schlitt.info - php, photography and private stuff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :Author: Tobias Schlitt :Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:29:46 +0100 :Revision: 1 :Copyright: CC by-nc-sa ================================= Geeky, stylish and... ultra slim! ================================= :Description: This morning I finally realized my plan, which I had in mind since I saw the announcement of it. I bought an iPod Nano. It's the first MP3 player I ever own and by now I'm really sure, it is worth it's price. After taking a reallife look at the Nano last week in San Francisco and digging into lots of testimonials and reviews last night I could not resist any longer. One quote from a review had burned into my mind, which sounded (not exactly) like "**When I first saw the iPod Nano, I felt that this must be the ultimate iPod of the iPods...**". This morning I finally realized my plan, which I had in mind since I saw the announcement of it. I bought an `iPod Nano`__. It's the first MP3 player I ever own and by now I'm really sure, it is worth it's price. After taking a reallife look at the Nano last week in San Francisco and digging into lots of testimonials and reviews last night I could not resist any longer. One quote from a review had burned into my mind, which sounded (not exactly) like "**When I first saw the iPod Nano, I felt that this must be the ultimate iPod of the iPods...**". .. __: http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/ |image_1| .. |image_1| image:: http://images.apple.com/ipodnano/images/indexcompare20050907.jpg I fully identify myself with that sentence, but the quote was a bit longer and ended up like "**... now that I own one for more than 2 weeks, I'm sure it is the ultimate iPod of the iPods.**" and I'm quiet sure by now, that I will feel the same. It's features are so amazing (a full featured iPod, including Apples fantastic scroll wheel, a sleep timer, the iTunes rating system and so much more) packed into a size, that you can even search for it in the pocket of your jeans. Absolutly amazing. :) Now it's time to clean up some rumors, which I have been told by Apple store employees: a) **No, you have to use iTunes to connect to your iPod.** Simply not true: There is a great tool called `GTKPod`__ that works on Windoze and Linux really smooth (though I only tried Linux). .. __: http://www.gtkpod.org/about.html b) **No, you cannot mount the iPod as a usual USB mass storage device.** Same here: The iPod internally is a simple flash media that you can simply mount. Ok, to store music on it you have to create it's internal iTunes DB, but it's definitly possible to use it just like a USB stick. GTKPod does not do anything else. So long, my recommendation to everyone playing with the thought to buy one: The Nano really seems to be worth it's price. Cheers! .. Local Variables: mode: rst fill-column: 79 End: vim: et syn=rst tw=79 Trackbacks ========== Comments ======== - Aaron Wormus at Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:16:10 +0200 So you have joined the cult of the ipod... now you just need one of these. My main problem with iPods is that they can't record. I need an iRiver. - David Rodger at Sun, 30 Oct 2005 02:16:30 +0100 Lossy compression file formats (MP3, AAC, etc.) all sound dreadful. Why doesn;t anyone care about sound quality any more? :-( - Toby at Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:27:51 +0100 This is a toy for the road, why should I care for high quality sound there? MP3 with 192kbit encoding is quite fine when it's noise around you. :) - David Rodger at Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:53:48 +0100 Touché! I never have understood why people spend enormous amounts of money on car sound systems. I would agree with you that MP3 is a good solution for a noisy listening environment, as long as the background noise doesn't approach safe listening levels (e.g. 88 db SPL for 4 hours) and leaves little headroom for the sound you want to listen to. In the case of the car, it's safer since you don't have to change discs as often (or maybe at all during a single trip).