iPod

After 2 years I have finally sucombed to buying an iPod. I have held off for so long because I have/had some major problems with the iPod. It was too expensive, I guess it still is. I just spent £280 (cough!) @ Amazon.

I've wanted a large Hard drive MP3 player for ages but held off in the hope I would see something better than the iPod, without so many restrictions (iTunes), but nothing has really turned up that beats it or not in large HD sizes (60GB).

Another reason I've disliked the iPod besides for them trying to force you to buy your music from iTunes is I hate following everyone else. I like to find hidden jems but unfortunately I'm still searching, lol.

After all this dissing of the iPod why did I buy one. I think it is the best overall MP3 player, it has an excellent UI, good size and there are now some hacks for the iPod and iTunes. I think Last.Fm may of been the final thing that swayed it, I can get the songs I play on the iPod submitted to Last.Fm.

I am still never gonna buy a song from iTunes unless they start a subscription service like Napster. Its too expensive and too many restrictions, why pay the prices on iTunes when you can buy the CD from Amazon cheaper and rip it without any restrictions and at whatever quality I like!

Anyway I will post what it's like when it arrives in a couple of days (hopefully), looking forward to it.