I’d buy one. Especially if Dave Winer and company design it the way it’s meant to be - which I know they can. On the software side I think something could come of hooking up with Songbird, the free, open source, cross platform player. It would probably be much easier to adapt the source, develop an extension or work directly with the Songbird team to provide the software needed to manage subscriptions on the device. So how about it Dave?
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Finally caved in this week and bought an iPod, more specifically the brand spanking new 8GB nano you see on the right. Once I finally got over the fact I dont actually want to watch videos or need the extra space there was only one choice. The new ‘pods’ coming out and my new commute starting just happend to cross paths on the same week :-D.
Much better than the old nano due to its scratch resistance but sadly that doesn’t extend to the click wheel which is already showing some damage. From what I have seen of other ipods that goes virtually smooth after heavy use so it may be an inevitable problem.
In my opinion this is THE device for podcasts. I got so used to the way I used to do things (nomad/phone) I had no idea how the iPod handled podcasts. The fact I can listen to something then whack it in the dock and carry on listening in iTunes from where I left off is a godsend.
iTunes 7 has come a long way but it’s still handling video like a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It’s fine for audio but I’m sticking with Democracy for that side of things now.
All in all highly recommended and a good update to the range.
If the buzz around the new Microsoft iPod competitor strangely named Zune is true then we could see the player out by next year. The specs seems pretty tasty (aside from the 30 gig drive) but most of the speculation centres around the possibilities of a WiFi connection. The possibilities of streaming media, Live Anywhere and just hands down wire free file transfer would make it a very atractive alternative.
It’s about time the iPod had some legitimate competition and with Apple’s lack of new models this year it may be the perfect for Microsoft to strike.
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