Apple 40 GB iPod from HP (MP103)

Apple 40 GB iPod from HP (MP103)

Product Description
From the Manufacturer
It's an ultraportable digital music player that enables you to bring your entire music collection with you, wherever you go. It's the kind of flexibility you want – listen to music on the bus, at the gym, at work. No more lugging around a heavy bag of CDs. The iPod weighs just a few ounces and you can put 10,000 songs on it.

It's fast.

Just plug it into your computer and with the help of a USB 2.0 connector, you can download your entire music library from iTunes at blazing speeds. Don’t worry about keeping iTunes and iPod in sync – they sync up automatically when the iPod is plugged in.

It's easy to use.

The unique Click Wheel navigation is intuitive to use. The Click Wheel—an innovation in usability—makes it both fun and easy to select playlists, scroll through artists, and choose the song you want without lifting your thumb.

Connect the iPod to your PC and transfer music automatically. Auto-Sync makes updating music fast and easy.

With iTunes you can build your music library and make your own playlists.

It sounds great.

Designed to give you the best portable digital music experience possible, the iPod delivers the highest sound quality. iPod supports the most popular audio formats – including MP3 (up to 320 kbps), MP3 variable bit rate and WAV, giving you access to a wide range of audio file types. The new Apple Lossless format lets you import music from CDs at highest quality for about half the space as uncompressed audio (AIFF). AAC features CD-quality audio in smaller sizes than MP3, so that even more songs fit on your iPod.

Once you plug in your iPod, it automatically syncs with iTunes. You don’t even have to press a button. iTunes knows when you’ve plugged in your iPod to your computer. You can see at a glance what’s on your iPod in the iTunes window. If your iTunes library exceeds the iPod storage capacity, you can let iTunes fill your iPod for you. iTunes will create a playlist that fits your style — and your iPod capacity. iTunes also picks up any playlists you’ve made on your iPod so you can play or edit them on your PC. For finer control over your portable collection, you can turn off Auto-Sync and select your iPod contents manually.

Customizable settings

Customize main menu

Create On-The-Go Playlists

Rate songs

Shuffle songs or albums

Repeat one or all

Adjust audiobook reading speed

Sound Check on or off

20 equalizer presets

Backlight timer

Display contrast

Alarms on, off or silent

Sleep timer

Date and time

Display time in menu bar

Contacts sort and display by first or last names

Clicker on or off

The iPod supports an advanced digital audio format known as Dolby AAC Format. Dolby AAC Formar rivals CD-quality sound, with higher compression levels so you can fit more music on your iPod.

Headphones

Earbud-style headphones with 18-mm drivers using Neodymium transducer magnets

Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz

Impedance: 32 ohms

	You can do a whole lot more with iPod. Take your Microsoft Entourage or Palm Desktop calendar with you. Keep your contacts at a thumb’s distance because now iPod supports industry-standard vCards. Stay on top of your day with to-do lists.		There’s a music quiz to keep you on your music trivia toes, as well as other games (Solitaire, Brick and Parachute), which comes in handy on long commutes or while waiting in lines.
	iPod also includes a notes reader so you can download text-based information and read it on the screen. Download anything from restaurant reviews or directions, work out routines or news, and have it at your fingertips when you need it.		Use the Shuffle feature in the main menu the next time you want to quickly shuffle your music – now it’s on the main menu. It’s everyone’s favorite option for mixing things up. You can shuffle your entire music collection.

Product Description:
The Apple iPod +hp digital music player puts a world of music in the palm of your hand. Able to store about 10,000 songs and weighing just 6.2 ounces, the new 4th generation iPod supplies up to 12 hours of playing time on a single battery charge. It also now incorporates the same touch-sensitive Apple Click Wheel that debuted on iPod mini. Playlists and thousands of songs can be quickly accessed without lifting a thumb from the wheel. Features an intuitive user interface, a 2" backlit grayscale LCD screen and seamless integration with the included iTunes for Windows software. iTunes allows you to efficiently and creatively manage your digital music collection, and makes it easy to add to your collection via the Apple Music Store. Includes a 1-yr. warranty through Hewlett-Packard. iPod for Windows requires a PC with built-in FireWire or USB 2.0 port or a Windows-certified FireWire or USB 2.0 card and Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4) or Windows XP Home or Professional. iPod for Mac (software not included) requires a Macintosh with built-in FireWire and Mac OS X v10.1.5 or later (Mac OS X v10.3 or later recommended). Supports AAC, MP3, Audible, AIFF, Apple Lossless and WAV audio formats. Available storage capacity may vary.

Average customer rating:

Don't Buy HP or APPLE!
Run, do not walk...
Dishonest Company -Katstance- Staten Island N.Y.
Horrible product and horrible service
NO star is the real rating for HP

Apple 40 GB iPod from HP (MP103)

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Holds up to 10,000 songs
Up to 12 hours continuous backup with rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery
Innovative Click Wheel makes navigation easier
Synchs up with your PC efforllessly with the included USB 2.0 and Firewire cables
1 year limited hardware warranty with 1 year toll-free 24x7x365 phone support

ASIN: B0002OG6CA

Product Description

Pack up to 10, 0001 songs into your pocket with the 40GB Apple iPod from HP. How much music is that? You could listen 24 x 7 for almost four weeks in a row, never hearing the same song twice. Even better, the iPod is about as compact and lightweight as your cell phone.

Customer Reviews:

Don't Buy HP or APPLE!.......2007-02-27

My daughter bought her Dad a 40GB IPOD for Christmas in 2004. Unaware that she had purchased an HP/Apple IPOD, everything seemed rosy until about a year later when it needed a new battery.

I brought it to an Apple Store and after waiting 45 minutes for an "appointment," the geek took one look at the HP logo on the back and simply said, "Can't do, it's HP, not Apple." After arguing back and forth, I was told to contact HP.

It seems that HP and Apple had entered into a short-lasting partnership around 2004 in which Apple would design the IPOD, HP would stick its name on it and sell it, and in return, HP would configure their computers with ITUNES. The deal was terminated in less than a year.

Getting back to the story, after much prodding with HP, I was able to reset my IPOD using the AC charger, but was told that I would need to contact a 3rd party for the battery.

I searched on the internet and found a battery for approx $59 that included two plastic pryers to open the hermedically sealed IPOD. They should use Apple to design the tiles for the Space Shuttle, they'll never come off! After hours of trying, and only minimal damage to the case, I was finally able to replace the battery.

Skip to Feb 2007. Upon connecting IPOD to computer to download songs from ITUNES, I get the cute little Apple sad face :( with an exclamation point ! which means...YOU'RE SCREWED AGAIN, SUCKER! I am now back in the same dumpster I was in when I bought the $59 battery. I will not buy another one. I will dump my IPOD, burn all the tunes in ITUNES to a cd, copy to hard drive and transfer to a new mp3 player.

Here's why the title of this post is what it is: Both HP and Apple have shirked their responsibility to their customers so that they could make a quick buck. Sell the product, get the money, and leave the customer hanging. HP entered into an agreement with Apple, it didn't work out, and now their customers pay the price.

Any company who designs an electronic product that takes a surgeon to remove a battery and charges $89 for the privilege is basically saying to their customers, "You are a SUCKER!" How much can that battery possibly cost them? A few bucks at most? It's easier to take the battery out of my computer's motherboard!

And the arrogance of Apple with their smirky little "we don't repair HP products" even though it clearly says on the back of the case: Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China....& copyright 2004 Apple Computers, Inc. All rights reserved." Apparently, that means nothing to them.

There is only one thing left for me to do: I myself will never buy or recommend any device made by Hewlitt Packard or APPLE. This applies to any kind of product HP makes, Printers, Cameras, etc. There are many other choices to make for mp3 players. If you unfortunately happen to join the Apple ITUNE family, I'm sure that when your battery runs out, your service contract expires, they leave you in the lurch, and you are forced to pay as much as you would for an automobile battery that lasts 3-5 times longer, you will probably be of the same opinion.

Run, do not walk..........2006-07-01

away from this product. HP will not honor its warranty. If you want an iPod, get it from an Apple distributor.

Dishonest Company -Katstance- Staten Island N.Y........2006-03-03

I too own a 40GB ipod from HP that I purchased in Dec 2004. The whole kit cost me close to $500. It seems from the other reviews I read that the time frame that these ipods were made they are all defective. This is my third one since I purchased it. The first two did not work due to know fault of my own. I just got a file on the screen both times and after hours of tech support they still could not tell me anything other then it was corrupt software. After loading everything on my new one it happened again only a couple of weeks later. Again they sent me a new one. Now I'm aggraviated because I have to redo the ipod again. I decide to purchase the extended warranty only to be told when I needed tech support and it was a warranty for the Apple not the HP Apple. Well needless to say, I am left out to dry. Apple will not support this product and HP decided they no longer would be doing Ipods so if I needed repair I would have to take it to a service center and pay for it myself. Even though the product is not reliable they still would not let me upgrade to an Apple ipod. So tell me how a consumer who purchases a $500 piece of equipment is left to fix a defective product. I will never buy another HP product again and I will be taking further action against HP. They can't just leave their customers stranded like this.

Horrible product and horrible service.......2006-02-16

Got mine in Dec. 2004. Worked until April, when it started skipping, randomly shutting off, not starting up, etc. So they sent me a replacement. Damaged in shipping. Send me another replacement that continually gave me (-64)errors ... that one last for 2 months before it stopped working ... the next replacement IPod worked from September through late January when it died ... the iPod would freeze after a song was selected and no matter what, you couldn't free it ... I had to let the power drain, then recharge, only to have it to it again.

So I call customer service at HP YET AGAIN and am told it's 74 days out of warranty and that there's nothing that they can do. Ya know, that might be, but I paid nearly $600 for the first one, and have not had one last for more than a few months. Is this good product reliability? No. Good service on HP? Maybe, though I understand they have thresholds for repairs, this is idiotic. They should stand by a $600 product. It's not like I had one that lasted me even this long ... this product is terrible and I wouldn't reccomend it to anybody.

NO star is the real rating for HP.......2006-01-21

I own a 20G HP ipod...well own is a relative term I think it has spent more time at Hp then with me. I realize this is a different item, but I would like to warn everyone. My original Ipod which I received Dec 2004 broke in March, and was sent back, due to it continually skipping through songs. I received another one from Hp which lasted until...November 2005. That one just crapped out and showed me a file with an exclamation point that meant..the Hard drive had crapped out..so once again I sat on the phone with HP for hours doing what they asked me to before they would agree to service it. So I again sent it back. Well now on my third Ipod in 13 months and guess what???? It too is broken. The click wheel wouldn't work, it froze on certain songs and the computer didn't recognize that it was plugged into it. So after spending hours on the phone with HP for the third time, they offered another refurbished replacement. After I continued to complain they told me there was nothing further to be done because none of the problems were related. I did ask how that had any relevance considering these were three differenct ipods two of which they had sent me as replacements..they had no answer. Only that if I had yet another problem, which I am confident I will..then they will try to offer some other trade. And you can forget about getting an extended warranty they will only give you an extra 30 days from the time you get the new one. Buyer Beware!!! I love my IPOD it's just unfortunate that I have had such a crappy time with its actual perfomance.

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