I bought a 40GB Nomad for $179. The Ipod 20GB cost $299. That is about half the price for twice the storage (meaning in reality the Ipod is more than twice as expensive). My Nomad cost $4.48 per gigabyte of storage. The Ipod cost $14.95 per gigabyte of storage (the Ipod is over three times as expensive). Add to that the Ipod does not support all popular audio formats and you see just how much you are paying for the little Apple logo. It is your money and you are free to spend it any way you like.
The Ipods are: $350 for the 40gb,
8.75 per gigabyte of storage
$300 for the 20gb
$15 per gigabyte of storage
$150 for the 1gb
$150 per gigabyte of storage (isn't that special)
and $100 for the 512mb.
$200 per gigabyte of storage (wow)
Now I got a really good deal on my Nomad (last December from Best Buy - part of it was a rebate) - but just taking the current prices on Amazon:
Nomad 40GB - $239 (Amazon) - 5.97 per gigabyte
Ipod 40GB - $353 (Amazon) - 8.82 per gigabyte
Nomad 20GB - $249 (Amazon) - 12.45 per gigabyte
Ipod 20GB - $299 (Amazon) - 14.95 per gigabyte
Not every comparison is twice as much but it is always more expensive to buy an Ipod and the Ipod does not support WMA format. Now I did a bizrate search and found you get a Nomad 40GB as low as $218 but I have not found the $179 deal again (guess I was just lucky). The cheapest Ipod 40GB deal from bizrate is $299. Bottom line: the Ipod always costs more and does a bit less...but you do get that little Apple logo. BTW: I am only comparing the Ipod to the Creative Nomad - there are many more MP3 players and for the most part they are all cheaper and most do more than the Ipod.
You're lying through your teeth when you say you can get a Nomad with twice the storage for the half the price.
Actually you are correct - when you do the math the Ipod is over THREE TIMES AS EXPENSIVE AS MY NOMAD! (you better be very careful with who you are claiming is lying when it turns out you are the one that does not have their facts straight.
The Ipod is a very nice device but it is way over priced.
That's for the 1gb Ipod which is a flash based player. Show me a cheaper 1gb flash based player. I paid $69 for a 128mb Muvo.
You sound like Intel pushers, who think that clock speed is everything in a system, forgetting several other factors that make for a good, fast system.
The statement "Half the price for twice the storage" is an expression of four times the cost per unit storage.
Your admission that it is closer to three is quite a concession.