Apple finally introduced a player at a spec and price-point that I can fully support: the iPod Nano — it’s a flash-based player that is very small and holds 2GB or 4GB of music. The 4GB runs $250 ($200 for the 2GB).
I paid $150 for my 512MB iRiver — which plays OGG, but I’ve found that it is finicky about what kind of ogg files it plays… so I end up having to convert most of them anyway.
Anyone want to buy an iRiver for cheap? I’d totally buy one of these things.
The only thing it doesn’t have would be an FM Tuner… and I think I’d like to have that… but I can’t say that I’ve used it very often at all on my iRiver.
Very, very nice little device.
(See! I’m not an anti-mac zealot… just a principled consumer of electronics)
September 7th, 2005 at 4:27 pm
Aww…that little thing is so cute! Glad to see you give a pleasant review of an Apple product
September 7th, 2005 at 9:36 pm
Color me stunned. Regarding the iPod Nano, I was surprised they went with the color screen. They ought to have totally skipped the shuffle in favor of this little gem.
September 7th, 2005 at 10:49 pm
Amen… the shuffle is the worst portable MP3 player ever created… and yet the sell like hotcakes.
Why?
Because they’re trendy. *shrug*
September 9th, 2005 at 1:16 pm
that sucks though.. i wonder if everyone who just bought a shuffle feels cheated. (although i’m sure you’ll tell me they should feel that way anyways :P)
September 9th, 2005 at 5:00 pm
That’s exactly what I’d tell you.