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<p>I would have to agree- I use my ipod every day- I don’t even drink a beer once a week-
Of course I am hardly a college coed- but I am of legal age ;)</p>
<p>i’d agree with that… however I don’t like beer nor ipods :)</p>
<p>every where you look you see the stupid white ear buds :P</p>
<p>oh I don’t use the white ones- thats like saying - oh look I have $300 in my pocket.
I bought sennheisers to wear for much better sound- but they are too hot at the gym, so I bought the kind that hook around your ear- they are grey-
I do like beer- but la rossa by birra moretti is my favorite- high alcohol and probably high calorie too so I don’t drink it much</p>
<p>I heard this on the day I went out and purchased an IPod shuffle. I guess beer and the facebook tied for number 2. Since I don’t drink anymore, go facebook.</p>
<p>lol-joev-
I am married ( next week will be our 25th anniv) so I don’t need to get online to hook up 
I can see where college students might find it fun however- but you aren’t in college either are you?</p>
<p>Hummmm…interesting…</p>
<p>Beer drinkin is almost invariably a SOCIAL past time for most college students. Compare that to I-pod listening, one of the most effective ways to say, “Don’t bother me” ever invented.
I’m not avocating underaged alcohol consumption. But I would prefer to hear that Karaoke or DDR had been the activity to overtake beer drinking instead.</p>
<p>actually poet they have these groovy speakers that are portable that you can plug your pod into-not to mention that with the video ipods kids are sharing videos- plus are sharing itunes playlists. ( much lighter than a boom box)</p>
<p>My D listens to a wider variation of music since the introduction of digital than I did- she listens to hip hop, rap, rock, musicals, country, instrumental etc- I listened to basically what was on the radio- Motown and rock.
what they probably are doing is playing their ipods * and * drinking beer,
but for example my older daughter didn’t drink much- but she listened to her ipod while studying.
I think they are a great invention for college students
don’t bother others with your music
headphones indicate don’t interrupt me so I can get more studying done- how is that a bad thing?
digital music may not sound as good as an LP- but nothing to eat tapes- or scratch your record or CD.
I do see a wider sharing of musical styles because it is so easy- communication is always good 
<a href=“http://www.apple.com/itunes/share/[/url]”>http://www.apple.com/itunes/share/</a></p>
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My last semester of college was the launching of the facebook at Kent State, so I signed up and it has been a fun way to keep up with friends from college and to talk smack with alot of my Air Guard buddies who are still in college.</p>
<p>Interesting!</p>
<p>I was worried this thread was going to say that kids are moving on to, say, vodka as the most popular campus drink. Phew! </p>
<p>Personally I thought that iPods were awesome when they first came out (and still do), but at this point the fact that everyone uses the same brand is getting kind of tiresome. I’m not even on a college campus where everyone has one, either–I’ll probably be gagging by next year. </p>
<p>At the same time, though, I do think I want some kind of mp3 player when I can afford one…</p>
<p>creative labs is a great place to start.</p>
<p>And look for one that allows you to download e-books from your library! i-pods can’t do that.</p>
<p>you can down load audio books with itunes
<a href=“http://www.apple.com/itunes/[/url]”>http://www.apple.com/itunes/</a>
but darn I just bought two of the top 10 downloaded books
The world is flat- by Thomas Friedman- my husband is reading & I am reading Anderson Coopers Dispatches from the Edge ( not to be confused with Postcards from the edge by Carrie Fisher)
I still prefer the paper ones although I do have some on my palm pilot
its very handy when I am reading in my sleeping bag out camping cause I don’t need a flashlight and I only need one hand out of the covers to hold it and turn the page ;)</p>
<p>If an audio ebook can be downloaded from just about any source in mp3 or several other formats, and is not protected by DRM software, it can be played on an iPod.</p>
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<p>I use a creative mini for this and can listen to my book when I am in the car or walking a dog. Downloading from the library is amazing because it is FREE! </p>
<p>The selection isn’t all-encompassing, but I am working through Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody series–all of which are downloadable for free.</p>
<p>Plus the Creative mini actually does FM radio pretty well.</p>
<p>Dowloading e-books from LIBRARIES is different because they are programmed to disappear after a certain length of time. Apple would not allow that feature - once you download a tune, it’s yours. I, frankly, do not understand how that works - reminds me of Mission Impossible - but that’s what we were told at our library training on it.</p>
<p>kathiep–</p>
<p>the audiobooks that I download from the library (actually the library uses netlibrary) come with a 21 day license. But the books don’t disappear after 21 days off of my Creative mini. I can still listen to them.</p>
<p>For example, before I came to help my parents with some health problems, I downloaded 3 books onto my Creative mini. I just finished the third book–two months after initially putting it on the mp3 player.</p>
<p>How long would the book stay on my mp3 player and still be playable? I don’t know–maybe I’ll have to run an experiment…</p>
<p>Well, that’s interesting! Like I said, I didn’t understand how they could self-destruct but we were told they would. Our e-books are from netlibrary as well. If they never disappear, then it’s like just owning the book, isn’t it? Why would anyone buy a book if they can just download it from the library? Exceptions are people like me that still enjoy reading the hard copy.</p>
<p>I don’t know about e-books (which to me are written books which can be downloaded)–just about the audio books.</p>
<p>One downside with audiobooks is that it isn’t easy to page back through the book to look something up. </p>
<p>I’m a hard copy person myself also. I don’t see where our libraries at home will be condensed down to a little hard disk anytime soon.</p>
<p>Another advantage of these downloadable audiobooks from the library is that if the book did disappear, you would just download it again. I suppose that you could keep this book “forever” in your audio library in this way.</p>