Why I buy this one ?
- 6 GB model holds up to 1,500 songs; supports MP3, AAC, WAV, MP3 VBR, Audible (6), and AIFF formats
- Mac and Windows compatible; FireWire and USB 2.0 interface for fastest digital transfer available
- 1.67 inch (diagonal) backlit screen displays full song names and more
- Up to 18 hours of battery life
- Comes with earbud headphones, belt clip, and USB 2.0 cable

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Price : $299.99 Usually ships in 4-5 business days

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What our customer's say!

"Meh", It has a decent capacity, and it plays music, which is all I really care about. The battery does not last, so I always have mine plugged in, but it gets the job done. Also, the backlight has recently worn out. Oh, well.

"Terrible", Complaints are thus: I have never in my life had any hardware or software give me half the amount of trouble this one product has, and this includes my cartridge blowing Nintendo days.

-Battery has been replaced 3 times under warranty. Still doesn't work.
-Never got the USB charger to work (the wall adapter to fix this ranges from $30-60, which their tech support will be more than happy to sell you).
-Battery never lasted more than 2 hours after two or three uses.
-The potential to "break" your ipod through "improper" software use ensured a few dozen reboots.
-Toss in a heapin' helpin' of branded software like itunes and quicktime that ensure you can never use anything BUT their product.

I don't think I will ever purchase anything from apple again. If you can avoid them, do. Their products don't last for poop.

"Not worth the money!!!!", I got an iPod mini as a gift from my parents for my birthday almost 2 years ago. I have had to have the Apple store replace it with a new one twice. The first one that I got wouldn't turn on at all. The second one, the wheel wouldn't stay locked, then it wouldn't hold a charge, and by the time I brought back to the store it was completely spazzing. The third and most recent replacement mini that they gave me had been working fine but as i was using it, all of a sudden the screen faded so now the screen is useless. The people at the Apple store told me that they had never seen this happen before and had no idea why it happened. Its not under warranty anymore and they told me that the only thing I could do would be to send it to an online repair shop or basically use it as an iPod shuffle. I never dropped any of the iPods, they never got wet, there is no rhyme or reason (even the Mac genius' couldn't figure out why this has happened) for why I have had 3 of them not work. This iPod mini has been nothing but a hassle for the past 2 years, please save yourself the time, effort, and money. I wish someone had warned me.

"Absoluely fabulous!", This produc was delivered earlier than expected and in great shape. My family loves having an iPOD to enjoy their favorite music. Great service and a great item. Thanks.

"iPod Mini", I was a little disappointed by the condition of the iPod-several scratches and dents. So I think it was a bit overpriced, considering the appearance. Since returning the iPod once for service, it has worked fine.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"A note on Benjamin's comment", This is in the response to Benjamin's comment about the ipod encrypting cd's are mp3 you pull into itunes:

hey it doesn't have to "encrypt" the music you store on it. On my ipod i like to mess with the encoding settings to get a bit bettter quality (up to 320kpbs), but you can still go the standard route (192kbs) interchaing the AAC for the MP3 format: (no difference really apple says that AAC is a little better in conserving memory but the difference is too marginal to really matter)

Here's how:

Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Importing Tab -> Import using Mp3 encoder

That way when you do manage to pull out the music from your ipod using third party software you won't have to worry about the format not being compatible on another player.

"One of the best around but needs a few things", Love this item think its one of the best user friendly MP3s around but the itunes is slow and sluggish and a pain to use some times but after you get used to the drag and drop and waiting for podcast to download its decent I wont say the best but good. The player needs a a bit of a better battery I have the newer model but still doesnt live up to the 16 hours they claim but for the room and the money its the better one out there it really hasnt locked on me yet only a couple of times but the they also claimed this newer model had a auto volume adjustment feature which may work somewhat but it is simply not true some songs are louder and some a quiter depends on quality of mp3 but over would recommend it I hope they come out with better features in the new one and smaller

"Too many problems to be worth buying", The Ipod mini looks cool, sounds good, and is easy to use. Unfortunately, it is NOT reliable. I have had too many problems with it skipping songs to recommend it to anyone. Please note that I have followed all troubleshooting guides and have updated the software. My neighbor has tons of trouble with the batterly life and other have problems, also. Stay clear.

"REVEIW OF IPOD", The IPOD purchased worked only two weeks. I am in the process of trying to contact the seller to get reimbursement or replacement.

"3.5 stars. YES! It Does Play .MP3s!!!!!!", Pros:

I've always been hesitant to buy an ipod... or any mac product. But this is one of the few devices that have an H20 audio case (sold here on Amazon), that enables you to swim with your ipod (a couple other ipod models have h20 cases too).

I've been a little ignorant about the ipod thinking it wouldn't play .mp3s, but it does. (It just doesn't let you transfer them to another pc). But if you have some .mp3's on your PC from whereever, it will copy them to your ipod, and leave the one's on your pc unchanged! This rocks as I thought it would encrypt the mp3s on my pc... it doesn't.

It has more features than I expected... the ipod wheel is pretty easy to figure out, I didn't read the manual it was soo easy. It comes with a Calendar, To Do List, Clock, alarm and more. I'm impressed.

Spending this much on a device, I did get a warranty added on.

It has a super interface that automatically organizes several different ways, by artist, by album, by genra, etc... and you can access your music by these different ways. Much better than the old Creative Zen's that have no folder functions or any additional functions listed above.

Cons:

You have to connect to your PC via tha USB transfer cable in order to charge the unit.

The battery is not accessible. You must send the unit to Apple to get it replaced (there are others on the net that do it for less).

It encrypts all music you transfer to it (on the device only, not on your PC).

It isn't compatable with many mobile music services, such as Real Rhapsody... etc. Pretty foolish. People are willing to pay a monthly subscription and be legal, and ipod denies them this because they want you to use itunes only. Well, this encourages illegal downloading as the non-protected mp3 commonly downloaded will easily go onto the ipod! >:( Get with it ipod!

Otherwise, this is a player I would recommend. If you're planning on getting a bigger player, 6+GB, I'd go with a different brand that has all the features of the ipod plus more... the Toshiba MES60VK, available here on amazon, has the same features as the 60GB ipod, with compatibility with subscription services AND digital FM radio!