as much as I’m all “do it yourself” and “cheap as heck” and “no sir, I don’t need to buy an ipod, because it won’t play books from the library,” I think that apple has finally done it. When I first got a cell phone I was obsessed with small and really used the heck out of my cutsie wee nokia. after I got used to the windows based PDA, I was obsessed with small, and moved to the handspring. I thought maybe the treo would be the phone of the future but it just wasn’t, and cell phones have just gotten bigger and boringer as time goes by.
and then! I find myself at work still, late at night, and instead of working, I’m watching the video introducing the iPhone. and holy cow. maybe I *do* need an ipod after all. it’s everything I ever wanted from a phone, a camera, and a pda (sort of, it’s got a calender) and it’s all fully integrated! and wee small! and smart! and so sharp looking! and so fancy! and offered through cingular, my current cell phone carrier! (though you wouldn’t know it from their webpage tonight, way to not market yourself, cingular.) wowza!
[[though, at $499, maybe I am still kind of cheap as heck. by the time they start shipping maybe my contract will be ready to re-up, so maybe it’ll be less spendy for me…]]
I’m not so keen on the integrated music machine/ phone because I just know I’d totally run out the battery on music and not have enough charge to call ahead and order dinner on the way home.
I totally thought I didn’t need an ipod, but I decided it would be a good thing for mom to get me for my b-day, so I did get one. Anyhow, it is a sanity saver during the long christmas music season months.
Also, also, the ipod won’t play library books, buut it can play the npr stories.
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happy wednesday
for a very long time I was all, “I don’t need an ipod” but then i caved this year. I do like it very much for commuting, and i think it’ll be good for the long car trips when i get bored with every cd. plus it has solitare on it, and the nano’s really light so when i finally get off my ass and go running, it’ll be handy.
the iphone screen and touch controls are nifty, but the price is soooo high. though the mister is WAY into it, and since he also has cingular, he’s debating it.
oh! he’s figured out how to rip the dvds and convert them onto his ipod, i can ask how if you’d like
jen: right now I’ve got a creative muvo txfm, which is a barebones small flash/usb mp3 player. it’s good enough for me: it holds a bunch of music or podcasts, and it plays the books from the library with the WMA licensing (without having to fiddle around with internet hacks). to be honest, the library thing is how I’ve justified NOT getting on that ipod train.
but this! it’s so much, in one package! and the touch controls! and so pretty! I am concerned about it slowing down if it has to think too hard. and I don’t want to pay a premium cell phone cost to get the internets on my phone. and it would be way better if, say, I commuted in a city and wanted to download the times every day for my trip.
I know this makes me sound much older than my years, but as someone who owns neither a cell phone nor an iPod, I say stick with your slick pink Razor and spend the iPhone cash on something less disposable / damageable.
Also, I love Apple, but I think iPods have put so many people in their own little music worlds, that they’re degrading the niceities and everyday interactions of society. Plus, having so much sound so close to your ear drums so often seems like it must damage your hearing in the long haul. Rant completed.
stacey: steve jobs says it’s got 16 hours of music play time and 5 hours of talking/interneting time. but yeah, you’d have to remember to plug it in every day. or carry a solio so you could bump the charge!
and happy wednesday!
crotchety aurora! I love it when you’re an old lady!
I don’t actually listen to music that much, but I have my mp3 player for working out or long car trips. and yeah, as much as I love thinking about being an early adopter I’m generally too cheap to be the person willing to blow 500 bucks on something just to find out that the battery life is super short.
I totally think it’s adorable and want it too. !!
ooh i forgot your phone is so cute and pink!
I think there’s about a 75% chance the mister will cave and end up getting an iphone when they come onsale–all pending how it well it works with his emailing thingiemabaobs–in which case, you can find out how sloooowly it goes or how fast it eats batteries first hand.
Whatever you do get, be careful where you use it — seems I’m not the only person wary about how electronic devices are affecting our society:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070207/us_nm/newyork_ipod_dc