I still have my original iPod and am like you, it is almost daily used because I do love music.
My brother just down loaded all my CD's, which are many, onto some thumb drives that I am hoping to down load onto the modified iPod that I was given from my loving son.
Thanks for sharing this article and again thanks for the updated, custom iPod.
The first time I held an iPod in my hands was my freshman year of college. My college sweetheart had a Gen 3 with 20gb of storage. I still remember the glowing red buttons the first time I saw it. The battery life was a horrendous 8 hours and the whole syncing process was a huge, slow pain.
By sophomore year, it felt like every college kid was walking around with white headphones. Remember when that was a status symbol?
Later, I saved up to buy a 4G with 40gb. For whatever reason, the SSDs in these things were awful. I had 3 hard drives replaced under warranty. There was some speculation that the vibration and bumps inside a car cupholder was causing this.
But my favorite, non-streaming iPod of all time is easily the 4G nano. The flash HD was bullet proof and my 4G held a whopping 16gb. The device was thinner than a pack of Orbitz gum, was sturdy, and had a ridiculous battery life.
I can appreciate the iPod, but I don’t miss the days of manually maintaining my catalog, syncing, confirming album details, managing storage space, etc.
The iPod was definitely a game changer. I do remember how cool the white headphones were. I'll second your comment on the 4G nano. Those really were the high watermark for the OG iPod.
Luckily, I don't sync my iPod often so it's always good to go. And having a massive storage mitigates the space issue. But it's still a pain when I have to do an update. Thanks for reading!
I still have my original iPod and am like you, it is almost daily used because I do love music.
My brother just down loaded all my CD's, which are many, onto some thumb drives that I am hoping to down load onto the modified iPod that I was given from my loving son.
Thanks for sharing this article and again thanks for the updated, custom iPod.
I’m glad to hear that you’ll be putting music on that iPod. Those old video iPods have Wolfson DACs which sound awesome on a good hi-fi system.
The first time I held an iPod in my hands was my freshman year of college. My college sweetheart had a Gen 3 with 20gb of storage. I still remember the glowing red buttons the first time I saw it. The battery life was a horrendous 8 hours and the whole syncing process was a huge, slow pain.
By sophomore year, it felt like every college kid was walking around with white headphones. Remember when that was a status symbol?
Later, I saved up to buy a 4G with 40gb. For whatever reason, the SSDs in these things were awful. I had 3 hard drives replaced under warranty. There was some speculation that the vibration and bumps inside a car cupholder was causing this.
But my favorite, non-streaming iPod of all time is easily the 4G nano. The flash HD was bullet proof and my 4G held a whopping 16gb. The device was thinner than a pack of Orbitz gum, was sturdy, and had a ridiculous battery life.
I can appreciate the iPod, but I don’t miss the days of manually maintaining my catalog, syncing, confirming album details, managing storage space, etc.
The iPod was definitely a game changer. I do remember how cool the white headphones were. I'll second your comment on the 4G nano. Those really were the high watermark for the OG iPod.
Luckily, I don't sync my iPod often so it's always good to go. And having a massive storage mitigates the space issue. But it's still a pain when I have to do an update. Thanks for reading!