I’ve changed my gadget lineup! The Nano has now taken it’s place as my MP3 player of choice, dethroning the awesome U2 Color iPod. The U2 ipod, with it’s 20GB hard drive was just getting to be too big to carry around. I also found myself skip-skip-skipping songs so often that I’d ask myself, “Why the hell do I have that album on here!?”. The size also became noticable when I attached the Bluetooth headphone adapter (review to follow) which seriously added to the bulk of the overall mp3 package.
So, I figured if Apple had Nano’s in stock, I’ll pick one up. Sure enough, they had just gotten some in. I grabbed one and a pack of cases and rushed home to see what all the fuss was about. WOW, this player works just like its big brother but is small enough to sit undetected in a shirt pocket. I grabbed a bunch of MP3’s of stuff I really wanted to spend time listening to and I ended up filling the Nano with maybe 350MB to spare. Perfect! I am also trying out iTunes instead of Anapod this time around, just to see how the experience compares. So far i’m very pleased. Some features that were missing last time I tried iTunes are now here, and I also have up to date podcast support which is a nice touch. I picked up a 3 pack of rubberized sleeves with screen protection and they work fine, although orange is not my favorite color. My only gripe is that Firewire connectivity is not supported, which is funny because original ipods ONLY used firewire and here we are supporting ONLY usb, but thats ok. My other accessories work fine and charging via Firewire still works. I just hope I dont lose it!