Well, I'm finally getting one of these thingies, mainly so I can listen to podcasts while I'm at the gym. I'm getting some kind of car mount / cassette adapter as well (yes, I'll be a danger to everyone on the road while I flip through my playlist!).

Anyway, I was going to go for a 6gb mini, but Amazon is selling the 20gb 4th generation model for the same price ($240) so getting less space for the same price seems kind of silly.

Any advice on accessories, etc.? I'm thinking of the DLO TransPod Direct for the car. I've heard enough about the FM transmitters that I want to avoid the, so I'll go with the cassette adapter and lighter-mount deal.

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Well, I'm finally getting one of these thingies, mainly so I can listen to podcasts while I'm at the gym. I'm getting some kind of car mount / cassette adapter as well (yes, I'll be a danger to everyone on the road while I flip through my playlist!).

Anyway, I was going to go for a 6gb mini, but Amazon is selling the 20gb 4th generation model for the same price ($240) so getting less space for the same price seems kind of silly.

Any advice on accessories, etc.? I'm thinking of the DLO TransPod Direct for the car. I've heard enough about the FM transmitters that I want to avoid the, so I'll go with the cassette adapter and lighter-mount deal.

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Get the iTop thingy that puts buttons on the top. That helps a lot...

Thanks.

I'm still debating the Mini versus the 20gb iPod, mainly because this accessory would work so well for me:

http://www.tentechnology.com/products/products_flexdock.php

My concern with the mini, of course, is that once I start really using it I'm not going to want to pull music out of it, and wish I'd gotten the 20gb. On the other hand, 6gb is still a good amount of space. How are people doing hitting the limits of their space?

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I've got a 40Gb iPod and have already gone beyond 17Gb in total so far. I don't claim to speak for the average music listener, though.

Exactly the same here--17gb out of 40. I have a ton of music I haven't converted to mp3 because I don't really listen to it anymore, but I'm still adding stuff all the time and I'm glad I don't have to worry about space. My last mp3 player was 20 and I found myself deleting stuff to upload other music.

I've got 3.5 days of music (1405 songs) and I've used about 5.5 gigs out of a possible 13.9. It's a 15gb ipod, but since some gigabytes are used for settings and games, it's got a little less than that for actual music, which makes me think you should go with the 20gb instead of the mini.

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CowTipper's got a good point - a lot of people don't realise that the so-called "4Gb" mini doesn't actually have 4Gb of space for music. I'd say it's always best to overestimate the amount you'll need, especially if the price difference isn't huge. As for portability, the size differential between the 'ordinary' model and the mini is not particularly vast.

Personally, I've always thought that the principle of the iPod is to be able to carry all the music you want with you at all times, and not have to sacrifice some music for the sake of newer material.

Take it from me, I had the 4gb before I had the 20gb and it was just a pain to have to always decide what you wanted to remove before you added. I'm at 16.7 gb out of 20 already, I may need to upgrade soon, but for the time being it's great. It's not like you plan on listening to ALL your music at one point, but with the Mini, say you're out travelling and you really want to listen to this one song, which happens to be a song you didn't transfer on there, it's unimaginabley irritating.

Also for that flexDock, I have a feeling you could mod it yourself to work with the 20GB. See, the mini and the, well, not mini ipods have the same contact on the bottom. I'm pretty sure the only thing that makes the flexDock mini-specific is that it will have 2 small tabs on it that also insert onto the bottom of the mini. They aren't electrical at all, they're just there for stability.(see image below) The larger ipods don't have this. Perhaps, if you're feeling up to it, you could make the flexDock work with a 20gb or higher by simply shaving off the tabs.

aformentioned stability tabs

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Thanks. I've been leaning toward the "You know you're not going to want to take music out of it once you put it in once you put it in." point of view, and you've pretty much confirmed it.

Any thoughts on cases, headphones?

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Thanks. I've been leaning toward the "You know you're not going to want to take music out of it once you put it in once you put it in." point of view, and you've pretty much confirmed it.

Any thoughts on cases, headphones?

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I went through the same question fuzzy, in the end I went for the 20gb ipod photo. The photo function is worth that little extra.

But if it were a straight fight between the 6gb and the 4th gen 20gb Id go for the 20gb every time.

My theory on music is there are only 5000 songs in the world worth listening to hence the 20gb is spot on.

plus you may find you want to use it as a portable hard drive aswell, which can be dead handy.

I have the 60gb version...And I have about 43 gb onit right now. Yes, i'm a music fanatic.

I recommend the iPOD remote and the podfreq for your car/stereo (www.podfreq.com) instead of the Apple iTrip.

If you're at all curious as to who I am, i can be found in this comedy short film thats all about the iPOD age. I play the "runner." enjoy. it's pretty funny...

http://www.theroyalwe.org/1984.html

-will

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And now to add even more confusion into the mix!

http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/

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I saw that yesterday. Minis are out, these are replacing them. I'd lose mine in a week.

I like the manly feel of my 20gb.

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Seeing that the new 20gb color ones are out, I see that the 20gb b&w ones are nicely discounted. Seeing as I don't really need it for photos, it seems like the right way to go.

Nano doesn't seem like such a good deal when you compare. Since it won't be on my person all the time, the form factor isn't worth giving up the space.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.