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 1 week 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 1 week ago
Alto@kbin.social 1 week 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 1 week ago
Man… I wish I still had my Zune 😩
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
jo3shmoo@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Ditto. Mine was stolen out of my car 9 years ago and I still miss it.
knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
A ton more fun once you flash rockbox onto it.
Lilac_miku@ani.social 1 week ago
Playstation portable was one the best mp3 player to be made
BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 1 week 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.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago
Get a cheap used phone with a headphone port and sd card slot?
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago
forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I thought MiniDisc players were more fun, if less practical.
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 1 week ago
Ipod shuffle was peak imo.
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 week ago
whatever happened to things getting smaller. I want a music player approx the size of a 3.5mm audio port
Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I would lose that in about 20 minutes
lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
not even worth the “your mom” joke
sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago
IDK why you interpreted their comment as hating.
ech@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I don’t think it’s hating. More just questioning their own decision to read the article.
Speculater@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Nintendo DS sales are crazy popular right now too. They like our tech like we liked our parents’ Ataris.
sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world 1 week 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 1 week ago
I’m not quite that young.
Dkarma@lemmy.world 1 week 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 1 week ago
What’s that, like, one cable?
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 week 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 1 week 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.