jeremyvaught

My sister just asked me about iPods, so I gave her an answer, and after I read the email I sent her, I thought, “meh, that’s almost a blog post.” So I’m posting it here, just cuz I can. Her basic question is what is a good choice for her, so this is not an answer for everyone, so look at it as more of a review on how I see things, and let me know if you feel differently.

Well, of course it depends on what you want to spend. If I were to recommend one, I would recommend the Nano. In fact, if I were buying one today, I would get the nano. The 4gb nano looks like it is $105 while the 8gb is $136.. I would get the 8. When I ripped all of my CDs, that came to a total of 5gb. You guys probably have more Phish than just 5 gigs. The best feature of having an mp3 player is it can hold your entire music collection in one place, and also some room for podcasts.

The shuffle is the cheapest, but there is no ability to watch what music you want. With the new nano’s you can watch video, not very important IMHO(I do like having video, I must admit, I watched the first two seasons of LOST, but my sister has a super slow internet connection and video is a non-starter for her for now), but what is important, you can search for your songs, as well as putting your digital pics on there so you can show off your kids and garden wherever you go.

If you want serious space, then go with the larger ipods. I have the 60gb ipod, but I never needed anything near that. I could get by just fine with 8gb I’m pretty sure.

If you don’t need the space, but you want to be REALLY fancy, get an iPod touch. The touch is basically the iPhone with wifi, no phone, and no camera. But it will run any apps and play youtube and all that, and it still has 8gb of space for iPod type activities. This is less useful since you don’t have wifi yourself, but you can use it where you do at the library and such. The 8gb touch is $284. This is cool, but not worth the price. I would entertain the iPhone if I had the money, but I don’t, so I won’t.