I turned on my iPod this morning (just like I do every morning) for my commute to work, and alas! Three mysterious flecks appeared the screen!
I think my iPod found out about the iPod nano, and now he thinks he is old news. He thinks he’s past his prime, and it’s stressing him out.
“Black is the new black,” he whimpers to me, “I’m hideous!” Well, once I calmed him down he found his happy place and we made it through this morning without further incident. Those flecks remain though.
Well, I supposed it had to happen sooner or later. I’ve depended on this guy for nearly two hears years now, and for the past year now I’ve been listening to that thing every day while walking or biking to and from work. I use my iPod more than I use my car.
It still works just fine. The audio is fine, and all the buttons still work. But it might be time to save up for a replacement. Those new iPod nanos look super fine. And they are quite sturdy little guys.
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§ #1 By JohnH at 4:49pm on September 13 2005
Despite my apathy towards apple products, I am sorely tempted…
§ #2 By John Mark at 4:49pm on September 13 2005
...this guy for nearly two hears now…
This IS Freudian.
§ #3 By Raanan at 4:49pm on September 13 2005
ah ha ha ha. That’s funny.
§ #4 By Brian at 4:49pm on September 13 2005
As Robin Williams (Mork) said on Mork and Mindy—“nano, nano”. I’m in
§ #5 By Dad Warren at 4:49pm on September 13 2005
Cool site! I see coffee, but where’s the beer?
BTW, my iPod (second generation – grandfather to yours) has developed three vertical lines of non-functional LCD pixels. But it still keeps chugging along (darn it!).
§ #6 By James at 4:49pm on September 13 2005
James, I think yours is just the daddy of mine. Mine’s a 3rd Gen, I think. I’ve feared that my iPod will just keep chugging along too, thus delaying said iPod nano purchase.
§ #7 By Brian at 4:49pm on September 13 2005
I just bought a new iPod with my wife. Not a “nano”, just a simple 20GB one which cost enough money as it is. This was last Saturday and the salesperson told me the new “nano” iPod went on sale the next day…Sunday.
First of all I thought that it was enough to spend the money on the normal iPod but the “nano” iPod was $100 more just because it was a little smaller!
I thought that wasn’t worth it. On top of it, I am a “nano” scientist working on nanotechnology and thought it was weird that iPod jumped on the band-wagon of the new buzzword, “nano”, from my field of study. Then I thought it cool that there was a buzz-word from my field of study that iPod knew about and named their new iPod but I thought that even thought smaller is better, $100 was more than I had at the time.
Bottom line, your iPod is fine even with the few spots!
§ #8 By Stairs at 4:49pm on September 13 2005
Actually, the 20GB ipod costs more than the nano, not less. So the nano is the cheapest ipod with a display and dock connector.
Update: my ipod’s display stopped acting weird.
§ #9 By brian at 4:49pm on September 13 2005