I have to say actually finding a member of staff that knew their rectal cavity from their elbow was a pleasant experience, was able to quickly find out what discount I can get on each product (as they differ from 0 to 15 or 20%), and that I can't combine them etc.

You should be OK with the iPod touch. You probably will get headphones with the remote, but it’s not necessary for the operation of the thing. The only downside of the touch is that you can’t operate it in your pocket like you can with a classic - you can feel the touchwheel and use it without looking. There are 3rd party adapters with the remote controls, so you can use your better headphones if you want.
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/TW728 ... TE0MDc1NzQ

FYI - the headphones I use with my iPod (and I have a very old iPod Photo) is a set of Sennheiser PX200 - and they are a HUGE improvement on the supplied headphones.

I have £500 Shures and the improvement is amazing. I was a little annoyed when the iPhone needed an adaptor to use ordinary headphones. Has that changed?

Yes. Regular headphones will work with it now, but obviously you’d need a microphone adapter if you wanted to use it as a phone with your expensive “cans”.

It was changed on the 3G & 3G-S models

Sennheisers are good value IME if you don't wanna go overboard cost-wise, or think they won't last long depending on what you're doing etc

I havent read through all the posts so it may have already been mentioned but for the money the Sennheiser CX300s are a bargain. I use them with my Touch and they're a massive upgrade over the standard Apple ones. http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electro ... t:Portable

Yip, those are the ones I've got, the rest of the range is pretty good from what I've seen too (think big_D has a set from it).

I had a pair of these http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electro ... oduct.html but they broke so I am having to use the standard iPhone headphones. They are horrific and they hurt my ears. I don't know how anyone can think that they are even adequate.

I get paid on Friday so will replace them then.

Thanks for that.

OK shoot me down if you want but I really don't understand all this bitching about iTunes. Been using it for years on all my iPods (on my 5th one now I think) and never had any problems. Seems to me it's mainly PC users than moan *ducks* and the mac people are pretty happy with it.

Finlay you're an above average user so the UI won't do what you 'want' it to do. There's lots of 'hack' software if there is a specific task you can't do. Am sure you will enjoy your new iPod Touch when it arrives.

Btw iPod touch users look at the fix I posted under apple hardware yesterday. My boyfriend's Touch gimped out at the weekend but I managed to fix it after hours spent trawling through the net. Worth making a note of it in case you ever have problems.

Caz

If my missus can use iTunes on the PC there cant be too much wrong with it

Is that the definition of idiot proof?

You mean a UI wont allow me to easily navigate between areas and separate (or exclude) free and paid for apps on my request? It can't be an advanced user request surely?

I'm moaning about it because it's only in the recent versions where this has changed, just like the option to easily switch between album/artist in the normal view without having to go into the view options. It's not advanced UI, it's UI 101, put quick buttons to the actions users will want to perform the most often....

I have to say +1. iTunes works like a dream on my MBP, but the PC version is rubbish by comparison (generally slow, unstable and I encounter a variety of unexpected behaviour).