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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice
@51 - granted my use is different than most people's. I have terrible insomnia, and sleep with my headphones on and my iPod attached. I need to be able to find and turn on my audiobook or podcast with as little fuss as possible, so as not to wake my spouse. I need to be able to set a sleep timer, so that the device will turn itself off within a set length of time. I can do that quickly and easily on the iPod. I'm not terribly bright at 3:00 am.
and it's not just the hardware, it's the software. I know lots of people hate iTunes, but it's the easiest software I've found that lets me catalog and manage music, audiobooks, and podcasts.
I like the ease of finding, subscribing, and syncing podcasts. I was given a SanDisk player that I never use, because I never could figure out how to get my podcasts downloaded and then loaded on it.
it's not just 15 seconds here and there, it's the time and effort I spend managing three iPod users and dealing with music, podcasts, and audiobooks. It's my daughter not getting frustrated with her mp3 player, but easily finding and playing the music she lives on. It's my husband, listening to audiobooks and podcasts while he drives to work.
so yeah, for me, the premium I paid to find our 5th gen iPods has been worth it. I'm not sure what I'm going to do when they finally die (as all devices must) - I really hate the 6th gen ones. Maybe by the time our 5th gens die, Apple will have come to their senses and will give me a non-touch interface that I can manipulate by touch in the dark.
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Thanks for responding. Different needs, different devices....