iPod Nano

[dje97001]

Wow! Not that I'm convinced I want to have music with me, but... wow.
http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/im...nd_product.jpg
iPod nano Features

4 GB ($249):

• Holds up to 1,000 songs and full-color album art
• Only 3.5 x 1.6 x 0.27 inches and 1.5 ounces
• Bright 1.5-inch color LCD display
• Up to 14 hours of battery life(1)
• Apple Click Wheel
• Charges and syncs via USB
• Accessory-compatible Dock connector
• Completely skip-free playback
• Works with Mac OS X or Windows 2000/XP
• Plays music, podcasts and audiobooks
• Holds up to 25,000 photos(2)
• Syncs contacts, calendars and to-do lists

For $200 you can get a 2GB one.

[Lanthar Mandragoran]

just take a little solar charger with you and you're set...

[dje97001]

yeah, and because I don't know much about iPods, I didn't know they sold those...
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL....1.1.1.1.1.0.1

of course, that adds 5.5 oz. and 100 bucks...

I wonder how much the cradle weighs...?

[titanium_hiker]

check out the ipod flea (video link)

titanium_geek

[hikerjohnd]

check out the ipod flea (video link)

titanium_geek

That made my evening! Thanks for the link!

[Turtle2]

That is funny! Thanks for the laugh! My Mac-aholic husband found it less than humorous tho'. By the way, if you don't want to get the Ipod NANO, you can get the Ipod cell phone. Holds 100 songs. In stores this weekend.

[Lanthar Mandragoran]

yeah, and because I don't know much about iPods, I didn't know they sold those...
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL....1.1.1.1.1.0.1

of course, that adds 5.5 oz. and 100 bucks...

I wonder how much the cradle weighs...?

wow, I never noticed the solio before... didn't realize that apple sold that.

[titanium_hiker]

glad you enjoyed the ipod flea. What I want to know is WHAT happened to the Ipod Mini- it seems to have disapeared...

If I ever got an ipod, it would be the 60gb cause I don't hike that much (more a techie really) and it could double as external harddrive.

cool that the nano comes in black- the U2 must have been popular.

titanium

[dje97001]

Yeah apparently the nano is replacing the mini. You can watch the announcement on apple's site--Jobs says that since everyone else was trying to mimic the success of the mini (apparently the best selling apple ipod) they "decided to do something bold. Replace it." Sounds to me like they saw that flash memory was getting more efficient and they realized that if they could make it smaller, so could someone else. If the audience of the mini wanted to have the smallest thing possible it makes sense to keep pushing.

Funny... no where does anyone from apple mention the thru-hiking community as a target audience

[tlbj6142]

Funny... no where does anyone from apple mention the thru-hiking community as a target audience

Frankly, I have never understood why folks want to listen to music while hiking. The silence is the one of my primary reasons for hiking.

HYOH

[slide]

I personally would not mind some native american flute music or equivalent for meditation and relaxation. While I would never substitute music for the sounds of Nature there are times that music affects me on a higher level and having some available could just top off the joy of the experience, whatever it may be.


Also, I do own instruments like flutes but in terms of weight and musical selection, the Nano might be something to contemplate, at least in my case.

[A-Train]

IMO these ipod products suck. Don't waste ur money. Two have broke on me and many of my friends' have too.

[titanium_hiker]

Ipod Nano? or just Ipod in general? My friend got an ipod (the original big white kind) and he was out cruising with some friends. the car (a vdub bug) died on the hill. He hopped out to push, his ipod fell out of his pocket and a taxi roared past, running over it. (remember the quote- tragedy is when it happens to us, comedy is when it happens to someone else?)

Anyway, besides the skid marks on his cover and a fractured harddrive, it was fine! he canibalised it for parts to sell to other ipod users. (I dunno if that is a good thing for ipod durability- if they were that good it wouldn't need parts)

titanium

[Lilred]

Doesn't it cost something like a dollar a song to download on those things? $1000 bucks to load it up or a transistor radio, I'll take a radio.

[Lanthar Mandragoran]

Doesn't it cost something like a dollar a song to download on those things? $1000 bucks to load it up or a transistor radio, I'll take a radio.

Only if you're purchasing songs from the iTunes Music Store, it doesn't cost anything to load CDs you already own on to the iPod.

[bigcat2]

I too have an iPod and enjoy it quite a lot. As for just listening to the sounds of nature when I hike, I do like to do that. In my case though, after a long day w/ just ear worms roaring in my head, it would be nice to hear the whole song for a change. I don't think I'll take my hiking though because I'd most definitely lose it. As for the songs, you can indeed load your CD's onto your computer and then sync them to your iPod if you have iTunes, which is free to download. Another neat feature w/ iTunes is that they offer free songs every week to download. I've gotten several that way and they usually come out on Tuesdays, just a FYI. Figures they would come out w/ the nano weeks after I got my 20 gb. oh well, such is life.

[Lilred]

Only if you're purchasing songs from the iTunes Music Store, it doesn't cost anything to load CDs you already own on to the iPod.

Thanks for that info. Told hubbie I wanted one for christmas and he told me about the charges for songs. I'm technologically illiterate. HAH! He's got no excuse now......

[Panzer1]

The only problem I have is with the fact that you have to carry a heavy recharger (don't know exactly how much it weights) and even then you can not recharge unless you have an outlet. Remember, if you recharge without permission it is "theft of services". It's just not right to do that.

OK, it can play for 14 hours without needing a recharge, assuming you always remember to turn it off when done, which doesn't always happen in the real world, especially if you listen to it in your sleeping bag.

There are FM radios that run on a single watch battery that last for a long time. They only weight around 1 oz. You can also get the weather on them. I had one of these small FM radios with me on Sept 11, when NY was attacked. I was able to listen to the news and the president that night. It made a big difference to me.

Panzer

[Lanthar Mandragoran]

The only problem I have is with the fact that you have to carry a heavy recharger (don't know exactly how much it weights) and even then you can not recharge unless you have an outlet. Remember, if you recharge without permission it is "theft of services". It's just not right to do that.

OK, it can play for 14 hours without needing a recharge, assuming you always remember to turn it off when done, which doesn't always happen in the real world, especially if you listen to it in your sleeping bag.

There are FM radios that run on a single watch battery that last for a long time. They only weight around 1 oz. You can also get the weather on them. I had one of these small FM radios with me on Sept 11, when NY was attacked. I was able to listen to the news and the president that night. It made a big difference to me.

Panzer

Not true, not true... there are all sorts of ways to hack up a mobile (solar or alkaline batteries or solar for batteries (for camera) and baterry - ipod charger when not usinbatteries for camera) charger for an ipod... you can even buy a solar charger (very lighteweight) from apple.com (look up ipod chargers... it unfolds like a 'flower') kind of neat, solio makes it.

oh, and the AC wall-wart charger really isn't all that heavy (though it is heavier than the above listed solutions)

[titanium_hiker]

if I got an ipod, it would be the largest model possible, and I would use it as an external harddrive- unfortunatly I'm more geek than hiker.

solar is cool.

titanium