The Ipod

[doc_bean]

Okay, a slight confession here: I don't tend to like new technology or trends, but my girlfriend is looking for an mp3 player she can use while running. Logically when thinking of mp3 players I think of the Ipod. But the with the whole Itunes thing, I'm wondering wether or not you can upload your own songs onto an Ipod (ripped from a cd).

I know, the average 60y old probably knows more about the ipod than me

[Beirut]

I bought my kid a 512 meg SanDisk MP3 player for Christmas and it seems to be a good one. Not expensive, easy to use and upload music to, and the sound quality is good enough.

[Ser Clegane]

I'm wondering wether or not you can upload your own songs onto an Ipod (ripped from a cd).

No problem at all - you can simply use the iTunes software to copy the songs from your CDs to the iPod

[The Foolish Horseman]

i bought a 19.99 gbp 1gb mp3 player from argos at the weekend...so easy to use and upload songs on...soun=d quality good..good battery life too

[Xiahou]

If it's for running, I'd get something solid-state that doesn't have all the moving parts of an iPod. That way, all of the bouncing around, dropping, ect. that could be associated with jogging will be less likely to damage the mp3 player.

[Blodrast]

Xiahou is right. I dunno if they get damaged, but even skipping can become annoying enough.
If it's gonna be only for running, a flash stick with 4GB on it should be ok, whether it's an ipod or not. I dunno if they have ones with more memory, at a still reasonable price.