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iPod How many ipods have you had?

I've only had two.

Well, I won a iPod mini, and then before opening it I took it back and paid the difference to upgrade to an iPod photo in spring of 05. Just last fall, I sold that and upgraded to a 60gb video (gotta love the price of refurbs + the sales on eBay.. I only paid about $30 to make the switch!).
 
One: a 20Gb 4G monochrome, I bought it in October 2004. I've never had it in a case, I've dropped it several times, and it still works flawlessly. I don't know what other people who break their iPods are doing wrong...

I've influenced the following people under my roof to buy iPods, though.
Dad, 20Gb 4G monochrome, bought Feb. 2005
Sister, 4Gb 1G white nano, bought Sep. 2005
Brother, 30Gb 5G video, bought Dec. 2005.

And my iPod has led to the shiny new Macbook which I am typing this post on.

I used to not give Apple much thought. I mean, I thought the G4 iMac looked cool and all, but I was a PC person because I'd never had much experence with Macs, and the experence I did have was with OS 9 at school.

However, in the summer of 2004, I began to get fed up with how ineffective Windows Media Player was at managing my ever-growing collection of CD's. I tried out iTunes because of the good things I had heard about it, and I was amazed. This software was, and still is, the best music software I have ever used. It just made listining to music such a joy. Well, I was starting to get tired of carrying around a lot of CD's and a CD player with me, so I began to look around for an mp3 player. The only one I gave any thought to was the iPod, because the others didn't work with iTunes. I started to save up for one, and in October 2004 I biked over to my local Apple store, and plunked down $300 of my hard earned cash for a 20 gig iPod.

After using my iPod for a while, I realized that if music could be this good, why couldn't computing? Well, after trying out OS X, it was clear to me that Macs were better than ever, and that my next computer would be a Mac. Eventually, I needed another computer, because my brother and sister were always using our shared Dell desktop. I got a Macbook for myself last December, and I couldn't be happier with it.

It's funny to think how one free download on my Dell led to me, 2 and a half years later, owning a Mac and an iPod.
 
None. :)

I do have a Sony SD music player my parents bought me either when, or just before the first gen iPods arrived. Although our family have always been fans of Apple, we didn't like the idea of a HD in a portable music player.

HUGE MISTAKE.

My SD player uses software that "encrypts" the data onto the player using some annoying special sony format. The software only runs on Windows, and more annoyingly, does not run on XP. So I basically now have something that I can't put music on, and so is completely useless to me.

Hope to get a 80GB iPod v. soon! I'm owed one for Christmas :)

BTW, if anyone wants said extremely small and extremely cool looking Sony SD player, I would love to sell it...
 
none, and never will. (never owned a walkman or anything of the like)
i cannot get over the strange sci-fi factor of plugging in wires to my body and being (auditorially) disconnected from reality.
 
Let's see...

20GB iPod (2nd gen)
4GB iPod mini (1st gen)
20GB iPod photo (4th gen)
1GB iPod shuffle (1st gen)
30GB iPod video (5th gen)
4GB iPod nano (1st gen)

soon to get 1GB iPod shuffle (2nd gen) :)
 
I don't even know if i can remember all this and in retrospect it's kind embarrassing:

but here goes:

15 gb 3rd gen
4gb mini (which ended up in a pool)
20gb 4 gen
(then i kinda get fuzzy)
1g shuffle
60 gb 5th gen (black) traded with a MR mem for white, eventually sold)
Black 1G nano
2g nano Black > 4gb red> 8gb red (still have this one)
2g green shuffle.

wow i've got problems. i'm cooling off the ipod purchases.
 
I've had quite a few in my time. Blue mini, 20GB 4G photo, 30GB 4G photo (was given it as an upgrade) 4GB 1G nano, 30GB ipod video, 4GB 2G nano and 2G ipod shuffle
 
My wife & I have:

3G 20GB (purchased Dec 2003 as Christmas gift for me)
1G 4GB Mini (purchased Apr 2005 as Mothers Day gift for wife)
5G 30GB (Black) (purchased Oct 2006 as Birthday gift for wife)

My wife didn't care for the mini too much but absolutely loves the new iPod.

She is talking about getting me a Nano with the iPod+Nike kit for our anniversary and replacing my 3G ipod with a 5G 80GB for my birthday in August...
 
3

3G 60 gig
a 512 Shuffle
A 8 gig nano

The nano is the workhorse. The 60 gig is a firewire drive and the shiffle goes to the gym only after large holiday feasts
 
I've had three:

A 3rd Gen 40GB that I ended up selling on eBay after a year and regretted ever since.

A 1st Gen 1GB Shuffle that I use for audiobooks and as a flash drive.

A 5.5 Gen 30GB U2 Special Edition that I got for Valentine's Day. My wife got the black 5th Gen 30GB.

MovieCutter said:
4th Gen 40GB (signed by Natalie Portman...still have it)
Click to expand...

Now that is something I can be envious about!
 
I just have a sole 60GB iPod Video, it stores all the music and videos I have so far and it's only half full. I'm probably going to buy a Nano when I get my car though.
 
I think I'm one of the only ones without a large capacity iPod. Only have 2.5GB of music though :D
 
here is my huge collection...i collect ipods!

2 (5gb) 1G
1 (10gb) 2G
1 (15gb) 3G
2 (20gb) 3G
1 (20gb) 4G
1 (40gb) 4G Photo
1 (30gb) 5G (white)
1 (80gb) 5G (black)

2 (4gb) Mini 1stgen Gold and Blue
1 (6gb) Mini 2ndgen Silver
1 (2gb) Black Nano 1stgen
1 (1gb) White Nano 1stgen
1 (4gb) Red and Blue Nano 2ndgen
1 (8gb) Black Nano 2ndgen

2 (512mb shuffles)
5 (1gb coloured ones) orange, blue, pink, silver and green

Total: 24 ipods...(some are my rents and my sisters)

i bought alot off ebay..and with my money and off friends etc
 
I have three which all get used regularly:

First was a 4th Generation 40GB iPod ('The Jukebox') bought in October 2005 - and so began my Apple Experience.

Second was a 1st Generation 512MB iPod Shuffle ('The Runner') bought in August 2006, which I use at the gym and when running.

Third is a 8GB 2nd Generation Nano ('The Traveller') which I bought in January this year and which currently lives in the pocket of my work-coat (you've gotta have some music when you're eating a sandwich!), and will eventually see the world through the bottom of a rucksack.
 
I already posted, but I have some more now:

iPod mini 6GB Blue - February 2005 - £179 ($348)

iPod 5th Generation 30GB Black - December 2005 - £219 ($426)

iPod shuffle 1GB 1st Generation White - August 2006 - $99 (£51)

iPod nano 8GB 2nd Generation Black - October 2006 - £169 ($329)

iPod shuffle 1GB 2nd Generation Green - Today! :D - £55 ($107)

Total value £673 ($1309)

I currently want a perfect 3rd Generation iPod for my collection and a Kubrick iKub/iBe@r to put it in.
 
4GB green iPod mini, 2nd gen (gave it to my sister)
512MB Shuffle, 1st gen (gave it to my dad)
30GB iPod, 5th gen (still alive, but really scratched up and slightly quirky.)
 
17 iPods so Far for Me...

I've purchased 23 iPods but 6 of them were for others so a total of 17 for me. I still have 3 and my wife has one of the other ones...

1. December 2001 – My 1st!! – the Original White 5 Gig iPod
2. April 2002 – Sold my Original (I still regret selling it) and purchased the White 10 Gig iPod
3. August 2002 – Sold my 10 Gig and picked up the White 20 Gig
4. April 2003 – Upgraded my 20 Gig to the new White 20 Gig with solid state scroll wheel and four buttons
5. September 2003 – Upgraded from the 20 Gig to the White 40 Gig with solid-state scroll wheel and four buttons. This iPod still holds a special place in my heart as it represented the first time I was able to have all of my music on my iPod. At the time, I had about 32 Gigs of music.
6. February 2004 – Purchased a Green 4 Gig iPod Mini as a gift for my wife. Due to huge demand in the US, the mini was not available to be ordered in Canada yet. I purchased this iPod on E-Bay and had it shipped to a friends address in Boston and then had my friend ship it up to me.
7. April 2004 – Bought my 1st iPod Mini for myself. I ordered a Pink one online from the Apple Store. I got an E-Mail telling me that it would ship in 1-2 weeks (see below.)
8. March 2004 – I was in my local Best Buy and saw that they had a Pink Mini in stock. I bought it and rushed home to cancel my online order. Just my luck – Apple had shipped it early. I ended up selling the one that Apple shipped to me (still sealed) to a friend who was looking to buy one.
9. July 2004 – Upgraded to the white 40 Gig with Click Wheel
10. December 2004 – Upgraded to the White 60 Gig iPod Photo. This was my most expensive iPod purchase ever at $749 Canadian. I almost skipped this one but decided to treat myself after receiving a pretty sweet bonus that year.
11. January 2005 – Purchased the 512 Meg Shuffle (just because!!)
12. February 2005 – Upgraded my Mini to the new 6 Gig version
13. September 2005 – Upgraded from my mini to the new Nano (the 4 Gig version in White)
14. October 2005 – Upgraded to the White 60 Gig iPod with Video
15. April 2006 – Bought a Black 30 Gig iPod with Video as a gift for my wife
16. June 2006 – Bought a 1 Gig White Nano for my father-in-law as a Birthday gift
17. July 2006 – Bought a 1 Gig White Nano for myself. (I was convinced that new Nano would be announced in the June timeframe so I had recently sold my 4 Gig version. When Apple and Nike came out with the Nike+ system though, I had to pick up a small Nano just so I could use their new running system until the new line of Nanos arrived.)
18. September 2006 – Upgraded to the Black 80 Gig iPod Video
19. September 2006 – Upgraded to the new 2nd Generation Nano (a 4 Gig Pink one)
20. October, 2006 – I decided that the new Product Red Nano was much cooler than my Pink one so I upgraded to the 4 Gig Red Nano.
21. December 2006 – Bought a White 30 Gig iPod with Video as a Christmas gift for my parents
22. December 2006 – I purchased a 1 Gig 2nd Generation Shuffle for a local United Way Charity Silent Auction. (It sold for more than I paid for it!)
23. December 2006 – I decided to purchase the new 1 Gig 2nd Generation for myself too.

Full details on my blog...

http://torants.blogspot.com/2007/01/cupertino-i-may-have-problem-pre.html
 
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