1st
When the iPod came out I was keen on getting a MP3 player but because I'm so desperately twatish I decided that I didn't want to 'be a sheep' and get an iPod I would get something else.

So I bought the Sony one. It had exactly the same functionality as an iPod except it was
1 not as good
2 not as pretty
3 a fucking huge bag of shit that had been pissed on

It also came with 'Soundforge' a bundled software package that managed to actually be more cumbersome, & crapper than iTunes and full of more bugs than an aardvarks breakfast
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 12:54, 12 replies)

Whilst i do like your enthusiasm
nothing is as bad as iTunes
( Another_tragic_case wished he hadn't eaten all the cake, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 13:10, closed)

How can anything be as bad as iTunes?
It's the most obstructive, sluggish and downright unpleasant piece of software since...well the last iteration of iTunes was farted out of the diseased bowels of Apple.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 29 Sep 2011, 13:21, closed)

Honestly
Soundforge makes iTunes look like a killer app
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 14:15, closed)

My mp3 player is a Sony.
I quite like it; I've never had any trouble with it.

With one drawback... it's not mac compatible. This means that I can only upload stuff to it via the computer in the office.
:(
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 13:47, closed)

I had the 1st version
which I think even Sony agreed was a turd in a silver jacket
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 14:14, closed)

Are
we thinking of the same 'soundforge'?

The one that was bought out by Sony from Sonic Foundry?

That software was the dogs bollocks.
(dchurch bah, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 14:24, closed)

the dogs
( AWPS, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 14:59, closed)

It's controlled by Windows Media Player now which is I guess the lesser of two evils when compared to iTunes, though I'm not that bothered by either.

I like the fact that my Sony MP3 player doesn't have a touch screen. I can reach into my pocket/bag/underwear and turn up the volume or flick a track without having to take it out and have at it with two hands. This is a bonus.
( AWPS, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:00, closed)

I'd not considered that aspect of things.
But now you point it out, it is quite important.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:14, closed)

I now have a iPod Classic
and I use winamp instead of iTunes

because it's not a touch I too can fast forward, change volume in my pocket
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:23, closed)

When the iPod first came out I had a Creative mp3 player which kicked its arse from here to Saturday
Still does, tbh
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:26, closed)

I had one of those...
The Sony NW-HD1 - supposed ipod killer, which on specs it was. Huge 20gb hard drive, twice the battery life, half the physicals size...

The fact it ran on some stupid Sony format and was locked to the horrible Sony software somehow didn't seem to be issues when I bought the thing.

I will have to say though, when it worked it was brilliant, and survived many years of hard use until eventually wearing out, at which point I replaced it with a much more modern Sony player that works via plug and play and reads mp3. Re-ripping a few hundred albums from cd was certainly fun...
(442, Sat 1 Oct 2011, 2:59, closed)