Posted on 05/07/2005 11:28:05 AM PDT by ambrose
I must've crossed over into Fuddy-Duddyville, because I do not understand the fascination with these things. I mean, I LOVE music as much as the next guy (I'm listening to Paris Cafe-type music right now), but to be plugged in like this at all times is a turn-off to me. I secretly hate my cellphone, too, but it was a gift from The Hub so I don't say that out loud. Ever.
And as a sleep aid? I need it absolutely black-out conditions and absolutely dead quiet to fall sleep. (Too many years of being a Mom and having one ear "on" at all times, I guess.)
That said, this article makes me think there is someone at Apple PR providing sexual favors to someone at the newspaper.
-ccm
I don't know how many CDs you own... but let's say you own a hundred or so... imagine having that entire collection held inside a tiny device that weighs only a few ounces, can be taken anywhere with you, played in your car, on your home stereo, or while out on a walk?
The device automatically organizes your music by Artist, Album and even Genre.. That lets you have access to your most obscure and least-listened CD in a matter of seconds... As opposed to fumbling piles of CDs, pulling them out of their case, loading them up one at a time, and listening.
That's the iPod.
I traded in my cell for an ipod :-)
I love mine. I love it even more now that Art Bell is pod casting. I have mostly meditation music and audiobooks with a little music. I never leave him without it and if I do, I'm royally p'oed!
Yeah, I know what they do, even from way out here in Fuddy-Duddyville, LOL! My teen has one.
And yes, I do have too many CDs...and I still have a cassette player in my car with my 70's Rock tapes, and a VCR...and an old toaster oven, a Princess Phone with a dial on it (still works fine) and my old 8-tracks are still up in the attic...
I think you can see where this conversation is going, LOL! ;)
She even had it engraved! "Tre," as in tertiary.
Yeah, but how's the audio quality?
My impression is that they use compressed JPEGs or something -- in otherwords, not CD quality. Is this correct?
I also love listening to Audio Books. Have you looked at Audible.com? I have been very happy with Audible. As long as you stick to the two books a month deal, it is fairly inexpensive.
It uses compression technology, but I can't tell the difference. I doubt 99.9% of the population could either.
I know. But my Five Year Plan is to stash a lotta cash and be outta here and living in a remote cabin on about 10 acres in the wild and wooly woods of Wisconsin, where my only contact will be with Nature, and, of course, eventually, the ATF guys... ;)
(Think Scott & Helen Nearing, without all the radical communistic political overtones.)
I just use a I gig memory card on my PDA.
does the same job and get the high quality.
The audio quality is excellent! My music files are encoded at either 160 or 192Kbps. It thumps. And I can dock it to external speakers to share with everyone if I want.
I'm ultra-persnickety. I'd hear the difference. The quality issue is the only thing keeping me from being interested in the iPod.
I do the same thing, with a PDA I got for free as a door prize attending some event. I think I paid $75 for the 1G memory stick.
Is it as good as a CD?
I'm just going to have to listen to one of these things some time and see what they sound like. There's no denying the convenience and portability factor.
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