Customer Reviews
Terrible 
2008-01-24
Complaints are thus: I have never in my life had any hardware or software give me half the amount of trouble this one product has, and this includes my cartridge blowing Nintendo days.
-Battery has been replaced 3 times under warranty. Still doesn't work.
-Never got the USB charger to work (the wall adapter to fix this ranges from $30-60, which their tech support will be more than happy to sell you).
-Battery never lasted more than 2 hours after two or three uses.
-The potential to "break" your ipod through "improper" software use ensured a few dozen reboots.
-Toss in a heapin' helpin' of branded software like itunes and quicktime that ensure you can never use anything BUT their product.
I don't think I will ever purchase anything from apple again. If you can avoid them, do. Their products don't last for poop.
Not worth the money!!!! 2007-06-16
I got an iPod mini as a gift from my parents for my birthday almost 2 years ago. I have had to have the Apple store replace it with a new one twice. The first one that I got wouldn't turn on at all. The second one, the wheel wouldn't stay locked, then it wouldn't hold a charge, and by the time I brought back to the store it was completely spazzing. The third and most recent replacement mini that they gave me had been working fine but as i was using it, all of a sudden the screen faded so now the screen is useless. The people at the Apple store told me that they had never seen this happen before and had no idea why it happened. Its not under warranty anymore and they told me that the only thing I could do would be to send it to an online repair shop or basically use it as an iPod shuffle. I never dropped any of the iPods, they never got wet, there is no rhyme or reason (even the Mac genius' couldn't figure out why this has happened) for why I have had 3 of them not work. This iPod mini has been nothing but a hassle for the past 2 years, please save yourself the time, effort, and money. I wish someone had warned me.
Absoluely fabulous! 
2007-05-13
This produc was delivered earlier than expected and in great shape. My family loves having an iPOD to enjoy their favorite music. Great service and a great item. Thanks.
iPod Mini 
2007-03-22
I was a little disappointed by the condition of the iPod-several scratches and dents. So I think it was a bit overpriced, considering the appearance. Since returning the iPod once for service, it has worked fine.
Norman 2007-03-18
Excellent value.handles and works well for Audio books, lots of storage space for many books and lots of music.
Great 2007-02-23
Weighing in at just 3.6 ounces and smaller than many cell phones, iPod mini fits your lifestyle and your bag, whether it be cocktail purse or messenger duffle. The chic, matte anodized aluminum case resists stains and scratches, all the while protecting your iPod mini. Recessed in the case to keep its surface pristine, the 1.67-inch (diagonal) backlit screen displays full song and album titles, artists' names and more.The iPod mini Click Wheel - featuring color-coordinated icons - gives you the enhanced durability and sensitivity of the iPod Touch Wheel, with buttons underneath. The Click Wheel takes best advantage of miniscule space and lets you scroll single-handedly through up to 1, 500 songs from your iTunes music collection.
Great MP3 Player 2007-02-07
We purchased 3 of these for our kids and they love it and have not had any problems with them. We'll be upgrading them to a nano when the hard drives on these start to fail. So far they haven't.
its perfect. 2007-01-09
the ipod is great! it got here in good time and great shape. it has plenty of memory to hold tons of music. it is a great size to carry around and use anywhere anytime.
Music on the go 2007-01-09
Great item. It's and iPod what else need you say? My wife loves it.
A note on Benjamin's comment 
2006-11-24
This is in the response to Benjamin's comment about the ipod encrypting cd's are mp3 you pull into itunes:
hey it doesn't have to "encrypt" the music you store on it. On my ipod i like to mess with the encoding settings to get a bit bettter quality (up to 320kpbs), but you can still go the standard route (192kbs) interchaing the AAC for the MP3 format: (no difference really apple says that AAC is a little better in conserving memory but the difference is too marginal to really matter)
Here's how:
Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Importing Tab -> Import using Mp3 encoder
That way when you do manage to pull out the music from your ipod using third party software you won't have to worry about the format not being compatible on another player.
