Apple iPod 40 GB Photo M9585LL/A White (4th Generation) | Discount Price: $305.95
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Platform: Macintosh
Brand: Apple
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - 40 GB model holds up to 10,000 songs; supports AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 (32 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible, AIFF, Apple Lossless and WAV
- Holds 25,000 photos and displays them on a 2-inch diagonal 65,536-color LCD screen with LED backlight
- Up to 15 hours battery life when fully charged (which typically takes 5 hours); fast-charge in as little as 3 hours
- Compatible with Mac OS X or Windows 2000 with SP4 and XP; FireWire and USB 2.0 interface for fastest digital transfer available
- Comes with iPod photo dock, earbud headphones, a carrying case, an AC adapter, a FireWire cable, a USB 2.0 cable, and an AV cable
Beware Apple Quality [Posted on 2006-07-26]
Apple quality is terrible, and they don't stand behind their products. My iPod Photo started malfunctioning almost immediately after the warranty expired. I have spent more time resetting it and reloading it than listening to it. The battery gives no where near the advertised power. If you don't pay for an Apple Care policy for an extra year, Apple will not provide any service or refer to third party service for an iPod, even if you wish to pay for it.
According to the Apple Store technician, the iPod's hard drive is defective, probably was from the staryt, resulting in intermittent crashes (sad iPod face in display), inability to power on or freezing of device. Another Apple technician told me he believed the logic board is bad. They suggested replacement of the device, which cost $499, at my cost as the one-year manufacturer's warranty expired nine months ago.
iPod 40 GIG Photo [Posted on 2006-08-26]
I just bought a refurb iPod 40 gig photo with firewire from the Apple Store online. It was the best priced model that still works with Firewire. Since I do not own a computer with USB 2, I wanted to stay with Firewire. Regarding malfunctioning iPods, you have a one year hardware warranty. If you choose not to buy AppleCare for the extra year, that is unfortunate, and not Apple's problem, but the users. Guess what? Sony's MP3 players come with a 90 day warranty, and Sony has a reputation for good quality. Point being: not Apple's fault if unit breaks down after one year if you don't purchase extended warranty. All electronics are made in China anyway, so buy the extended warranty. More later after using the iPod for a while.
A fine device for its time, and still going strong... [Posted on 2006-12-01]
I got my 40Gb iPod Photo a couple of Christmases ago ... I know its a long time past and this review is very late in coming, but I thought, people can still buy this product on the "used" Ipod market, and I thought that here was a good place to give it its due...
I use iTunes 6.X with it now, and it is still going strong on its original battery! I'm not at "hard music user", so I didn't run it through its courses as much as a "power" user may.
I used it more as a PDA -- loving its calendar, using it as a hard drive -- and with only buying two other items for it (the Contour Design "Showcase 4G" case and the perpetually top-mounted Griffin iTalk) I was as happy as a clam.
I enjoyed being able to view images on its 2-inch screen, but I loved being able to show my friends and family how a simple miniplug-to-RCA cable lets you scroll through your photos on your TV screen. If your creative, you can put visible maps on this thing... truly sweet!
As I owned it for a while, its weight wore on me a bit, and I would have preferred something a little smaller and with a removable battery. The hard drive thing is a bit much, but that's a long time past. If I have now gone with a flash-based MP3 player with capabilities [FM Radio, built in USB-host capabilities, Line in jack]. If I didn't need these functions, I may have gone with the newer Nano line, but that's a different story...
No regrets, it has (and in some cases, still does have) its place in my tech life. I'd still recommend it to anyone.
My very first iPod - I hardly ever leave home without it [Posted on 2007-02-27]
Even though this guy has been with me for about two years now and have received a lot of use and abuse (several hits included) it is working just fine and has become the partner that put a soundtrack to my cubicle, my car, my commute and my just_before_sleep_time.
The interface is just great, the sound quality is excellent (I use my Sennheiser PX100 headphones most of the time) and the ability to store my photos and show them to the family and friends right on the screen or connected to a TV deserves a big "WOW", not to mention the "Contacts" and "Notes" utilities.
At this moment it's almost full (3.2 Gb free) with:
- 3998 songs, most of them MP3 or AAC at 320Kbps (I prefer to have them a this high quality)
- 5461 5Mp photos
- All of my contacts
- Notes with some "The Art of War" and some Japanese fayry tales.
- Some data files because i use it also as an external drive for copy and back up of files.
What else can be said? I would definately buy it again.
Ipod breakdown [Posted on 2007-05-17]
got this ipod and the same day the sad face came up and it stopped working. Maybe its just the fact that im not too familiar with ipod software, or that it was an older generation, either way within two weeks i was sending it away to get repaired. I reccommend getting a newer generation, its worth the money and you'll most likely have less problems.
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