iPod Shuffle to iPod Mini Exchange.
 

Howdy all. I had a nice unexpected commision from work, so I decided to buy an iPod Shuffle 512MB. I already had a nice MP3 CD player. I liked the iPod Shuffle, but the memory size and lack of an LCD display kind of bugged me. I could have upgraded to the 1 GB Shuffle for another 50 bucks. Well, to make a long story short, I returned the Shuffle and bought a 4GB iPod Mini. The cost was $200, twice that of the 512MB Shuffle, 8 times the capacity, has a great display, etc. It's only been a few hours, but I have to tell you folks, I'm lovin' the Mini. Size is just right, storage is just right, and the controls are great. Great product, in my point of view. I kind of wanted to get the Rio Nomad, but Worst Buy was out of them.

Hey, cool. Were in the same boat. I was contemptating the shuffle, but the lack of LCD really bugged me. I just kept on thinking, was the extra 100 worth it? Then i realized, hmm, if i want to hear song 80, id have to click like 80 times, which would just be stupid, so i said screw it, go for the mini. So pretty much we went through the same thing only i didnt actually buy the shuffle. And i also had a little extra unxpected commision, wierd.

there sweet little things eh, love mine, helps even more now that i have mastered the itunes software, thanks to some tips below in a previous post. the notes feature is cool as well.

1slOwCD8, yeah, the commision thing and wanting to get an iPod is weird, lol. All I know is that I am quite happy with the Mini.

brian1975, I find iTunes a bit confusing, any tips? Thanks for any help.

hehe, not sure i can give you many tips, i am just glad i know how now to add and delete files from my ipod. any info i can provide i would be more than happy. btw do you or anyone else know how big the txt files can be on the ipod? under the notes feature.

itunes works best with files that have all of their data set filled in. (Track name, band, year, genre, star rating, etc.) Once you have all of that, play around with smart playlists. I have one that picks up any song that I rate as four stars or higher. Since my music collection is too big for my iPod, I just have the iPod prefs setup to auto update to that list.