| iPod review |
[May. 30th, 2008|04:29 pm] |
Yeah, like most of my readers have had an iPod for a while now. I couldn't afford one, which seems wrong considering what I make, and I am working on that problem. So, apart from a few moments at an Apple store, I have never actually played with one apart from the Shuffle I got back about a year and a half ago.
So now I am trying to get used to the "click wheel." It's not designed for fat thumbs like mine, and since I have that dyspraxia, it's hard for me to get my eyes to look at the screen while my thumb moves about. But if I figured a mouse out, I'll manage this eventually. But the problem is that it's so damn small.
I'd like to be all, "OoooOOooh, iPod is popular, and I am so counter-culture that I will claim something outrageous about the decline of modern morality by Steve Jobs," I used to be like that, annoyingly enough. But I have to admit, this is pretty cool. Maybe not $249 cool, but pretty nifty. What a crisp, bright screen for something so small. It reminds me of one of those gadgets I imagined as a child as being futuristic to the point I want to go back and time and show my 8-year-old self how impressive this is.
"Ha HA! You are stuck in 1977, where a 'portable TV' is the size of two car batteries and nearly as heavy! And you only get black and white at that! Mwah ha ha!"
I have issues with the 1970s.
I still hate iTunes. I had to boot back into windows to activate/register my iPod, which took like 35 minutes because one of the things I have noticed about Windows is that if you don't start it in a while, you have to download a lot of updates which you don't really have a choice at. Windows updates, Java, Firefox, new anti-virus signatures, and even Pidgin and Quicktime/iTunes wanted to be updated. Then the iPod already had a firmware update, which then crashed iTunes and wiped out all my playlists (it's okay, I didn't really use that feature, but I had to re-import some 5800 songs just to copy them to the iPod). I swear, I only left Windows off for a few weeks! Yay Ubuntu!
I also realized, I need an iPod case. Possibly better headphones than these stock ones. |
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Free iPod.
Accessories? Extra Money! Mwahahaha
They got you.
A recommendation on headphones that are inexpensive, don't involve sticking stuff in your ear canal, but still sound great: Koss PortaPro Headphones. The case I have is the Showcase Video, the predecessor to the Showcase Classic from Contour Design, purchased both for its durability and the easy mechanism for getting the iPod out of the case. This is the version for the Nano. My decision was based partly on a need to be able to remove the iPod for use with the portable DVD player which also can read straight from an iPod... of last gen, which is why I needed an older-style case. I haven't bothered trying to make playlists, just because the single bitterest complaint I've heard from friends who've owned iPods for a long time is the necessity to rebuild all that stuff from scratch every time iTunes decides to crash out. Edited at 2008-05-30 08:49 pm (UTC)
I can recommend an IPod case. Mine is by Contour, and it's nice. It's a hard case that I got at the Apple Store, and it really protects the Ipod. When my old one died and I turned it in to be recycled, they couldn't get over the fact that there wasn't a scratch on it.
Since i carry my ipod in my purse, i don't need a heavy case. So i got a more rubbery/silicon case from ifrogz.com. They are thick without being too bulky and are available in lots and lots of colors and designs.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/35469967/5891579) | From: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) wjb3
2008-06-01 01:18 am (UTC)
Two Extremes. | (Link)
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No one ever likes my case. Designed for kayaks, the Armored Case from Otterbox.com (Nano version shown) keeps my 1st Gen Shuffle from all harm. Along with inexpensive waterproof headphones, I could even swim with it (but have no desire to test it). When working indoors, I love my wife's 2nd Gen Shuffle with cool, but non-protective, aluminum covers. She has NFL Broncos (Blue cover, Orange Shuffle) and iGryphon (Green cover with iGryphon Sticker, Silver Shuffle). The small size and built in clip are great on the 2nd Gen. =
| From: wjb3
2008-06-01 01:27 am (UTC)
Multiple Format Backups | (Link)
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Then the iPod already had a firmware update, which then crashed iTunes and wiped out all my playlists
Having 1st and 2nd Gen Shuffles, we do not have playlists. Being impossible to buy gifts, I am looking at the new Nano and Touch for my Birthday/ Tax Day/ Christmas present. If so I will set up playlists and let you know. From what I remember with my first iTunes, you could back up your playlist to CD/ DVD/ iTunes website (for public playlists)..
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