Apple IPod Nano Rocks

I came late to the world of MP3 players. By the time I finally got my sleek black 4G Apple iPod Nano, the technology was already well established. Everyone I knew seemed to have gotten his or her iPod already and were moving on to cell phones with MP3 capability. So this review is directed toward those who, like me, yearn to be part of the iPod listening world but haven't gotten into the game yet. Despite the fact that it is well past half-time, an Apple iPod Nano is a thing of joy. I have to say is that, for everyone out there still wondering whether they should invest a few hundred dollars for technology that will likely be replaced tomorrow with something new and better, I say a resounding YES. This is one of the best gifts I've ever received, even though I still haven't figured out all the features yet.

For a couple of years, I kept yearning for an iPod, but I never thought I needed to spend the money to listen to music. Didn't I already own a sizable collection of CDs, didn't Ihave a perfectly good radio and portable CD player? Still, those tiny iPods had their appeal--to be able to listen to only the music you really want to hear, to download a song instead of an entire CD of music, to put your favorite songs into playlists. The appeal was palpable. Then there was the question of whether to shuffle (Apple's iPod shuffle, quick and easy for much less money) or to Nano (more song capability, more control of playlist features)? Ultimately, I decided that the Apple iPod Shuffles were just too small for me. After all, I love jazz, classical, and rock music. Who knows what I'd really want to hear on any particular day? With an Apple iPod Shuffle, I'd have far less choice, both in the amount of music I could load onto the player as well as controlling which song I wanted to hear.