Pondering My Next iPod Purchase

Pondering My Next iPod Purchase

I have had three iPods in my life: the first generation iPod Mini, the fifth generation iPod, and the first generation iPod Touch. All three of them still work flawlessly, and do so after vigorous use. I have zero complaints as someone who has been using Apple’s media players for five years now. It is coming time for me to purchase my next media player, and there is no hesitation in my mind about going for another iPod. I just have to decide which one I want.

While the latest hardware revision of the iPod Touch is nice, it isn’t particularly compelling to those of us that already have a perfectly functional iPod Touch. The iPod Classic is fine, but I’m not a huge fan of moving parts sitting in my pocket. The shuffle is a sexy device, but it functions very poorly as a podcast interface. That leaves me with the fifth generation iPod Nano. I’m okay with that.

After looking around a bit, the sixteen gig model is available for only $165 on Amazon. That is $165 for a 2.2″ screen, a 640×480 video camera, an FM tuner, a solid state drive, and a time tested user interface. This, in my mind, is a great deal.

What are your thoughts? Any objections to the latest incarnation of the iPod Nano?
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Sofia Fontes

I want an iPod Nano too. I don't really need a new iPod (the iPhone is enough for my needs) but I'm going to start going to the gym soon and that's a good enough excuse for me to get a Nano, right? Right?

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Grant Brunner

I love the idea of having secondary devices that I can treat poorly. Let this be the workhorse, and my iPod Touch can be treated nicely.

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Ross Graham

Personally, I'm waiting for that camera to show up in the iPod Touch to buy a new iPod.

I've had first gen iPod 5gb (the first one with the movable wheel and everything), iPod Photo 30gb, iPod Mini 6gb, countless shuffles, and the first gen iPod Touch 16gb. The thing still works flawlessly. There's a scratch on the face that makes me sad, but I don't want to give up the apps and network ability that it has to get a new Nano just for the video camera.

I can't wait for the camera to show up in the Touch so I can then get a speaker too.

I'd wait.

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Joshua Schnell

Completely agree. Once the touch gets a camera, I'm all in. Now that I think about it, it might be the reason Apple's been delaying a Touch with camera. They might not want to cannibalize the sales of the nano.

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Grant Brunner

Interesting. Thanks for your input.

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