I had the same quandry about 6 months ago. Replacing the 80 gig classic with one of the same would have cost me about $100 (because Apple were willing to take the old one as a trade-in, so go to your neighborhood Apple store and see if they'd cut you a deal).
I ended up taking the leap and moving on to the iPod touch.
It is indeed full of shiny. More to the point, it's _useful_. It's not as useful as an iPhone, simply because the applications which call for being online are only available where it can be online. BUT, it's still a life-saver. From Arisia program that actually fits into a pocket to assorted list-keeping to the ability to snap a photo of a price tag at the store to compare it with the simiar thing at the other store to emergency reading material to being able to look things up if there _is_ internet but I don't have a laptop. Very, very handy.
In addition to which, the music navigation is much improved. Search with a keyboard instead of the wheel; being able to go from an all-shuffle directly to the album that the current shuffled song belongs; being able to make a playlist on the fly... I'm entirely a convert. If you can justify the budget, go for it.
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Date: 2011-03-23 12:17 am (UTC)I ended up taking the leap and moving on to the iPod touch.
It is indeed full of shiny. More to the point, it's _useful_. It's not as useful as an iPhone, simply because the applications which call for being online are only available where it can be online. BUT, it's still a life-saver. From Arisia program that actually fits into a pocket to assorted list-keeping to the ability to snap a photo of a price tag at the store to compare it with the simiar thing at the other store to emergency reading material to being able to look things up if there _is_ internet but I don't have a laptop. Very, very handy.
In addition to which, the music navigation is much improved. Search with a keyboard instead of the wheel; being able to go from an all-shuffle directly to the album that the current shuffled song belongs; being able to make a playlist on the fly... I'm entirely a convert. If you can justify the budget, go for it.