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ladysprite) wrote2011-03-20 10:23 pm
ladysprite) wrote2011-03-20 10:23 pm
Advise Me, O Internets
It's time to play a rousing round of Help The Luddite!
As far as I (and my far more technologically literate husband) can tell, my antique Ipod just had a serious aneurysm, and is in the process of dying. It's making odd ticking noises, refusing to sync, and crashing Itunes every time I try to plug it in. It's also doing "strange things" according to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
umbran; he won't specify what exactly. I assume this is because he knows full well that my imagination is capable of supplying far more interesting images than reality; odds are it's only lagging and skipping instead of wearing a basket of fruit on its nonexistent head or ritually slaughtering chickens for its circuit-laden pagan god, but a girl can daydream.
Anyway. Did I mention this thing was an antique? It's an Ipod classic, with an 80 Gb capacity, that was given to me as a gift about 4 years ago. The practical result is that I know precious little about mp3 players in general, and what's available right now in particular. And now I find myself needing to replace it, with no idea of what my options are or what I want.
This thing is my daily companion. No matter where I'm working, odds are I face an hour commute each way. I don't listen to it that much at home or on foot, but it's hooked into my car stereo and playing almost every day. I need something with a display big enough that I can glance at it at a stoplight and see what's playing, so the little fingernail-sized thingums probably aren't for me, and while I never used the full 80 Gb of memory, I need more than 8 - my music and audiobook collections are only getting bigger.
I've been browsing Apple's online store, and mostly it just seems to be full of Shiny! and Whizbang! And made-up words and phrases that mean precious little, but are designed to sell me little pieces of colored metal and plastic. So, I figured I'd come to y'all for advice instead.
What would you recommend as a replacement for my dear dying baby? It looks like I'm going to be dropping a couple hundred dollars no matter what, and I'm going to have to do it but soon if I want to stay sane driving to Sharon and Salisbury later this week. So, if I'm going to spend that kind of money, I'd like to make sure I'm getting the right toy.....
As far as I (and my far more technologically literate husband) can tell, my antique Ipod just had a serious aneurysm, and is in the process of dying. It's making odd ticking noises, refusing to sync, and crashing Itunes every time I try to plug it in. It's also doing "strange things" according to
umbran; he won't specify what exactly. I assume this is because he knows full well that my imagination is capable of supplying far more interesting images than reality; odds are it's only lagging and skipping instead of wearing a basket of fruit on its nonexistent head or ritually slaughtering chickens for its circuit-laden pagan god, but a girl can daydream. Anyway. Did I mention this thing was an antique? It's an Ipod classic, with an 80 Gb capacity, that was given to me as a gift about 4 years ago. The practical result is that I know precious little about mp3 players in general, and what's available right now in particular. And now I find myself needing to replace it, with no idea of what my options are or what I want.
This thing is my daily companion. No matter where I'm working, odds are I face an hour commute each way. I don't listen to it that much at home or on foot, but it's hooked into my car stereo and playing almost every day. I need something with a display big enough that I can glance at it at a stoplight and see what's playing, so the little fingernail-sized thingums probably aren't for me, and while I never used the full 80 Gb of memory, I need more than 8 - my music and audiobook collections are only getting bigger.
I've been browsing Apple's online store, and mostly it just seems to be full of Shiny! and Whizbang! And made-up words and phrases that mean precious little, but are designed to sell me little pieces of colored metal and plastic. So, I figured I'd come to y'all for advice instead.
What would you recommend as a replacement for my dear dying baby? It looks like I'm going to be dropping a couple hundred dollars no matter what, and I'm going to have to do it but soon if I want to stay sane driving to Sharon and Salisbury later this week. So, if I'm going to spend that kind of money, I'd like to make sure I'm getting the right toy.....
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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.