I don’t own an iPod (Sheryl does), but I am going to break down and get a Nano. Think of all the photos of Madeleine I can stick in my wallet!
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This is not meant as an attack on parents or a specific comment on Madeleine’s cute factor (which obviously is nearly in Hello Kitty territory), but this does bring up a frightening prospect for non parents of what the future may hold in terms of the ‘let me show you the latest pictures of my beautiful child’ moment of horror many experience in social settings.
Every tech savvy parent will have a small, convenient, and nearly endless supply of photos of their child that they can update on a daily basis if they are so inclined.
The mind boggles at the exponential increase in the number of strained smiles exhibited in office spaces across the globe (maybe that muscle tension can be harnessed as an energy source which can help lower overall energy costs).
I seem to be one of the few people on the planet who has had a bad experience with an iPod, but the story has a silver lining. My financial newsletter recommended Apple stock last November on the strength of the sales of this device, and I obediently bought some. It had gained 50% by July, so I decided to buy one of the devices, a 60 GB model. Make a long story short, I could never get it to work properly on either my main machine or my laptop, even after a long session with Apple Tech Support. Problem was that iTunes wouldn’t load and the device won’t work without it. Quicktime has never worked properly on any of my machines either. I looked at several review sites, and while most users seem to have had good experiences some had similar to mine. I sent the device back for a refund and bought a little Sandisk 1 GB MP3 player for $163, which requires no installation, just drag & drop files into it. It is more than sufficient for my needs, which is to listen to MP3 music during my daily 4-mile fitness walks. And oh yeah, the silver lining, I sold my Apple stock for a 48% gain after this experience.
Heh. Mine was just shipped from Shengzuo yesterday morning. I’m gonna turn my 20GB one into a portable 20GB USB key.
I am addicted to my iPod Mini, carry it everywhere including to work, and am extremely upset that Apple is disco’ing their hottest seller for the Nano. I’ve filled up my 6GB and need something as small but that holds more, not less. A Nano with 20GB storage would be nice. 2 or 4 won’t cut it.
Hubby just upgraded his sound system in his car with an Alpine head unit, iPod interface, new speakers, subwoofer, and amp. Now he wants my iPod all the time. I probably need a 60GB iPod and would give him my Mini. His iPod interface is TONS better than my auto FM transmitter, which isn’t bad itself.
Fear not Peg. I predict that within 2 years, every iPod model all the way up the chain will become flash-based!