Sad to see the iPod go. I have an iPhone, but it's not the same. There's a lot of value in unitaskers.
I have a long train trip coming up. I'll have my iPhone with me, but I'll also bring my iPod shuffles. They're simply better suited to the task than to have to deal with all the compromises of a device that tries to be everything to everyone all the time.
- Vastly superior battery time. In part, because it's not trying to do a million things other than play music.
- Better ergonomically. I can lay in my berth at night with my wired earbuds and listen with a tiny, durable device instead of a large, fragile device. It's not tragic if I roll over on a Shuffle, or drop it out the side of the bed.
- A shuffle on a small train table takes up much less space than an iPhone. Or no space at all, since I can clip it to my clothing.
- To me, the Shuffles just sound better than the phone. I'm sure there are a million blogs that dispute this with all kinds of mathematical blather. But I use the same earbuds with my Shuffles and my iPhone, and the Shuffles just sound better to my ears.
For me, the feature that beats all of those combined is simply being able to carry all my music around for free. Now I have to either constantly swap it around and filter it, or pay through the nose to stream it.
I have a long train trip coming up. I'll have my iPhone with me, but I'll also bring my iPod shuffles. They're simply better suited to the task than to have to deal with all the compromises of a device that tries to be everything to everyone all the time.
- Vastly superior battery time. In part, because it's not trying to do a million things other than play music.
- Better ergonomically. I can lay in my berth at night with my wired earbuds and listen with a tiny, durable device instead of a large, fragile device. It's not tragic if I roll over on a Shuffle, or drop it out the side of the bed.
- A shuffle on a small train table takes up much less space than an iPhone. Or no space at all, since I can clip it to my clothing.
- To me, the Shuffles just sound better than the phone. I'm sure there are a million blogs that dispute this with all kinds of mathematical blather. But I use the same earbuds with my Shuffles and my iPhone, and the Shuffles just sound better to my ears.