Humble Ipod Pie Anyone?
Gerald Jimenez asked:
I can honestly say that when I bought home an iPod Touch just days before we were to leave the country for a year my partner of 25 years was very annoyed, actually she was down right cranky. You see we had planned to purchase the iPod Touch with frequent flyer points because we were embarking on a journey without a guaranteed wage for 12 months! You can see where I am going with this right? As things turned out, there was none in stock at Frequent Flyer Points HQ and so I decided to buy it anyway. My thinking at this at this point was, we need it – what the hell! As you can imagine, literally three days before flying everyone was exhausted. So when I turned up with the iPod the questions were like “what were you thinking?”, “we don’t need this kind of expense at this stage!” could be heard coming from my partner’s normally calm and serene lips. After some talking, I assured her that she would see the benefit.
We are nine months into the trip and I have to say that since then I have been enjoying seeing my partner eat humble pie – about the iPod Touch anyway. It has been fantastic, let me tell you why. To quote my partner is been an ‘all things to all people’ type resource for us. From a language learning aid to professional maintenance tool to child entertainment unit to photo store, portable internet connection and homework aid it has been fabulous. For someone like my partner who is not particularly technology savvy she has found it easy to use.
Heading to a Spanish speaking country with both my partner and kids having limited language we downloaded a heap of *FREE* language resources which both my partner and with the kids used. The courses were brilliant with many of them coming with PDF guides which you can read while you listen. My partner specially found that Coffee Break series was great, they offer a number of languages and they are available via the Apple Store.
We also downloaded a whole lot of seminars to help us keep up to date with our respective areas of work. We found the video screen surprisingly big and clear enough to see comfortably – despite my newly acquired glasses… At the same time the unit is small, light and we literally carry it everywhere. The last question the kids ask before we leave the flat is “mum/dad do you have the iPod?” and they clamour to be the one who gets “first go”. With three of them constantly using it? The battery life is great – even with all the graphics.
The kids enjoy watching movies and listening to music on the iPod. We have stored over 300 photos of the trip to date – which we all enjoy. It’s so much easier than carrying around wallets of photos and these pics never get dog eared or ripped. With the iPod we have the best of both worlds, digitally stored photos and pictures to show. And the system still has plenty of disk space.
But wait there’s more! At any cafe with Wi-Fi connection the iPod allows two of the three kids to access Youtube and other favourite web sites. And the adults can use it to work (if we ever get a chance) with email and a host of other features/applications. Honestly, the worst thing about this is that we only have one and so we are continually debating who should have a turn next – especially on long bus trips. We have used the calculator function for school projects, the map function – the list goes on and on – you get the idea
Is there anything we don’t like about it? it would be nice to have an auto lock function that after a specified period it would lock itself as we have to consciously remember to lock the screen down before putting it into our backpack – otherwise it bumps against things and changes the track. Grubby hands and constant handling means that our screen covers don’t last as long as I imagine others do. If you are going to take one with you when travelling make sure you have a spare screen cover in reserve.
Normally I don´t write product reviews but both my partner and I were so pleasantly surprised by our experience with the product to date that I just had to write it. From our point of view the iPod really is a valuable (indispensable even?) traveling aid. It is both functional and an entertainment unit all in one. And we have benefited from having it with us.
Humble pie anyone?
I can honestly say that when I bought home an iPod Touch just days before we were to leave the country for a year my partner of 25 years was very annoyed, actually she was down right cranky. You see we had planned to purchase the iPod Touch with frequent flyer points because we were embarking on a journey without a guaranteed wage for 12 months! You can see where I am going with this right? As things turned out, there was none in stock at Frequent Flyer Points HQ and so I decided to buy it anyway. My thinking at this at this point was, we need it – what the hell! As you can imagine, literally three days before flying everyone was exhausted. So when I turned up with the iPod the questions were like “what were you thinking?”, “we don’t need this kind of expense at this stage!” could be heard coming from my partner’s normally calm and serene lips. After some talking, I assured her that she would see the benefit.
We are nine months into the trip and I have to say that since then I have been enjoying seeing my partner eat humble pie – about the iPod Touch anyway. It has been fantastic, let me tell you why. To quote my partner is been an ‘all things to all people’ type resource for us. From a language learning aid to professional maintenance tool to child entertainment unit to photo store, portable internet connection and homework aid it has been fabulous. For someone like my partner who is not particularly technology savvy she has found it easy to use.
Heading to a Spanish speaking country with both my partner and kids having limited language we downloaded a heap of *FREE* language resources which both my partner and with the kids used. The courses were brilliant with many of them coming with PDF guides which you can read while you listen. My partner specially found that Coffee Break series was great, they offer a number of languages and they are available via the Apple Store.
We also downloaded a whole lot of seminars to help us keep up to date with our respective areas of work. We found the video screen surprisingly big and clear enough to see comfortably – despite my newly acquired glasses… At the same time the unit is small, light and we literally carry it everywhere. The last question the kids ask before we leave the flat is “mum/dad do you have the iPod?” and they clamour to be the one who gets “first go”. With three of them constantly using it? The battery life is great – even with all the graphics.
The kids enjoy watching movies and listening to music on the iPod. We have stored over 300 photos of the trip to date – which we all enjoy. It’s so much easier than carrying around wallets of photos and these pics never get dog eared or ripped. With the iPod we have the best of both worlds, digitally stored photos and pictures to show. And the system still has plenty of disk space.
But wait there’s more! At any cafe with Wi-Fi connection the iPod allows two of the three kids to access Youtube and other favourite web sites. And the adults can use it to work (if we ever get a chance) with email and a host of other features/applications. Honestly, the worst thing about this is that we only have one and so we are continually debating who should have a turn next – especially on long bus trips. We have used the calculator function for school projects, the map function – the list goes on and on – you get the idea
Is there anything we don’t like about it? it would be nice to have an auto lock function that after a specified period it would lock itself as we have to consciously remember to lock the screen down before putting it into our backpack – otherwise it bumps against things and changes the track. Grubby hands and constant handling means that our screen covers don’t last as long as I imagine others do. If you are going to take one with you when travelling make sure you have a spare screen cover in reserve.
Normally I don´t write product reviews but both my partner and I were so pleasantly surprised by our experience with the product to date that I just had to write it. From our point of view the iPod really is a valuable (indispensable even?) traveling aid. It is both functional and an entertainment unit all in one. And we have benefited from having it with us.
Humble pie anyone?