Taz writes:
PS I think these ipods and mp3 players are overpriced. I have a personal issue with these overpriced products, especially when the people that made them only make like 20 cents an hour... and work while in chains and shackles. Unless those prices drop below the 50 mark, I don't see myself buying them anytime soon.
Economic issues aside...
I spend about 5 hours a week commuting, and I use my iPod to listen to podcasts, music and recorded books. While there's plenty of variety on the radio, what I want to listen to is rarely on when I'm listening, plus most of the podcasts I listen to are never broadcast over the airways. I like sportstalk-radio (when the local teams are winning), but I'm always getting in the car in the middle or end of an interesting interview (Belichick really loosens up with the local sportstalk guys), and then there's the commercials! The same sportstalk shows are available as podcasts without commercials.
I can't imagine life without my iPod. They could probably charge more for it and I'd still buy it.
My iPod has a 60 Gbyte capacity, so I also have all my photos on it. Ask me about my grandson at your peril! You've seen the visual joke where the guy pulls out his wallet to show some photos and the accordion of photos reaches the floor? iPods are far, far worse!
--Percy
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