6 posts tagged “ipod”

I have two iPods. An iPod Photo which I've had for about two and a half years and a silver Shuffle which I got pretty much on the day of release last November. I love them both for different reasons.
The 45 Gig Photo means I can take loads and loads of music with me in my day to day life without having to think what I'm going to listen to before I leave home. (My first MP3 player was 128 Mb and held two and a half albums worth of music. It was fantastic at the time, but without iTunes to fill it, it was laborious and I just got sick of hearing the same songs after a while).
I have a whole list of Podcasts that I regularly listen to, that are automatically transferred to my iPod whenever I plug it in to my computer, so that's cool.

I use my Shuffle when I'm going for a walk or I'm at work outside office hours and I need something to lighten my mood. It usually does the trick and it's so small and light it takes no effort to have it pinned on my clothing.

I have been very satisfied with them both, until two weeks ago, when the new Nanos were announced and my cousin went out and bought one and I'm jealous as hell! The form factor is very solid and I understand that the resolution of the screen is so good that even viewing video at that small size is not a problem. Now I could justify a purchase as my other iPods don't do video and I would use it just for that I think. But what's going to happen when the iPhone is introduced to the UK sometime in the next few weeks?

How will I go on to justify that purchase?

I was thoroughly disappointed this morning when I woke up to find that Apple inc. hadn't in fact had an advert during the Super Bowl. I'm in the UK and staying awake to find out was not an option. I went to bed just at touchdown, (that's the start - right?). It was 11pm here.

So the Beatles iPod didn't happen. Yet.

The only thing that cheered me up today was finding out that Apple Corps. and Apple inc. have at last settled their differences. It's out in the open and all official. Click here to get the skinny.

I still think it will happen and I think it will be soon.

Yay! In time for Valentines, Apple have introduced a colour range to the iPod Shuffle.
They're lovely aren't they? I already have the silver original, which I love. It has a pink silicon  cover now too. I really like these new colours, but I'd have to buy one of each as I can't decide which I like best. Maybe one for each genre of music I like...hmmm... now there's an idea....

As I drove to work today I listened to my favourite tech podcast MacBreak Weekly. The guys were discussing the Superbowl advert that Apple are showing and making predictions on what the contents of the ad would be. Everyone who has seen the Keynote speech from this year's MacWorld Expo has a pretty good idea that The Beatles will, at last, be available on the iTunes Store. Nobody announced it, but the Sgt. Pepper album cover was featured heavily in the iPhone presentation. It would appear that all the legal stuff concerning Apple Corps. (Beatles label) and Apple Inc. has been resolved and we can expect a Big Announcement soon.

Merlin Mann on MacBreak Weekly suggested (on a bit of a whim) that Apple Inc. would announce a Special Edition iPod featuring The Beatles, much like the U2 version. Leo Laporte immediately came on board with that suggestion, being more enthusiastic about the idea than Merlin was himself when he suggested it and I have to say I wholeheartedly back that prediction.

I would be hard pressed to buy that iPod, (I already have two) but I think it would bring the idea of digital music to a whole new set of folk who haven't really explored that avenue. It's hard to believe sometimes that there are people out there who don't own an mp3 player. There are obviously loads, especially the over 40 's. But plenty of them will be Beatles fans from their childhood. This could just be the push they need to introduce them to the iPod that already contains their favourite music.

I think it's a FAB idea and I'm running with it!

I have one of these! It arrived on Wednesday. It's really gorgeous. It so small. Even though I have a 40Gig iPod which is half full of mostly music (some podcasts and some photos) 1Gig is still quite a lot of space. I've never used my 40Gig iPod in 'shuffle mode' as I generally like to hear an album all the way through, just like it was intended (I tend not to buy compilation albums for the same reason). However having the new Shuffle on 'shuffle' is a complete pleasure. I can remember which albums I've loaded onto it and look forward to each track, safe in the knowledge it will be something I really like.

My Shuffle does not like Keane. It has yet to play a single track from Hopes & Fears. It's a shame because I love that album. We're not going to fall out about it though, not yet anyway. We're all entitled to our own music taste. I assumed (incorrectly as it happened) that my iPod was my bitch and not the other way around!