September 10, 2005
Cool Tool for School!
I was tempted to buy an iPod shuffle when they first came out, but something stopped me. I'm glad I didn't. The more I thought about it the more I realized that the thing that makes an iPod an iPod is not the name. It's the functionality. I'll admit that I do use the 'Shuffle Songs' menu on the first generation iPod I've been using but I also really like the ability to search for a particular song that I want to hear.
So I had resigned myself to purchase an iPod mini at some point in the future. I didn't know how much longer the old iPod would function but I was willing to wait it out for a while. Maybe they'd drop the price or something. Or something, indeed!
The recently released iPod nano, which replaces the iPod mini in the lineup of music players offered by Apple, has all the functionality of an iPod with a form factor not that much bigger than a shuffle. This was truly what I was waiting for.
So did I buy one? You bet, I did. It should be here next week. I can't wait.