New iPod 'classic' 80GB

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:03:32 +0000

I finally decided it was time to upgrade my 4.5 year old third generation iPod since Apple refreshed the lines last week. I plumped for the new ‘iPod Classic 80GB’.

Yes, it is weird having a new product so much better than the one I have, but be called a ‘classic’. I suppose this means it’ll disappear after this. Anyway, here’s a comparison with my old one - it’s a similar footprint, bigger colour screen and it’s much thinner.

I put some pics on flickr! too [now removed]. I’ll add a mini review to Brightblack after a couple of weeks with it. So far, it’s great.

Feed the iPod!

Tue, 25 Nov 2003 04:16:40 +0000

Well, it’s been 6 months since I got my 15GB iPod. Like a song on a playlist? Within seconds you’re listening to a random selection of all the songs you own from that artist. Having all the Red Hot Chili Peppers tracks on a continuous random play is cool.

Damn thing needs feeding though, so I got some more CDs sent over, and bought a few to try to quench the appetite.

A good thing about the iPod though it that it gives another chance to those ‘B’ tracks, or tracks I just forgot about over time. I spent the train journey home today listening to Henry Rollins’ “Weight” album - it’s a heavy opus, and not recommended for a crowded train, but it just brought it home to me that I hadn’t listened to that for nearly 5 years. Actually, it’s pretty impressive how many other people have iPods here in Tokyo.

On the techie side, I re-encoded a few CDs at AAC 160kbps instead of my old standard of MP3 (at 160 - VBR). It takes up less space and sounds a lot better IMHO. Give it a try - it depends on the music a bit, but I thought it was a bit more detailed.

If you haven’t got an iPod, I really recommend them - it’ll keep your addresses and calendars there too, and works on Mac or windows (iTunes on Windows is pretty good too).

Checkout the iPod Lounge and see what some people are doing with theirs.

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yo mama — 2003-11-27

yo mama!

neal — 2003-11-29

hmmmmm ipod!!!! If anyone is stumped as to what to get me for christmas….. ;-)

Ipod on Nanikore

New iPod 'classic' 80GB

Feed the iPod!

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