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April 09, 2006Naner, Naner, Nano.... iConvertedSilly title... I know. But it fits. I resisted the temptation for years to be sucked into the iPod vortex, but yesterday I bought myself an iPod Nano (and all the accessories to go with it). And I'm converted. God have I been missing out. So I have had the big ass brick harddrive MP3 players, which were NOT portable (IMNSHO). I got to hating them so much, I instead got a 128MB Creative USB Stick MP3 player. Well, actually I bought it for my wife, but ended up using it all the time when I was working out. At the time (when it just first came out) it was a couple hundred of dollars... pretty much what I paid for the iPod yesterday. Problem was... 128MB gave me MAYBE 15 to 20 songs. I was REALLY getting tired of listening to the same songs over and over again, and I always forgot to put new music on it while rushing to the gym. And NONE of the music I bought on iTunes could be played on it unless I wanted to burn to CD, and then rip back to MP3. That all ended yesterday. I picked up a 4 GB iPod Nano, an iTrip FM transmitter, charger and case with armbad. I went into iTunes and basically pulled over all my "Greatest Hits" albumns of all my favorite artists. Low and behold 400 songs later, I STILL have room to throw on some of my wife's and daughter's favorite CDs. I think its about half full right now. But that wasn't the amazing part. I've seen the iPod before and always thought it was sexy, but I never realized just how intuitive the scrolling menu system was until I used it for like 5 minutes. Without having to read anything I was an iPod master in minutes. THAT is what creative industrial design is about. Apple did an awesome job. I only wish the Origami crew would figure this out. So if you see me in the streets and you call/wave to me and I don't wave back, don't take offense. I'm not ignoring you. Check my ears and see if I have white earbuds in... I'll probably be listening to a favorite podcast or song. Posted by SilverStr at April 9, 2006 08:14 AM | TrackBackComments
I've had an iPod Photo for about a year now, and Apple really did "hit it out of the park" on the interface. Intuitive and powerful. Enjoy iGnoring people! Posted by: Jim at April 9, 2006 11:21 AMThere is software that converts from the m4a format to mp3s. ImTOO audio encoder to name one. You don't have to burn and rip ;). Posted by: AName at April 9, 2006 03:42 PMYea I Got IPod bug also, your right... |
 
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