Finally an iPod Owner
May 23rd, 2005
It’s not like me to be so far behind the technology curve. I was finally able to afford his gently used (a few scratches) 20 gig iPod. As a proud new owner, I can now understand and appreciate the iPod phenomenon.
This little piece of equipment is the real deal. The click wheel is an incredibly easy and intuitive interface. The battery life is good and the sound quality is great. The storage space is immense; my iPod contains several audiobooks, a couple podcasts, and neary a thousand songs and I still have 15 gigs left. You could spend your fortune just purchasing add-ons and accessories for the iPod — FM transmitters, skins, headphones, clips, armbands, car adapters, stereo speakers, you name it.
One of the unintended consequences of the iPod is the new phenomenon called podcasting. Unlike a radio broadcast, the podcast is a saved audio program can be replayed at the listener’s discretion. KSL offers podcasts of its shows; I’ve heard rumors that Rush Limbaugh is getting into the game. Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple) called podcasts “Wayne’s World for radio” but the future version of iTunes is going to support podcasting, so it is only going to grow. iPodder is free software that can help you subscribe and manage podcasts until iTunes gets in there. More about podcasting can be found at wikipedia.
If any of you find any podcasts worth listening to, please post them in the comments for this article — I still have plenty of space to fill on my iPod.
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