topic Re: iPod or VaioPocket????? in PCs & Accessories

iPod or VaioPocket?????

Thorin — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 09:19:24 GMT

Hallo! Ok I try it in english, but it will be not so perfect. My vaio, Vgna 115 and me, we want to have a little baby. 😉 But we don´t really know which one we should buy. An apple iPod or the new vaio pocket. We have the itunes to manage our music, because sonicstage is not really the best. But we like sony and vaio.....what shall we do? Can anybody help us?

Joe and his vaio.................

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

kee-lo_ — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 13:17:10 GMT

iPod anyday!
Easy to use, plays MP3 AAC and WAV and has better software than SonicStage

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

robpaxton — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 18:45:24 GMT

Yes - iPod all the way for the same reasons.

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

kee-lo_ — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 18:54:35 GMT

Woohoo we have an alliance !

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

Thorin — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 22:14:20 GMT

My question, is why the ipod. The new vaio pocket seems to be cool and i thougth a sony user suports sony products, such as vaio pocket. I use itunes for a few weeks and its right cool, but when i use sonicstage, i am sure it will also cool. A friend have the ipod and an ibook and he sais that this is the only way. I think sony can be another way. What dió you think. I´m really not sure.
Joe

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

kee-lo_ — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 22:22:54 GMT

At the end of the day thats the choice you have to make. I love my iPod, being able to carry music in my pocket and enjoy music everywhere is just great.

If you hate DRM, go for iPod, if you like buying ATRAC music and ripping your own collection then VAIO pocket is your thing.

Read reviews, use them, see what makes you think "yes I want that"

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

chuckalicious — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:10:30 GMT

I'm here to back up Sonic Stage. Since version 2, it's been incredibly stable, much faster and has unlimited checkouts.
I personally don't like the iPod because of the poor battery life, and in all honesty, I've found many other players which reproduce the sound much better than any iPod.
If you buy music online, then the iPod is the way to go, but if you buy CDs and rip them on your PC, it's very easy to rip them in MP3 format on something like iTunes, then import them into Sonic Stage when you want to put music on your player.
Personally, if I had the option, I'd get the Sony, for battery life and styling because I have no issues with any of the matters others have mentioned. If you use your music legally, DRM isn't an issue. I have 1 PC with all my music on it and one player. It's all mine, no problems.
As KeeLo said though, it's up to you...

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

kee-lo_ — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:13:08 GMT

Yeah it's all down to taste. The new iPod (4th gen) has better battery life and I think the sound is pretty good - depends on what headphones you use too.

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

tellingd — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:22:33 GMT

I would go with the Sony:

1. it's Sony;
2. Don't buy music on the web - CD's only;
3. It's Sony;
4. Better battery life;
5. It's Sony

Simple :smileygrin:

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

kee-lo_ — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 22:38:49 GMT

*tuts* shameless selling....

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

Thorin — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:25:46 GMT

Ok, I think it is right better to wait until the VAIO POCKET is here.
But it is although a question of style. When I work and play with a VAIO- notebook, it is a must to have the small VAIO POCKET. I haven`t seen any APPLE user, who works with an IBOOK and who listens musik on any mp3- player. An Apple user with style uses IPOD. OK ! Thats the thing. VAIO for VAIO-User and IPOD for APPLE user. The only problem is ITUNES, it is rigth cool, and sonic-stage is far away from this performance.
Thats the only apple we must bite in. :smileygrin:
Ok lets wait and make the decision of style.
...its not a trick, its a sony.

Thorin

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

kee-lo_ — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:28:35 GMT

OK, wait for the VAIO Pocket, then you can benchmark them - see whats best for you.

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

tellingd — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:44:53 GMT

Who needs to benchmark? It's a Sony

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

kee-lo_ — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:11:16 GMT

Who needs to benchmark?  It's a Sony

ROFLMFAO

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

tellingd — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:20:02 GMT

HeHe

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

aranloko — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 12:13:41 GMT

Anyway, SonicStage 3.0 is on it's way so if the difference between 2.x and 3.0 will be as big as the difference between 1.x and 2.x nice things are on the way...

Re: iPod or VaioPocket?????

kee-lo_ — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 15:02:35 GMT

Thanks for the info Guess_Who, and good to see you back...