Comments on: Good Grief - No Nanos at Amazon? http://www.notnews.org/life/good-grief-no-nanos-at-amazon.html Philosophy, public affairs and pop culture. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:06:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave Thomer http://www.notnews.org/life/good-grief-no-nanos-at-amazon.html#comment-160 Dave Thomer Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:15:09 +0000 http://www.notnews.org/life/good-grief-no-nanos-at-amazon.html#comment-160 My first MP3 player was a pre-iPod Rio that had about 32MB of memory. That one died suddenly, so I replaced it with another Rio with 128MB, and that worked fine until I left it in my pocket when I did the laundry. I replaced that one with another Rio, this one with 256MB. Now, the one I have is perfectly functional as an MP3 player. It even has an FM tuner, which is kinda cool. But there's no denying the Wow-Cool factor of the iPods. Of course, i have time to wait and see if the price of the second-gen Nanos comes down. One of the schools I'm teaching at this semester pays adjuncts monthly, and the first check doesn't come until October. Joy! My first MP3 player was a pre-iPod Rio that had about 32MB of memory. That one died suddenly, so I replaced it with another Rio with 128MB, and that worked fine until I left it in my pocket when I did the laundry. I replaced that one with another Rio, this one with 256MB. Now, the one I have is perfectly functional as an MP3 player. It even has an FM tuner, which is kinda cool. But there’s no denying the Wow-Cool factor of the iPods.

Of course, i have time to wait and see if the price of the second-gen Nanos comes down. One of the schools I’m teaching at this semester pays adjuncts monthly, and the first check doesn’t come until October. Joy!

]]> By: Robn http://www.notnews.org/life/good-grief-no-nanos-at-amazon.html#comment-159 Robn Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:33:30 +0000 http://www.notnews.org/life/good-grief-no-nanos-at-amazon.html#comment-159 I received a 4g Nano for my birthday last month, and I ADORE it! It's the first mp3 player that I can strap comfortably to my arm while I'm running and still treats me like only an iPod can (my previous mp3 player was the very first generation of iPod - a dinosaur monster that weighs 2700 pounds and needs to be pushed around in a wheelbarrow to make it portable.) I give the Nano 2 thumbs up. And you can dance to it! I received a 4g Nano for my birthday last month, and I ADORE it! It’s the first mp3 player that I can strap comfortably to my arm while I’m running and still treats me like only an iPod can (my previous mp3 player was the very first generation of iPod - a dinosaur monster that weighs 2700 pounds and needs to be pushed around in a wheelbarrow to make it portable.)

I give the Nano 2 thumbs up. And you can dance to it!

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