So after all that text, weighing, deciding, and most significantly... waiting... I picked up a Nano later last year. I hesitate to critique something too much until I've had some experience with it. Some exceptions exist when I'm utterly convinced right away. The Nano was something I was a bit weary of from the get-go though. But now that I've had mine for nearly half a year I think I have a pretty good handle on my likes and dislikes concerning it.
The good
- It's tiny. Fits in every pocket. Feels sturdy dispite the size.
- Adequate space. Space for a thousand songs is good enough for my purposes.
- Bookmarks. I can leave a podcast/audiobook, listen to some music, then go back to it where I left off.
- Great interface. I almost can't imagine a better scroller/selector than the little touch-click-wheel and screen.
- Cool design. It's a pretty slick package ruined only by its exteme popularity.
- No moving parts, which is probably why I can get a good half-day's batter life out of it.
- Can't manage/delete items using the device interface.
- Restrictions restrictions restrictions.
- Stuck with iTunes (though that's changing).
- Not usable as a general drive by default. I mean it's basically a flash drive with an extra processor and screen. Why not be able to use it as a USB drive out of the box?
- Stupid DRM.
- Only mp3 and aac support.
- Didn't come with an outlet charger, just the usb-computer cord.
- Costs too much.
- Scratches easy.
- Add-on-itis items that are pricey too.
- Everything starting with lower-case-i.
- Non-changable battery.
- The PIM functions only work with Outlook, bah!
- Good recording capabilities.
- Digital output port.
- Radio tuner and ability to record off radio.
2 comments:
I adore my U2 iPod, Mikshir. Maybe it's the sexy red clickwheel. Now there is talk of a whole screen iPod with 'virtual' click wheel. I'm glad I don't know about all of it's dirty little secrets as I'm pretty lo-tech, otherwise this Mac Grrl may be disappointed.
U2 iPod... cool!
I think touch screens are great dispite their problems. Only practical downside for me is that I like to reach in to my pocket to pause playback or adjust volume but without looking at the screen. I can do this because the wheel is slightly fresco/relief so I can feel where the wheel is. Can't do that with a virtual screen. I'd be curious to check it out.
Ever since Mac went to OS-X I've seriously considered getting one. Held off for a bit too long and now longer because Macs have gone Intel and I want to wait till they get the bugs out.
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