My iPod is in a state of degeneration. This isn’t really a bad thing, really. When I was a teen we were evicted from our house not because we were in the wrong but because the house was so dilapidated (military housing. Go figure). This was also not a bad thing because the move let me get to know my wife and when ti rained it no longer rained INSIDE.
Anyway, I’d go by the old neighborhood, now wrapped in chain link fence and watch nature take back what was once its own. Grass got longer, then weeds, then bushes, etc. It was fun to watch.
And it is fun to see what is happening to my iPod. Originally the battery died and once I replaced it it worked fine, but then the screen started not working. I found that if I squeezed the sides together really hard the screen would work, so that problem is fixed. Now it’s randomly pausing which is always fun. I think “is this a silent part of the song?” Then I look. Nope, just paused. Well, then I feel like a douche since apparently I don’t know my own music.
But as far as the life goes, it’s lasting quite some time. Longer than I ever expected it to considering the moves, the jolts, the relocations, the absence of use, the ridiculous amount of use at times, etc. Even at its original ridiculous price (500.00 four years ago) it’s coming out to be something like 34 cents a day and dropping. That isn’t bad at all. And there are no moving parts, no clickable buttons. Everything is touch sensitive with dedicated “buttons” in a line above the scroll wheel. This is their smartest design to date, in my opinion.
So kudos to Apple for totally screwing me out of the opportunity to get a new iTouch.
Meanwhile, in iTunes land, Genius is… well… Genius. I love it. I clicked on a few songs I liked, clicked the genius button, it made a playlist of fifty and most of the songs work well together with only a few exceptions (but how is iTunes supposed to know I don’t like a song?). Great stuff. I love seeing what a machine thinks I’ll like and a little scared at how accurate it is.
So in summary, there’s really great stuff with iTunes and iPods now and I’m excited to update, but for right now, that looks like a ways off. Like I said though, kudos to Apple for making such a long lasting product!
Anyway, I’d go by the old neighborhood, now wrapped in chain link fence and watch nature take back what was once its own. Grass got longer, then weeds, then bushes, etc. It was fun to watch.
And it is fun to see what is happening to my iPod. Originally the battery died and once I replaced it it worked fine, but then the screen started not working. I found that if I squeezed the sides together really hard the screen would work, so that problem is fixed. Now it’s randomly pausing which is always fun. I think “is this a silent part of the song?” Then I look. Nope, just paused. Well, then I feel like a douche since apparently I don’t know my own music.
But as far as the life goes, it’s lasting quite some time. Longer than I ever expected it to considering the moves, the jolts, the relocations, the absence of use, the ridiculous amount of use at times, etc. Even at its original ridiculous price (500.00 four years ago) it’s coming out to be something like 34 cents a day and dropping. That isn’t bad at all. And there are no moving parts, no clickable buttons. Everything is touch sensitive with dedicated “buttons” in a line above the scroll wheel. This is their smartest design to date, in my opinion.
So kudos to Apple for totally screwing me out of the opportunity to get a new iTouch.
Meanwhile, in iTunes land, Genius is… well… Genius. I love it. I clicked on a few songs I liked, clicked the genius button, it made a playlist of fifty and most of the songs work well together with only a few exceptions (but how is iTunes supposed to know I don’t like a song?). Great stuff. I love seeing what a machine thinks I’ll like and a little scared at how accurate it is.
So in summary, there’s really great stuff with iTunes and iPods now and I’m excited to update, but for right now, that looks like a ways off. Like I said though, kudos to Apple for making such a long lasting product!
I will say that those of you out there who don't care about the updates but are looking to get an iPod on the cheap should go out now to Best Buy or the like (BB is the cheapest place I've found) where they are blowing out their inventory of iPods for really good prices. 80 gb iPod Classics for 200.00. That's the same cost as an old 8 gb nano or a new 16 gb nano and you get a bigger screen and more storage space.
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