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Originally Posted by gmanacsa
I prefer the large capacity of my 5G iPod because I want to spend as little time as possible managing files and pre-planning music selections. A simple sync puts everything there, no thinking or extra time required. Plus, if an unanticipated desire to listen to an obscure song comes up, it's there.
On the other hand, the larger size is definitely a compromise. If my primary purpose for an iPod was to listen to music while working out, for example, I'd be willing to make the compromise of having less storage for better portability.
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Agreed. I have the 8Gb Nano and it's more than enough. I picked the 'No repeat' function so in the four months or so I've used it I haven't been annoyed with repetitions. I have about 1500 jazz and fusion songs on it, compare that with radio top forty and it wins way over. And I have about 3500 pictures to show my clients with good eye sight.
My other player is a 1Gb shuffle and I was very happy with it being able to listen to music 12 hours non stop without repetition but it had no screen. Otherwise it would have been enough.
Okay I admit that a movie needs from 3 to 5 Gb of space.
My son lent me his video iPod so I could try. Fifteen minutes in the movie my eyes were crying tears so much that I couldn't see any more, what's the use?
A mobile device is that... mobile. What it means is that it is small, versatile and easy to configure in no time. It is not a media repository. That task is for its symbiotic computer. If that repository needs to be mobile, a laptop is the better tool for now.