{"id":403,"date":"2006-01-20T21:08:11","date_gmt":"2006-01-20T13:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2006\/01\/2006_01_20_2108.php"},"modified":"2006-01-20T21:08:11","modified_gmt":"2006-01-20T13:08:11","slug":"nanonano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/01\/20\/nanonano","title":{"rendered":"Nanonano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a lot of struggling with my inner demons&#8230; I finally succumbed to getting an iPod Nano.<\/p>\n<p>In fairness, I think it was a very reasonable acquisition &#8211; after all, I chose to get it over getting a iPod Video. Making [somewhat] <em>reasonable<\/em> decisions is very difficult when one has technolust.<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<p>Anyways, the Nano is one of those innovations which I fell in love with the moment it was unveiled. You can read from my past posts that unlike other people, I don&#8217;t just ogle over everything Apple spits out. Sure they&#8217;re all impressive to some point, but if you try analyzing the technology for it&#8217;s actual benefits and use, you&#8217;ll see that Apple products aren&#8217;t that impressive all the time <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_403_1('footnote_plugin_reference_403_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_403_1('footnote_plugin_reference_403_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_403_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_403_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">I submit the Shuffle, the Mighty Mouse, Cube, old iMac, eMac, among countless others as products that were hits&#8230; for about five seconds hehehe.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_403_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_403_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Anyways, there&#8217;s another day for that whole bitterness of mine. Point is: the Nano, though expensive, is something that is true to Apple&#8217;s supposed mission: <strong>AN INNOVATION.<\/strong> No matter how much you may hate Apple, I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s no one in their right mind that would diss the Nano for what it is &#8211; a really friggin&#8217; small <em>TRUE<\/em> iPOD (Shuffle sucks!).<\/p>\n<p>Of course my dilemma ever since was as much as I was lusting over it, I was pretty certain that it was just because it was damn sexy. I don&#8217;t deny it&#8217;s functionality as a legitimate iPod&#8230; but I already had one. I hadn&#8217;t a reason to get another &#8211; until I realized the hassle of lugging a bulky iPod during trips.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t like &#8220;clipping&#8221; iPods in my pocket\/belt, so I usually just <em>put<\/em> them in my pockets. Of course my 60GB Photo is already thick as it is, so the only way to minimize added size for protection is to get a thin silicon casing. So do the math: rubber and thick iPod = hassle to put into pants (unless they&#8217;re really loose) Not to mention that if you put it in your shorts, you have a whole wight problem tugging downward. These are the problems I&#8217;ve been plagued with ever since, but only during my trip to Australia did I really snap and decided I need another, <em>thinner<\/em> model.<\/p>\n<p>My first choice was to upgrade to a video since it was supposedly thinner. My sister has a 30GB Video, and it is indeed considerably thinner. But of course the price would mean I&#8217;d have to sell my 60GB Photo. Now <em>space<\/em> was an issue to me. Naturally, for me to upgrade to a video, it would have to be a 60GB model too. But then I noticed how much more I had to shell out to get the new unit. Not to mention it was <em>still<\/em> pretty thick.<\/p>\n<p>So I was thinking: Still thick and shell out a lot of extra green. The only <em>real<\/em> benefit was of course the video support &#8211; but after thinking a lot, I decided I really didn&#8217;t need the video that much to justify the cash I had to shell out. I imagined that I&#8217;d definitely be using the Video feature a lot for say the first few months&#8230; then like all others, the iPod Video would return to the simple audio player it was ultimately designed as. So in the long run, I just shelled out cash for something my Photo was already doing!<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, I&#8217;d rather see the price premium go to a feature where I&#8217;d know I&#8217;d appreciate in the long run. That&#8217;s where the Nano comes in. I must admit that 4GB even now will never cut it for me. The Nano, through no fault of its own, disappoints me in that area. The difference however, is that I don&#8217;t have to sell my Photo &#8211; so I <em>still<\/em> have a 60GB unit at my disposal (which believe me, is a factor that geek reasoning can justify <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_403_1('footnote_plugin_reference_403_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_403_1('footnote_plugin_reference_403_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_403_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">2 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_403_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">The need to have that large space <em>just in case<\/em> you need the space &#8211; it gives us geeks peace of mind.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_403_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_403_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> ). Now the price premium goes up a notch since I&#8217;m not &#8220;trading-in&#8221; anything. But at least I know where the price premium is going to &#8211; the size. Granted a Nano is on the pricey side, but as of now you literally can&#8217;t touch its value as a portable player. I need not get into the whole size thing &#8211; just hold one and you&#8217;ll know. But other than that, there&#8217;s the whole flash-memory based bonus <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_403_1('footnote_plugin_reference_403_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_403_1('footnote_plugin_reference_403_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_403_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">3 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_403_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Which is basically the ONLY legitimate argument for those losers who got Shuffles.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_403_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_403_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> which means it&#8217;s more resilient to impact (no moving parts), and a longer battery life (draws less current).<\/p>\n<p>So simply put, I thought about it a lot before I actually got it obviously&#8230; else I would&#8217;ve gotten it the first day it was released. And I&#8217;m pretty happy with that decision.<\/p>\n<p>Oh and FYI&#8230; <em>in case<\/em> iPod users aren&#8217;t aware, you don&#8217;t have to buy the Apple USB adaptor so you can use your cable on a wall socket. You can get any USB to wall adaptor that can charge your cellphone and it will work&#8230; at much less the price. Why pay 30 dollars when you can get one for 6 &#8211; mine was 300 pesos.<\/p>\n<p>I just tried plugging the cable of my Nano to the USB wall adaptor I got for my XDA, and it apparently works!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m guessing if you already have the Apple wall adaptor, you can similarly use it with you regular USB powered devices. USB power rails have set voltages as a standard. If you don&#8217;t believe me, then think of this: if you have devices that work <em>computer<\/em> USB terminals, then for a wall\/car\/etc. adaptor to work on it&#8230; without frying it, it should give as much juice as the computer (give or take more or less, but not too far from specifications. Now unless computer\/motherboard manufactures suddenly decide that each USB terminal should have different specifications, I&#8217;m led to believe that even for power, it literally should be a <em>UNIVERSAL<\/em> bus.<\/p>\n<p>So Theoretically, as long as you&#8217;re talking about <em>power,<\/em> USB terminals by nature should be interchangeable &#8211; hence my point. 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