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The chiclet no longer exists, having been replaced by some little tiny touchscreen thing that I find confusing.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?

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[saoba.livejournal.com]

We have two classics in the household- mine is the 6th gen 120 GB. I think his is the first of the video classics- so it's likely it's the 60 GB. Both are several years old, they've been taken to gyms, carried on planes, used in the car on trips, hooked up to speakers and computers in hotels. We kind of love them.

The dog and I 'walked to Rivendell' last year with my 120GB as a constant companion. To this day seeing my Ipod for any reason causes the dog to dace around thinking it means a 1-5 mile walk is about to happen.

Both have survived being dropped more than once. While it's not optimal, sometimes stuff occurs. Both have outlived my last two cell phones.

Since neither of us watch videos on our Ipods all we really want is room for our music collection. Himself also found the audiobook feature useful for business travel though now that he has an ereader that is his book-delivery device of choice.

I had a Nano back in the day and it came under the heading of 'small enough to lose track of it on a daily basis'. I'm not crazy about touch screens in general though my current smart phone is helping me be more tolerant.