talk to me about iPods

[rm]

I had a generation 3 silver chiclet before the theft.

I loved it. It was light, but I could still feel if I had it or not, and it didn't have a touch screen (I hate fucking touch screens).

The chiclet no longer exists, having been replaced by some little tiny touchscreen thing that I find confusing. The shuffle is a no go. I hate the iTouch (and dude, if I'm going to go there, I'd get an iPhone which doesn't work on my carrier). So do I need to go with the Classic? Is there any benefit to ordering an old chiclet and a slightly reduced cost.

I feel like I get so much more bang for the buck with the new models, eventhough they are all bigger and heavier than I want or have the scary touch screen factor.

Weigh in?

Comments

[rm.livejournal.com]

Wait, talk to me about this. What makes touchscreens work?

Does it have to do with body temp? If so, there's my problem -- celiacs have terrible circulation as a rule and the things just don't like me.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

I think most modern touchscreens no longer use body temp recognition but either pressure or conductance of skin (IDK if that last is also a problem for celiacs?).

[dsmoen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but people with low body temp also may have capacitance issues. I certainly seemed to.

[noveldevice.livejournal.com]

I have to breathe on my fingers sometimes to make the touch screens on the machines at my gym work for me. I've always had pretty cold hands, but I was fat for a while in my late twenties and early thirties, and it raised my body temp. I lost all that weight and my body temp has fallen again. It's not a problem with my iPad or iPod touch, but normal touch screens, like automated ticket kiosks, touch-screen bank machines, and gym machines, tend to have problems with me.

[remydesire.livejournal.com]

The screen for the ipod touch doesn't work if you have gloves on, so it's not pressure. It drives me nuts in the winter.

Try wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Capacitive

[dsmoen.livejournal.com]

In my case, I think it was body temp -- getting my thyroid in range raised my body temp by 3/10 of a degree.

But yeah, us celiacs do have lousy circulation.

[ophymirage.livejournal.com]

it absolutely does have to do with body temp. I support wireless for a living, and configure about 3 iPhones a day - and have always had cold hands, even before I got fat.

Getting iPhones to respond to me sometimes involves sitting on my fingers for a minute or so to heat them up, if it's really chilly in my cube... :)