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Which should I get?
« on: March 27, 2012, 08:27:38 am »
My current camera is crap. It was probably made in 2001 or something like that, and it's huge, and the screen has a huge scratch in it, and I could go on forever. Well, I found a nice looking camera at Wal-Mart with 16 mega-pixels and decent zoom and panorama mode. Well, my current MP3 player is also crap. You can actually see the screen update. (No, the screen's not old, but when scrolling down a list or something, you can actually see a line going down the screen updating it.) So, I was also looking into getting an iPod Nano (the new kind). I need opinions, which of these two should I get (iPod Nano or camera) and why?

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Re: Which should I get?
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2012, 12:35:43 pm »
Would you consider the iPhone 4s? The camera is like a dslr (for reals, 8mp, it takes HUGE yet high res pictures), and it doubles as ipod and phone.
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Re: Which should I get?
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2012, 01:35:28 pm »
It is not that I don't like Apple (even though I don't like Apple :P) but why don't you consider buying another MP3 player than an iPod Nano ? For example, mine can read Ogg Vorbis files so I have better quality than with only mp3 support. It also supports Flash so I can have some games on it (not all work) and create custom interfaces myself. So once again, why choose an iPod Nano if there is better ?

But for the general choice, I would say, what do you need the most ? A camera or a MP3 player ? I never use any cameras for myself, so I would choose the MP3 player but maybe you use a camera more than a MP3 player, so you would better choose the camera (or the contrary).
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Re: Which should I get?
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2012, 05:31:35 pm »
Yeah, If I were you I'd get a iDevice with a camera on it, they have pretty good resolution.
That is, unless you are planning on taking tons of pictures, then I'd shoot for the camera. :)

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Re: Which should I get?
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2012, 09:44:27 pm »
I would either go with the iPod Touch, or if you can find a camera and other brand MP3 player for cheaper, then go with that. The camera on the iTouch is not too bad for video actually, except that it sucks for taking pics.
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Re: Which should I get?
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2012, 09:55:08 pm »
Personally, I got an Android phone, this thing does pretty much everything. The camera isn't the best but it does the job.

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Re: Which should I get?
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2012, 10:04:14 pm »
Does the Android have a lot of space (in the GB's)?
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Re: Which should I get?
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2012, 03:33:13 am »
Does the Android have a lot of space (in the GB's)?
What do you mean by "space"? Ram? Flash?
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Re: Which should I get?
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2012, 03:49:03 am »
Flash, or whatever android devices use for storage (such as MP3s, photos, adult movies, etc).
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Re: Which should I get?
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2012, 01:38:31 pm »
Android has Flash and a SD card reader (up to 32GB), so I guess you'll be okay.

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Re: Which should I get?
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2012, 03:28:26 pm »
It is not that I don't like Apple (even though I don't like Apple :P) but why don't you consider buying another MP3 player than an iPod Nano ? For example, mine can read Ogg Vorbis files so I have better quality than with only mp3 support. It also supports Flash so I can have some games on it (not all work) and create custom interfaces myself. So once again, why choose an iPod Nano if there is better ?

But for the general choice, I would say, what do you need the most ? A camera or a MP3 player ? I never use any cameras for myself, so I would choose the MP3 player but maybe you use a camera more than a MP3 player, so you would better choose the camera (or the contrary).
What kind of MP3 player do you have?

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Re: Which should I get?
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2012, 04:35:39 pm »
for mp3 players, i'd personally recommend the sansa fuze. you can get one on amazon for about 60 bucks.
it's about the same size as the ipod nano, i think, doesn't have an annoying touch screen, supports micro sd cards, so for another 20 dollars on amazon you could add 32 gigabytes of storage space, and it's one of the older and better supported players that can run rockbox meaning, if you put it on there, you could use your player for playing just about every audio format you could think of
Spoiler For formats:
B.1  Supported audio formats

B.1.1  Lossy Codecs

Format    

Extension
   

Notes
      
ATSC A/52 (AC3)    

.a52, .ac3, .rm, .ra, .rmvb
   

Supports downmixing for playback of 5.1 streams in stereo
ADX    

.adx
   

Encrypted ADX is not supported.
Advanced Audio Coding    

.m4a, .m4b, .mp4, .rm, .ra, .rmvb
   

Supports AAC-LC, -HEv1, and -HEv2 profiles
MPEG audio    

.mpa, .mp1, .mp2, .mp3
   

MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 1/2/3
Musepack    

.mpc
   

Supports SV7 and SV8 in mono/stereo
OGG/Vorbis    

.ogg, .oga
   

Playback of some old “floor 0” files may fail on low memory targets. Files with album art larger than available RAM will be skipped. Chained Ogg files are not supported.
Sony Audio    

.oma, .aa3, .rm, .ra, .rmvb
   

Supports ATRAC3
RealAudio    

.rm, .ra, .rmvb
   

Supports RealAudio G2 (Cook)
Speex    

.spx
   

Dialogic telephony type    

.vox
   

Windows Media Audio Standard    

.wma, .wmv, .asf
   

Windows Media Audio Professional    

.wma, .wmv, .asf
   

Note: AAC-HE profiles might not play in realtime on all devices due to CPU performance requirements.

B.1.2  Lossless Codecs

Format    

Extension
   

Notes
      
Audio Interchange File Format    

.aif, .aiff
   

Linear PCM 8/16/24/32 bit, IEEE float 32/64 bit, ITU-T G.711 a-law/μ-law, QuickTime IMA ADPCM
Monkey’s Audio    

.ape, .mac
   

Sun Audio    

.au, .snd
   

Linear PCM 8/16/24/32 bit, IEEE float 32/64 bit, ITU-T G.711 a-law/μ-law
Free Lossless Audio    

.flac
   

Supports multichannel playback including downmixing to stereo.
Apple Lossless    

.m4a, .mp4
   

Shorten    

.shn
   

Seeking not supported.
True Audio    

.tta
   

Wave64    

.w64
   

Supports same formats as Waveform audio format.
Waveform audio format    

.wav
   

Linear PCM 8/16/24/32 bit, IEEE float 32/64 bit, ITU-T G.711 a-law/μ-law, Microsoft ADPCM, Intel DVI ADPCM (IMA ADPCM) 2/3/4/5 bit, Dialogic OKI ADPCM, YAMAHA ADPCM, Adobe SWF ADPCM
Wavpack    

.wv
   

Note: Free Lossless Audio multichannel tracks may not play in realtime on all devices due to CPU performance requirements.

B.1.3  Other Codecs

Format    

Extension
   

Notes
      
Atari Sound Format    

.cmc, .cm3, .cmr, .cms, .dmc, .dlt, .mpt, .mpd
   

Synthetic music Mobile Application Format    

.mmf
   

PCM/ADPCM only
Game Boy Sound Format    

.gbs
   

Progress bar and seek use subtracks instead of seconds.
AY Sound Chip Music    

.ay
   

Progress bar and seek use subtracks instead of seconds for multitrack files.
Hudson Entertainment System Sound Format    

.hes
   

Progress bar and seek use subtracks instead of seconds.
MSX Konami Sound System    

.kss
   

Progress bar and seek use subtracks instead of seconds.
SMS/GG/CV Sound Format    

.sgc
   

Supports Sega Master System and Game Gear Sound Format. Progress bar and seek use subtracks instead of seconds.
Video Game Music Format    

.vgm
   

Gzipped Video Game Music Format    

.vgz
   

MOD    

.mod
   

NES Sound Format    

.nsf, .nsfe
   

Progress bar and seek use subtracks instead of seconds.
Atari SAP    

.sap
   

Sound Interface Device    

.sid
   

Progress bar and seek use subtracks instead of seconds.
SPC700    

.spc
   

Note: NSF and VGM might not play in realtime on all devices due to CPU performance requirements.

it has completely customisable themes, so everything can look exactly how you want it to (with pictures, progress bars, timers, and whatever wherever you want them), has loads of useful applications (reading and editing text files, making the screen white and as bright as possible to use as a flashlight, an alarm clock, a calendar, a pitch-detector, a metronome, a bitmap editor, a stopwatch, and so on), and... games. it has a bunch of different natively supported games (think snake, solitaire, etcetera), can run DOOM, and has built in support for gameboy colour roms =DD
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so that makes all of that as well as 36 gigs of storage space for about 80-90 dollars, whereas the ipod touch is 120 or more and has... 8 gigs?
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Re: Which should I get?
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2012, 09:49:52 am »
What kind of MP3 player do you have?
I have a Samsung P3 but I didn't tell it because it is a bit outdated now :P
(However, if my outdated P3 is better than an iPod Nano, why get an iPod Nano and not a Sansa Fuze (which looks like a P3 but in better according to the description), as shmibs said ?)

Flash, or whatever android devices use for storage (such as MP3s, photos, adult movies, etc).
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Re: Which should I get?
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2012, 04:10:26 pm »
I would do camera if you like to take pictures. Your music player is just aesthetically displeasing, but it is still functioning. If you get a  new camera, you will be getting more function (I think). Still that depends on how much you want a camera >:D