I recently bought the nano 7g, I have a smartphone and a tablet.
It's great for swimming, running and commuting, but the main thing is that I sometimes want something smart and light with me that's not connected to the internet.
The nano fulfills these requirmenets; my steps and speed are monitored, I can do a workout with my Jabra sports, listen to ebooks, podcasts, music, watch boardgame or esperanto instruction video's, view pictures for meditation etc and even read little booklets on it as I convert text to pictures and errants, todo or 'scheduled' lists from org-mode. Theoretically I can use an external microphone with it to record notes or thoughts during the day. In essence it is potentially an ideal accessible and wrist wearable computing device, so I am experimenting with the usability of this in practice. It now is mounted on two 1cm wide velco straps on my left wrist, wirelessly connected with bluetooth headphones.
Internet is overrated anyway, less is more and small is beautiful.
Who's Actually Buying iPods These Days?
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Re: Who's Actually Buying iPods These Days?
#32The best iPod was discontinued immediately. It's square with a screen on it, this one: http://www.zdnet.com/i/story/61/18/017591/zdnet-ipod-nano-si... Giant clip dominates the back, just large enough of a screen to choose or control music, and just enough space to store way more than I need. I travel a lot, it's great to have a separate music device. I can listen to music and not have to worry where my phone is. I ca…
You're wrong :) the best one was the nano iPod with the clickwheel https://www.apple.com/support/assets/images/products/iPodnan... No weird wideescreen design and you could control it through your clothes.
yes, that one was nice! the 2nd also had one and was a bit better. It even did games, which are now nowhere to be found!
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#33It's nice to have a dedicated music device for:
1. travel
2. commute
3. outdoors
4. running
5. gym
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#34I recently bought the nano 7g, I have a smartphone and a tablet. It's great for swimming, running and commuting, but the main thing is that I sometimes want something smart and light with me that's not connected to the internet. The nano fulfills these requirmenets; my steps and speed are monitored, I can do a workout with my Jabra sports, listen to ebooks, podcasts, music, watch boardgame or esperanto instruction vi…
This is exactly why I love my Nano, and I was surprised to see him say he's never sold one to somebody under 50.
The nano is perfect for exercising as it's light and fits in the tiny little pockets on my exercise clothes. I'd much rather use that than put my phone in a big armband.
However, I will say that I wish it had streaming music.
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#35I am actually a proud owner of an iPod Shuffle! It is perfect for long trips! It has no screen thus the battery lasts for 12~15 hours! Even after 2 years and it charges pretty fast (~2 hours).
It only stores 2Gb but since I've concluded that I can't hear the difference between 320 kbps and 128 kbps songs, it can hold a substantial number of songs.
Re: Who's Actually Buying iPods These Days?
#36I recently bought the nano 7g, I have a smartphone and a tablet. It's great for swimming, running and commuting, but the main thing is that I sometimes want something smart and light with me that's not connected to the internet. The nano fulfills these requirmenets; my steps and speed are monitored, I can do a workout with my Jabra sports, listen to ebooks, podcasts, music, watch boardgame or esperanto instruction vi…
This is exactly why I love my Nano, and I was surprised to see him say he's never sold one to somebody under 50. The nano is perfect for exercising as it's light and fits in the tiny little pockets on my exercise clothes. I'd much rather use that than put my phone in a big armband. However, I will say that I wish it had streaming music.
Yes I was surprised too. I've got a Samsung phablet thing, but it's a bit tedious to strap to my arm or thigh... even though I do use it for Zombies Run when working out.
Regarding the lack of streaming music, perhaps subscribe to your favorite musical genre podcasts? For example I have Classic FM, A State of Trance and haven't even looked further as my old school mp3 playlist collection is good enough. And then there is FM reception, old school streaming...
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#37I have an iPod shuffle, and I bought it myself :) But also bought one more as a gift. I use it when going for a run, or when I have to travel a lot. I like it for being simple, very well crafted (like to play with my fingers along its perfectly smooth edges). One drawback is the memory though, only 2GB, or max 4GB for older versions.
Re: Who's Actually Buying iPods These Days?
#38The best iPod was discontinued immediately. It's square with a screen on it, this one: http://www.zdnet.com/i/story/61/18/017591/zdnet-ipod-nano-si... Giant clip dominates the back, just large enough of a screen to choose or control music, and just enough space to store way more than I need. I travel a lot, it's great to have a separate music device. I can listen to music and not have to worry where my phone is. I ca…
Conspiracy theory: the form factor was changed because it was too similar to a watch -- and Apple was in the early stages of planning the (much more expensive) Apple Watch.
Notice that the Micky Mouse watch face - now present on the Apple Watch - was only present on that one version of the nano.
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#39I do because I far prefer the Android experience for a "daily driver" but having access to iOS is valuable as a "tech" person. Plus, iOS is streets ahead for podcasts. The author said they "never saw that in practice" so just wanted to be a single data point here.. maybe this is far less likely outside of a tech/fomo audience.
I highly recommend getting the Pocket Casts app for Android. In my opinion, it's better than iTunes for podcasts (except for the fact that you have to pay separately for the desktop and mobile clients).
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#40I am actually a proud owner of an iPod Shuffle! It is perfect for long trips! It has no screen thus the battery lasts for 12~15 hours! Even after 2 years and it charges pretty fast (~2 hours). It only stores 2Gb but since I've concluded that I can't hear the difference between 320 kbps and 128 kbps songs, it can hold a substantial number of songs.
whistles I'm surprised, and almost jealous. I produce music for a living and 128 is actually painful to my hears.