more typical iPod problems

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by Travis

Hey Lee,

Trust me, I’m well aware I’m in the minority here. Again, I totally love the concept of the iPod but I can’t get past the sound quality issue I have. And it’s not my car player because my CDs and tapes sound great. It’s the connection, and for most of us out there, the only option is the tape or radio adapters. No matter how great your stereo may be, listening to your iPod in your car is not a true connection. Some are willing to sacrifice quality for quantity and I can’t, and believe me I tried because I really wanted to like it. I still have a couple of weeks before I decide if I want to return it and I just may give it another shot, but as I mentioned above, I find that I’m actually fooling around with the iPod more than I am the CDs. I can make a perfect flowing CD just to my liking – but there are times I may want to start with track 16 let us say, just cuz I’m feeling tracks 16-20 (they may be a bit more down tempo) and then the CD simply rolls back to the start – you can’t do that with an iPod, they don’t start over, therefore, I’m actually fooling around with the iPod more than I am the CD. Once the CD is done or if I want to hear something else, yes I have to fumble around a bit putting in another CD, however, the same goes with the iPod. If you want to play another play list for example, you still have to “fumble” around with it a bit to locate it. It really isn’t that much different. I have friends that actually pull over spending time looking for the play list they want to play before they find it – that’s what I mean by having access to so much of your library. When you make things too available, you find (or at least I do) I’m not as excited about it anymore – kind of like needy boyfriends ;-)

Who said I was high maintenance?

Well, even dinosaurs were around for millions of years before they were extinguished.

I hate to admit it, but the iPod is, for better or worse, my single most indispensible possession. I feel naked without it. I would say that I am either listening to it or watching movies on it an average of 5 hours per day- walking on the sidewalk, riding my bike, on the train, plugged into my speakers at home, plugged into the car adaptor, etc. And I have been able to see lots of movies (albeit, a few minutes at a time) that I have never had the time to view previously. If I could have an iPod cradle surgically implanted into my hip, I would do it in a heartbeat.

If/when Apple releases an iPod with a large-capacity hard drive as well as WiFi and a QWERTY keyboard, I'm afraid I will retreat from society altogether and stay full time in the iRealm.