Well, it was fun back then. I’m guessing the author wasn’t alive.
I used an original iPod in 2024, and it was pretty fun
Submitted 6 months ago by corbin@infosec.pub to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.spacebar.news/original-ipod-hands-on-2024/
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tsonfeir@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Alto@kbin.social 6 months ago
There's plenty of tech from my younger days that was fun then that I wouldn't find fun now. An original iPod is not one of those.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
Man… I wish I still had my Zune 😩
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
jo3shmoo@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Ditto. Mine was stolen out of my car 9 years ago and I still miss it.
knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
A ton more fun once you flash rockbox onto it.
Lilac_miku@ani.social 6 months ago
Playstation portable was one the best mp3 player to be made
BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’d love to get my hands on even a decent condition 1st gen iPod, but people want insane amounts for them now. Even my 5.5 gen was more than i wanted to pay but nearly mint.
flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
I hope things like this will take off: cooltech.zone/tangara/
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 months ago
FLAC is where it’s at, baby
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 6 months ago
I really want an mp3 player right now - my last one broke and I don’t want to carry a phone instead. But it seems like they’re either ultra-cheap, overpriced or don’t have features I need (like Bluetooth). It is so sad that the midrange audio players pretty much disappeared now. So instead looking as DIY projects, cannot believe.
The original ipod looks very cool btw, even if I would never use one myself - way too large.
tacocat@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I am using a Hifi Walker H2. It is a reasonable price, has bluetooth and no capacitive touch inputs. The UI is not great but the device is physically solid and works for me.
I pre-ordered a Tangara on their crowd funding. I am hopeful about the opensource hardware and software. Only reservation is capacitive touch scroll wheel.
thesorehead@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Get a cheap used phone with a headphone port and sd card slot?
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Why necessarily “used”? Also I have this exact thing already. I just wanted a device that has no cell connectivity option and thus no tracking, and also (maybe even more importantly) - is smaller and lighter. Going for sports with a phone is inconvenient af.
hedgehog@ttrpg.network 6 months ago
They don’t call them “mp3 players” anymore - that may be why you can’t find what you need. Look for a “DAP” instead - digital audio player - and you’ll probably have more luck.
For example, the Fiio M7 is $200 and is pretty full-featured. I have the M6 and I think I paid around $100, but I don’t think it’s being sold anymore.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 6 months ago
What I looked for were product categories. Ye, seen these models. $200 is very, very expensive for me, it would be weird to spend on a player more than you would on a phone.
MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I still use my iPod Classic. I can plug it into my car for when I’m out of FM range, and I have a Bluetooth adapter for it that plugs into the headphone socket & lets me listen via my hearing aids. It’s better than a phone for me, because the mobile signal is weak where I live, and most of my garden is out of WiFi range. It fits all my music and still has room for podcasts.
iTunes sucks though, ugh.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 6 months ago
forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I thought MiniDisc players were more fun, if less practical.
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 6 months ago
Ipod shuffle was peak imo.
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 6 months ago
whatever happened to things getting smaller. I want a music player approx the size of a 3.5mm audio port
Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
I would lose that in about 20 minutes
lurch@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
not even worth the “your mom” joke
sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Why did I just read an article about using an iPod that was clearly written by someone born in the early-mid 2000s? I know the original ipod was fun. I was there, gandalf
whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Yeah, there’s an interest in Y2K era tech amongst some gen-Z people. I think it’s cool, idk why you’re hating.
copd@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’ve never understood it, but there’s a lot of gatekeeping when it comes to older products. Some people think they have more rights to enjoy a product they knew existed for longer and it’s really strange behaviour.
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
IDK why you interpreted their comment as hating.
ech@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I don’t think it’s hating. More just questioning their own decision to read the article.
Speculater@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Nintendo DS sales are crazy popular right now too. They like our tech like we liked our parents’ Ataris.
sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Naw, no hate. iPods are fuckin rad. But the author’s observations weren’t really anything I needed to invest my time in reading. I know old iTunes had a visualizer. I don’t know why I read the whole thing anyways
corbin@infosec.pub 6 months ago
I’m not quite that young.
Dkarma@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So we can laugh at the fact that they can’t find a simple 1394 to USB cable and instead rely on daisy chaining a hundred dollars worth of apple products to make it work…
Holy shit.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What’s that, like, one cable?
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Right? Like this guy was a prophet. Uh, one of those prophets who appear, y’know, after all the stuff happens.
corbin@infosec.pub 6 months ago
I didn’t buy those adapters, I just used a computer that had a FireWire 400 port. I haven’t found any evidence of those direct USB cables working with old iPods.