Finally gave in and bought an iPod Shuffle

Post by **-Replicant-** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:34 pm

Well, I was sick of running on treadmills at my gym without music (yay for marathon training while still trying to maintain muscle mass), so I bought the 1Gb Ipod shuffle. Already filled it up with a few hundred songs, anything else I should know?

I bought an armband for it, although I don't know how well that will work out. Any special software people recommend over the standard itunes?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:36 pm

Anapod

Post by **Dave** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:40 pm

I use the armband with my ipod mini. It works well for running, but I don't think it would be very nice to pump ze iron with.. it would be like having your blood pressure measured.

Post by **-Replicant-** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:43 pm

jah, i think I'll only use it for running- today I did 7 miles and they were really awful without something to keep me going (the treatmills stare at a blank white wall....i nearly zonked out many times just staring at that for an hour)

Testoclesius · Post by **Testoclesius** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:28 pm

i guess an ipod shuffle is ok if you cant afford a 40gb one like me :lol:

Post by **Dave** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:38 pm

It's not convenient to run with a fullsize ipod

Testoclesius · Post by **Testoclesius** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:40 pm

its even less conveniant to have a 4gb ipod :lol:

Post by **-Replicant-** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:52 am

I got the shuffle because I wanted the security of knowing it doesn't have a HDD that can break...and i wanted a rechargable battery (thus why I didn't get an iRiver)

Post by **Dante** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:40 am

Dave wrote:It's not convenient to run with a fullsize ipod

This case has been perfect for the gym.

Post by **Dave** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:01 am

It's a fanny pack

Post by **shiznit** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:14 am

Dave wrote:It's a fanny pack

What I was going to say.

Post by **TMan** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:52 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:Anapod

Great software for sure, but ITune is free. :\

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:56 am

TMan wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:Anapod
Great software for sure, but ITune is free. :\

$20?

once you move out into the real world, you'll quickly realize alot of things cost money.

Post by **sliver** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:57 am

Warez

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:58 am

sliver wrote:Warez

is for jobless kids

Post by **sliver** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:58 am

i have a job

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:00 am

sliver wrote:i have a job

make sure you buy a large pizza instead of purchasing a piece of software that you will get more use out of.

kids

Post by **sliver** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:04 am

i eat very little pizza.

Post by **Dante** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:55 am

riddla wrote:
Dante wrote:
Dave wrote:It's not convenient to run with a fullsize ipod
This case has been perfect for the gym.
from where did you buy? i like

I bought it from the apple store since it had two promos at the time, free engraving and a discount on a case.

Dave if you can find a better case that I don't have to hold, can hide the excess wire from my Fontopia EX71s, and can be moved around for whatever exercise I do, please let me know.

Post by **saturn** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:15 pm

doesn't that nylon start to irritate after a sweaty while? Hmmm...might be good for running.

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:23 pm

Should have gone with the SE k750i, a bluetooth headset and a 1gb MS. Cellphone + FM radio + 1gb of MP3s - wires

Post by **Geebs** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:27 pm

Yeah, but bluetooth headsets make you look like a cunt. Plus the sound quality's not really as good.

Post by **Zyte** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:56 pm

got the k750i 2 days ago. very nice. Still need to upgrade the memory, i think ill go for 512. And i've no problem wearing normal headset for listening mp3.

Only thing i dislike is how slow mp3s and videoclips are transferred to the phone when using bluetooth.

Post by **raw** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:11 pm

I have a 20GB iPod but I aslo want an iShuffle because it's $99 and cheap to replace if I drop it in the ocean while fishing. Basically to me, an iShuffle is a disposable iPod with no moving parts which is a plus for me.

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:22 pm

Zyte wrote:got the k750i 2 days ago. very nice. Still need to upgrade the memory, i think ill go for 512. And i've no problem wearing normal headset for listening mp3.

Only thing i dislike is how slow mp3s and videoclips are transferred to the phone when using bluetooth.

I noticed that USB transfer speed to phones suck too.