I think that these days most everyone seems to own an iPod - so which do you own? I'd be interested to know if anyone has bought any of the competing brands, and what they think of them too :)

Personally I own a silver 4g iPod Mini. The back is engraved with "Prius frangitur quam flectitur".

I have a little white Nano! :D No fancy engraving, though :(

I have the old school 3G 10gig =) Before all the funcy computerised screens and click wheels came out! But now I just use the iriver my boy got me for my birthday because it hangs around my neck and I'm really really lazy. The battery life kills the iPod. I still do love it, but the fact that its battery life has dwindled to a measly 4hours makes it difficult to carry around on trips. I've really sacrificed space though because the iriver only has 512mb as opposed to 10gig but I guess it's analogous to carrying around your entire music collection and ending up only listening to really one album anyway. I find I don't really miss the huge choice I had before.

I don't at the moment, I gave my old one away and I'm right now tossing up between the nano or waiting for the proper video one.

i've got the classic white 20GB... WAY too pricey in its day :-(

I've got a black Nano - no engraving either, I didn't know you could do that if you buy it from Apple and I got mine at Costco...laaaaame!

a blue one (im technologically illiterate!)

For reference, Renata has a blue Mini one. I don't know the gig, but I know it's a mini :D

DONT GET IPODS!!! You cant change the battery and the sound quality is the worst. Argh why did the government even allow them to be imported!!!

I think the sound quality is fine, my Nano is the perfect size, and who cares about the battery - they'll last at least a year and by that time you'll want to upgrade anyways. On top of that, if you're worried about $200, get the extended warranty and smash it up when it goes bad and go get a new one.