I'm interested. I do have an MP3 player, although it's a slightly outdated and small thing which doesn't interact with iTunes nicely, so that loading up audio is a bit of a nuisance. And it's pure audio --- no video, no Internet, no games, no nothing. So the roles that an iPod would serve, this would serve just as well.
And some portable computing power would be convenient for me, for example for writing and uploading stuff while away from home: the data plans are a reasonable-to-me dollar-a-day, and the size and weight seem like they'd fit effortlessly in my messenger bag more easily than even my laptop does. And for example, taking notes from books while at work would be awfully convenient if I could slip the desk drawer open, tap away for a couple minutes, and slide it back when I've had my little break and feel I should get back to work. I'd also feel more vaguely comfortable not actually using my work computer to putter all over Usenet, a difference that may seem trivial but which still somehow nags at me.
If I already had an iPod (or iPhone) it'd be a much harder sell, but it happens that I've put off buying any of that long enough that this actually has a job it'd do nicely.
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Date: 2010-02-02 04:51 am (UTC)I'm interested. I do have an MP3 player, although it's a slightly outdated and small thing which doesn't interact with iTunes nicely, so that loading up audio is a bit of a nuisance. And it's pure audio --- no video, no Internet, no games, no nothing. So the roles that an iPod would serve, this would serve just as well.
And some portable computing power would be convenient for me, for example for writing and uploading stuff while away from home: the data plans are a reasonable-to-me dollar-a-day, and the size and weight seem like they'd fit effortlessly in my messenger bag more easily than even my laptop does. And for example, taking notes from books while at work would be awfully convenient if I could slip the desk drawer open, tap away for a couple minutes, and slide it back when I've had my little break and feel I should get back to work. I'd also feel more vaguely comfortable not actually using my work computer to putter all over Usenet, a difference that may seem trivial but which still somehow nags at me.
If I already had an iPod (or iPhone) it'd be a much harder sell, but it happens that I've put off buying any of that long enough that this actually has a job it'd do nicely.