iPods Just Got Cheaper And Better! February 9, 2006
For anyone wanting an iPod to use while exercising, the models I recommend just got cheaper!
The iPod Shuffle prices have been reduced to USD$69 for the 512MB and USD$99 for the 1GB version. For daily exercise, the 512MB one is fine and holds plenty of audio (8 hours or more, depending upon recording quality). As long as you sync once a week or so, you’ll have plenty of fresh stuff to listen to.
There’s a new, lower-capacity iPod Nano out. It has a capacity of 1GB and costs USD$149. This is plenty of storage for exercise audio - you should be able to fit around 240 songs or 16 hours of audio on it. That means you could set up different playlists for different types of exercise or different days, or you can queue up a bucket-load of podcasts and audio books so you only need to sync once every few weeks.
The Shuffle and Nano are both solid-state iPods, meaning there are no moving parts or delicate hard disks that could be damaged if you knock them around a bit during exercise. They’re also much lighter and cheaper than the bigger iPods, making them more convenient to carry with you and less of a financial risk to leave in your gym bag.
I dread the prospect of having a $400 iPod lost/stolen/broken, but losing a $69 iPod Shuffle wouldn’t bother me anywhere near as much. That means I’m more likely to take it places with me and actually use it, rather than leave it at home in a safe place.
At these prices, everyone in the family should own one!
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- Author : admin
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