my new ipod

I have completely forgotten to mention my lovely new iPod (the video one) that I got last month. It truly is a lovely machine. All that stuff you might have read about it is true. To hold one, is to want one. There is something very sensual about the smooth curves. The only problem is that it gets finger prints on it! I haven't really been willing to use it properly yet, because I don't want to scratch the screen. I am waiting for the huge range of cases that will be upon us like an avalanche shortly. The sound is fantastic, as expected, and, although Apple don't seem to be advertising this, the sound has more depth to my ears and it goes much louder than my older iPod. Perhaps Apple were able to sort things out with those nasty French people who insisted on hobbling the poor machine to protect the delicate ears of French children. As a video player, it is just what I was looking for. It goes without saying that I really wanted a machine that I could carry on my keyring, held 5000 full-length HD movies that I could project onto a wall, and cost 53p to buy. What I got instead was a 30Gb iPod. The video quality on the machine is surprisingly sharp and very easy to watch. The screen, which at first glance seems a bit small, is a comfortable size for watching the odd episode of Star Trek or a shortish movie. I'm not sure what it would be like to try and watch The Godfather part II on it. Having said that, the machine connects very simply to a full size TV, with the purchase of an optional AV cable, of course. This is the feature that most interested me. I wanted to be able to watch the odd movie when I go on holiday. The quality of the picture is pretty good. It's not HD, or even DVD for that matter. It is probably a bit like watching an ever so slightly degraded VHS tape, although I can hardly remember what that was like. The long and the short of it is that it's not great but it's okay, and will certainly do for when I have to watch a movie in an emergency.

My old iPod is now serving time as a back-up drive. I have loaded on a copy of OSX and the files I can't bear to lose, having lost them several times in the past. That is one difference between the older iPod and the new one. The older one is bootable, whereas the new one isn't. I don't imagine that will make that much difference to most people, but it was a little bit of extra functionality that I liked.

What can I say, I love my new iPod.

PS the baby iPod shirts arrived today. They are just so cute. I can't wait to dress him up and push his buttons (in a good way of course).