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Jools
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Check the manufacturers web-sites for official specifications before posting false info. iPod has 12 hours battery life not eight. Check the Apple web-site. And the iRiver has 16 hours, not 32!
iPod can be updated to support more file formats by a firmware update as Apple has shown in the past. It's up to Apple if and when they do this though.
The iRiver cannot play AAC files, so if you want to download music from iTunes Music Store (currently the best online music store) or listen to music previously encoded in AAC format by iTunes, you can't.
AAC is already a popular format for digital music. It's an open standard invented by Dolby, and is part of the new HD-DVD format specification. Ogg is a proprietary format.
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mixin
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On 2004-09-09 22:44:25, JoolsG3 wrote:
iPod can be updated to support more file formats by a firmware update as Apple has shown in the past. It's up to Apple if and when they do this though.
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Same with iriver. If they felt the need to support AAC, then they'd release the firmware update 
These are the supported formats for the two:
Ipod: AAC, MP3,VBR, WAV, AIFF, Audible
Iriver: MPEG 1 / 2/2.5 Layer 3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, ASF, WAV
If you are gonna be comparing the ipod to iriver, it'll be best to compare the IHP-140 iriver model with the 40gig ipod, and the IHP-120 with 20gig ipod.
The Ipod is about £40 dearer than the IHP-140 too.
So if you went for the iriver, you'd save £40, get a radio and voice recorder, you'd get used to the interface after a bit (if it really is that hard to use), maybe lose on sound quality (can't be that much difference really) and the device isn't as pretty, (but it'll be in your pocket anyway!)
Anyone else find it hard to type "iriver"?
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mixin
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how can you say no to this?
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cyberkid
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So, currently, the models tht we take into consideration r juz iPOD and Iriver right? I guess these two brands are more popular and valuable? 
Any other brands tht r compatible with those two models?
Eg, iAudio, Xclef...?
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50Cent
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iaudio is a contender i reckon... if you dont mind a small external screen (on remote) the M3L is a good choice, thats the one that has 32 hrs playback  i think
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Posted: 2004-09-09 22:44
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