I already wanted an iPod, but now I know I NEED one. “iPod-oltry on the Road,” on Fodor’s RightThisWay, got me thinking. Thanks, John. Now I have reasons to justify this craving. I’m afraid you’ve created a monster.
Here’s a bit from Adam Sach’s original article on Condé Nast Traveler.
“Sometimes you don’t want to just listen to your iPod, you want to talk back to it. Before a recent trip to Greece, I downloaded the audio book In-Flight Greek: Learn Before You Land from the iTunes Music Store, Apple’s online music outlet. Language lessons on my iPod? Genius! I dutifully repeated the phrases aloud on the flight to Athens. “Kalimera!” (“Good morning!”) “Kialo ouzo!” (“More ouzo, please!”) My coach companions viewed me and my repetiti-ous ramblings with the scorn of the technologically uninitiated.
Alternatively, plug in either Griffin Technology’s iTalk microphone attachment or the Belkin Voice Recorder and you’ve got room for hundreds of hours of voice memos, tour-guide disquisitions, or proof of your ever-improving Greek”
That’s it, I need it for the memos. I can talk for hours about ideas and the next best thing I need to get involved in. Trust me, hours. Can we say sponsorship?
That’s exactly what happened to me immediately before I bought my iPod. I learned more about all the different cool things I could do with it, and bought one with the prodding of a bunch of previously initiated iPodlings.
It kicks ass. I was tempted to go the cute route with the mini, however with over 500 CDs at home, realized that I needed more memory. The “regular” iPods are still small enough to fit in your pocket.
Ok, commercial over.
As an early Christmas present I indulged myself in one. With only OS 9.1 right now, I can’t play with it yet, but you can check it out when I see you. I got it in the mail yesterday, and I almost hugged the FedEx guy I was so stoked! I’m thinking I may download French and Italian for my semester abroad… learn to say “where’s the hottie?” in other languages 😉
We took one on our RTW — lifesaver in so many ways, except every time we went higher than 12,000 feet, it stopped working. I don’t know if apple knows this.