me nuts at times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right now I'm in search of the soundtrack from " Kicking and Screaming. "

I don't think there is one. I had this problem with a soundtrack from

" Cheaper by the Dozen, " but his cousin found a list of the songs from

that movie and downloaded them for onto a disk two Christmases ago.

He listens to that one EVERY day!

Jackie

--------- Re: ipod or mp3 or something

This is the dilemma I face with , as well. His two brothers have

Ipods. My 15yr. old has a $200 one, and we just got the 12 yr. old an

IPod Shuffle for $95 at Sams Club for Christmas. I toyed with getting

the shuffle for too, but I'm afraid something would happen to

it.......like getting stolen from someone at school, since he wears it

on the bus everyday like all the other high school kids.

still carries around a CD walkman, which is so much bigger. He

scratches his CDs too. I think I am going to take the plunge, though,

and at least get him the shuffle one......which is only one inch wide

and three inches long! He listens to the same songs over and

over.....mostly soundtracks from the videos he loves. Since it holds

150 songs, I think that will be plenty for him. The $200 ones hold

something like 1000 songs. I was just going to wait a little while to

see if the shuffles go down in price, since no one really purchases that

kind anymore. My other concern is that with the CD walkman can

repeat a song over and over, which he sometimes likes to do......which

drives us nuts......and the shuffle won't let you do that. It shuffles

the songs continuously, hence its name. But maybe this will break that

habit of repitition that our kids tend to fall into. : )

I've never owned an MP3 player, but I think it would be foolish to get

one of those, which are only a few dollars cheaper, when IPods are

available at a slightly higher cost but are better in sound quality and

easy recording capabilities from your computer.

Jackie, Mom to 18ds, 15, and Bradley 12

-------------- Original message --------------

From: " Barbara Dillon " <cbbtdillon@...>

> is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been

Aerosmith

> one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I find it

difficult to

> get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

> I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod

yesterday at

> school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small thing and he

said he

> could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart website for over

$100.00.

> Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD player much cheaper

but

> gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to looking and am amazed at

the

> prices of these things. One hundred or more is cheap. Anybody got

suggestions?

> Sure would hate to pay that price and not be happy with purchase.

Double that

> amount as would have to get two.

> Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

What exactly do you mean? iPods are the same thing as an MP3, they are both

devices that read digital audio files from a hard drive. The iPods are

considerably more expensive though. We bought a Zen for my son for Christmas,

and we got the dock, player and speakers for less than the iPod itself. Alas,

it went through the laundry last week, and is dead as a doornail. That is

something to think about...you would surely notice a CD player in their pocket.

Those mp3's are TINY! Not to mention they have too darn many pockets on their

pants these days!

I've never owned an MP3 player, but I think it would be foolish to get one of

those, which are only a few dollars cheaper, when IPods are available at a

slightly higher cost but are better in sound quality and easy recording

capabilities from your computer.

Jackie, Mom to 18ds, 15, and Bradley 12

[Guest guest]

Dh said.. he got the MP3 player for round 80 bux at a circuit city.

steph

" Truth is not determined by a majority vote. "

-Cardinal ph Ratzinger

http://360./rnscarlson

_____

[Guest guest]

I'm not technologically savvy by any means, but friends of ours had an MP3 and

switched to the Ipods because they said it was easier to use and could hold more

music. Next year I'm sure it will be something other than Ipods. But when we

were shopping at Christmas, the MP3s were only about $20 cheaper than an Ipod

shuffle. At least will Apple you know you are getting good quality sound and my

boys like being able to share their libraries, which you can't do with an MP3

because it is formatted a little differently than the Ipods, from what our

friends told us.

Jackie

-------------- Original message --------------

From: " Karla Gain " <Collarbone@...>

What exactly do you mean? iPods are the same thing as an MP3, they are both

devices that read digital audio files from a hard drive. The iPods are

considerably more expensive though. We bought a Zen for my son for Christmas,

and we got the dock, player and speakers for less than the iPod itself. Alas,

it went through the laundry last week, and is dead as a doornail. That is

something to think about...you would surely notice a CD player in their pocket.

Those mp3's are TINY! Not to mention they have too darn many pockets on their

pants these days!

I've never owned an MP3 player, but I think it would be foolish to get one of

those, which are only a few dollars cheaper, when IPods are available at a

slightly higher cost but are better in sound quality and easy recording

capabilities from your computer.

Jackie, Mom to 18ds, 15, and Bradley 12

[Guest guest]

The Ipod in all of its forms is just a really good MP3 player. " MP3 "

came about as little stick sized gizmos that you could download music

to, the Ipod is just one of the best versions of an MP3 player that has

come out. The Zen is even better, in my opinion, in that there is no

hard drive and no ability to jostle moving parts, it is flash driven.

Re: ipod or mp3 or something

I'm not technologically savvy by any means, but friends of ours had an

MP3 and switched to the Ipods because they said it was easier to use and

could hold more music. Next year I'm sure it will be something other

than Ipods. But when we were shopping at Christmas, the MP3s were only

about $20 cheaper than an Ipod shuffle. At least will Apple you know

you are getting good quality sound and my boys like being able to share

their libraries, which you can't do with an MP3 because it is formatted

a little differently than the Ipods, from what our friends told us.

Jackie

-------------- Original message --------------

From: " Karla Gain " <Collarbone@...>

What exactly do you mean? iPods are the same thing as an MP3, they are

both devices that read digital audio files from a hard drive. The iPods

are considerably more expensive though. We bought a Zen for my son for

Christmas, and we got the dock, player and speakers for less than the

iPod itself. Alas, it went through the laundry last week, and is dead

as a doornail. That is something to think about...you would surely

notice a CD player in their pocket. Those mp3's are TINY! Not to

mention they have too darn many pockets on their pants these days!

I've never owned an MP3 player, but I think it would be foolish to get

one of those, which are only a few dollars cheaper, when IPods are

available at a slightly higher cost but are better in sound quality and

easy recording capabilities from your computer.

Jackie, Mom to 18ds, 15, and Bradley 12

[Guest guest]

We download music for free, or forgotten how we do it, but just transfer

from the CD to the Computer to the MP3,

(If you need to know how we download our music will check out the computer

and let you know, it is one of those things I know the kids have done and

just keep pressing and clicking until I work it out.)

Jan, mother of Trent 21yo w/DS from the LandDownUnder

Re: ipod or mp3 or something

I don't know much about iPods. Are the downloads free? If not, there's more

$ you need to spend to load it.

Just a thought

Di

ipod or mp3 or something

> is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been

> Aerosmith one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I find

> it difficult to get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

> I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod

> yesterday at school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small thing

> and he said he could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart website

> for over $100.00. Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD

> player much cheaper but gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to

> looking and am amazed at the prices of these things. One hundred or more

> is cheap. Anybody got suggestions? Sure would hate to pay that price and

> not be happy with purchase. Double that amount as would have to get two.

> Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

....I can copy them from my computer to the Ipod, can't I? Or do I have to go

to a website to get all music? I'm so confused.

Yes, you can copy the songs from your computer to the Ipod or if you don't

have the song you can download load it from a website.

As to Caty still listening to Barney, wouldn't worry about it too much -

Trent is 21 and still loves the Wiggles, we have tried to discourage it by

hiding all videos/cassettes but now will find them on TV. Then again, he is

well into Robbie , which I am listening to at the moment extremely

loudly through walls/closed doors. I don't think the typical kids will

really bother about her listening to Barney most will enjoy joining in and

'going back in time'. Only the nasty ones will make anything of it, and the

others will soon jump on them.

Keep smiling

Jan, mother of Trent 21yo w/DS from the LandDownUnder

Who for some reason this morning can't type - so frustrating - maybe I

should blame the keyboard! A good excuse to go shopping and buy another

one. LOL

[Guest guest]

I totally remember those day! I used to save up to buy my 45s and I had a

little blue and white box to keep them in.

But up to date- I got a MP3 player for xmas which was like a samsung

for about $170. saved all his xmas money and bought one himself.

Then they downloaded their CDs onto the MP3s. I traveled one weekend and

borrowed 's (we like the same music) and it was very cool.

What I dont like is that it is very isolating. I like listening to my cds

in the car, with evryone else, only now, they are all listening to their MP3s!

LOL

[Guest guest]

We have 4 mp3 players in our household of 5 people. My DH bought them for us

all for Christmas, and being the " techy " that he is, did a lot of research

into which one would be the best option in terms of price, performance, and

ease of use.

We ended up with the Sandisk E140 and I have put a couple of links below so

you can go and have a look at them. The epinions site is great because you

can look at customer reviews and price etc. My DH chose this particular one

because it's pretty much " plug and play " and " drag and drop " ie: you can

plug it into your USB port on your computer and then just drag and drop your

music files onto it. Our 14yr old daughter has already told us that her

Sandisk is much easier to use than the complicated sytems required by her

friend's iPod's....

Hope this helps... I know that we are really enjoying not having to listen

to Duff ('s favourite CD) for the millionth time, although we

do still have to listen to her singing along in the car...

http://www.epinions.com/MP3_and_Digital_Media_Players

www.sandisk.com

With regards

in Sydney, Australia

wife to Tony, mother of (14yrs), (13yrs in less than a

month, DS), and Greg (10yrs)

_____

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf

Of Barbara Dillon

Sent: Saturday, 18 February 2006 2:08 AM

Subject: ipod or mp3 or something

is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been

Aerosmith one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I find it

difficult to get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod

yesterday at school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small thing

and he said he could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart website

for over $100.00. Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD

player much cheaper but gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to

looking and am amazed at the prices of these things. One hundred or more is

cheap. Anybody got suggestions? Sure would hate to pay that price and not

be happy with purchase. Double that amount as would have to get two.

Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

[Guest guest]

Oh, you are right. We are all being scammed and not only by Apple........how

about all the " new " game systems that come out year after year sucking our kids

in! I have only ever bought one system for my kids.....Playstation 2. I told

them I will never buy them another, nor will another one cross our threshold.

Talk about ripping people off! My kids rarely touch it anymore.

Jackie

--------- Re: ipod or mp3 or something

I'm not technologically savvy by any means, but friends of ours had an MP3 and

switched to the Ipods because they said it was easier to use and could hold more

music. Next year I'm sure it will be something other than Ipods. But when we

were shopping at Christmas, the MP3s were only about $20 cheaper than an Ipod

shuffle. At least will Apple you know you are getting good quality sound and my

boys like being able to share their libraries, which you can't do with an MP3

because it is formatted a little differently than the Ipods, from what our

friends told us.

Jackie

-------------- Original message --------------

From: " Karla Gain " <Collarbone@...>

What exactly do you mean? iPods are the same thing as an MP3, they are both

devices that read digital audio files from a hard drive. The iPods are

considerably more expensive though. We bought a Zen for my son for Christmas,

and we got the dock, player and speakers for less than the iPod itself. Alas,

it went through the laundry last week, and is dead as a doornail. That is

something to think about...you would surely notice a CD player in their pocket.

Those mp3's are TINY! Not to mention they have too darn many pockets on their

pants these days!

I've never owned an MP3 player, but I think it would be foolish to get one of

those, which are only a few dollars cheaper, when IPods are available at a

slightly higher cost but are better in sound quality and easy recording

capabilities from your computer.

Jackie, Mom to 18ds, 15, and Bradley 12

[Guest guest]

Hey that's the kind my DH bought! It si that simple

" Truth is not determined by a majority vote. "

-Cardinal ph Ratzinger

http://360./rnscarlson

ipod or mp3 or something

is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been

Aerosmith one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I

find it

difficult to get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod

yesterday at school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small

thing

and he said he could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart

website

for over $100.00. Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD

player much cheaper but gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to

looking and am amazed at the prices of these things. One hundred or more

is

cheap. Anybody got suggestions? Sure would hate to pay that price and

not

be happy with purchase. Double that amount as would have to get two.

Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

[Guest guest]

-------------- Original message ----------------------

From: " " <tonjen@...>

Some mp3 playersl use aa or aaa batteries , which is nice if you carry a spare

battery. Spend the money on rechargeable batteries, it is well worth it. If you

are going to be using your mp3 under extreme conditions (jogging, tennis) you

may want to check in to a flash drive as it will not skip. Make sure to get one

that is rugged enough for the conditions that you are going to expose it to. I

think they are great, all that music in such a little device, great for long

plane rides.

[Guest guest]

One more question since I'm learning so much from you all.....

Are there folders or something so that I could keep my music separate from

Caty's and we could share the same mp3?

ipod or mp3 or something

is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been

Aerosmith one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I

find it

difficult to get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod

yesterday at school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small

thing

and he said he could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart

website

for over $100.00. Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD

player much cheaper but gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to

looking and am amazed at the prices of these things. One hundred or more

is

cheap. Anybody got suggestions? Sure would hate to pay that price and

not

be happy with purchase. Double that amount as would have to get two.

Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)

[Guest guest]

If you right click on your desktop, you will see NEW, then the scrool

arrow takes you to choices, choose FOLDER, then right click THAT and

rename it MOMS MUSIC. You can save your music in that folder, and have

another for her.

Re: ipod or mp3 or something

One more question since I'm learning so much from you all.....

Are there folders or something so that I could keep my music separate

from Caty's and we could share the same mp3?

ipod or mp3 or something

is up this a.m. and tuning to the high heavens. It's been

Aerosmith one minute and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the next. I

find it

difficult to get my 'groove' going with some of his tunes...lol.

I'm not up on the latest music players but saw a child with an ipod

yesterday at school and he was happy to show it to me. Such a small

thing

and he said he could download up to 750 tunes. Got it on Walmart

website

for over $100.00. Whew...sure is up there in price if you ask me. CD

player much cheaper but gawky and cd's get scratched.. Then I get to

looking and am amazed at the prices of these things. One hundred or

more

is

cheap. Anybody got suggestions? Sure would hate to pay that price

and

not

be happy with purchase. Double that amount as would have to get two.

Barb mom to (13ds) and Tyler (10nds)