Severe iPod Envy
Pattie got herself an iPod Nano this past week, and we went up to the Apple Store at the King of Prussia Mall on Saturday. Quite a crowd there. Which is kinda funny, given that the store doesn’t exactly have a huge array of products. There was one display counter, about two or three feet long and a foot or so wide, and on this counter were four iPods. That’s it. Talk about making use of space.
The heck of it is, despite the fact that I have an MP3 player, I now find myself talking myself into getting an iPod. And I’m still not exactly sure why.
About Dave Thomer
Born and raised in Philadelphia. Studied philosophy at Fordham University in the Bronx, where I made many great friends and met my wonderful wife. We moved back to Philadelphia, where I studied philosophy some more and became a teacher. Online and off, I'm looking for ways that we can be better citizens and build stronger communities.
Wednesday, July 26th 2006 at 3:44 am |
Chris and I are having a little conversation about Dewey’s The Public and its Problems over at Camshafts. I’m reading through the book right night, and whenever I finish a chapter I plan to put up a few notes. We’d love to have you drop by with an expert opinion or two!
Friday, July 28th 2006 at 8:48 pm |
I’ll pop on over this weekend – thanks for the invite. (I think I tried to comment on the Liberalism and Social Action mini-review, but I don’t know if it got through.)
Thursday, August 17th 2006 at 5:18 am |
Gotta love the iPod Nano. Not only does it hold some slammin’ tunes, but it’s a great source of potassium.
I’ve taken a great deal of grief from co-workers and others for my now-ancient (2002?) NetMD player. Basically, this marvel from Sony compressed a lot of music – about 4 hours worth – onto a standard minidisc; the transfer takes about as long between my PC’s MP3 directory and the NetMD player/recorder as I imagine an iPod takes. The great advantage to this scheme, over an iPod, is that you can have minidiscs designated for what kind of mood you’re in. You don’t have to wipe the machine and reload it, just swap discs. Oh, and it doesn’t have those telltale white earphones that say “Please, mug me” to any and all.
With all that in mind, I’ve thus far avoided any iPod temptation. I guess the iPod Nano doesn’t have that much appeal.
Thursday, August 17th 2006 at 11:45 pm |
Well, you of the gajillion CDs might be better served with the standard iPod at 30 or 60 GB. But a 4GB iPod Nano would fit my entire digital music collection on it, so I would never need to swap anything. I could just make as many playlists as I had moods.
I do have a hunch, though, that if you started playing aroun with an iPod and iTunes, you’d find yourself drowning in podcasts quickly enough.