well there we go again the ipod was working fine untill it wanted charging plug it into the travel charger for half an hour turned it back on and its sha99ed its self them at the shop say it wont be the charger but come on three in three weeks,they say its the sound processor.

get a walkman, chuck the ipod in the bin!

Get a Sony MP3 walkman. Had my 20Gb hdd one for ages, used every day for 3 years, kicks the ipods arse...

i thought they have been re-named ishite? Bro has a creative zen and i havnt heard a bad thing about it and hes had it about 2years.

I have a Sony Walkman MP3 player too - a NWZ-A818 8GB - does what it's meant to do, day in and day out.

Upside: Good sound, easy to use, very small package. Content can be added and removed directly - it behaves like a memory stick - so no special software essential (very useful if your main PC is a linux box).

Downside: No direct power supply - has to charge from a USB port. Haven't worked out how to convert video files to the correct format MP4 files to run on it. You will require Windoze Media Player if you want to see pretty album covers and info (I'm not fussed myself). Screen is allegedly a bit easy to scratch, but mine's in a tough plastic cover so I'm not worried about that

You can buy a plug that goes in the wall and the USB connects to that...easy charge in any room!

i find that the walkman wins hands down on everything except actual volume. Still loud but the ipod can blow your head off! I only use my walkman a half volume so no probs.

And as said, easy peasy file transfer!