Ipod classic
The ipod classic is a thing of great beauty and simple design.
The simple shape and over all look of thing is a sight to behold. From a distance you can recognise it is an ipod product. It is easy to hold in one’s hand and use it with one hand.
The designers seemed to have worked long and hard on the external design of this product and it shows by that fact that they havnt changed it in years.
Shame they ruin it all with that stupid, annoying, scratchtastic, shiney piece of shit backing. WHY WHY WHY?! What is the point of that? To catch out people returning the item saying that they dont want it and saying they havnt used it? PAH. I like to keep my items in mint condition as long as possible. But with an ipod its near impossible, unless you never take it out of the box! The Mac book doesnt have that backing, nor does any other apple products! Not even the new ipod nanos and minis! But why this one? Steve Jobs you are a strange man.
Another useless feature on the ipod is the “Clicker” function. You know the sound your ipod makes when you turn the wheel? No..? Thats because you turned it off as soon as you get the bloody thing! Its an annoying sound and wastes power. I do not want to hear a stupid clicking sound as i go through my music thank you. Please get rid of it.
Speaking of uselessness (I keep making words up as a go) Is the world clock settings. I dont use my ipod to tell me the time. i have many of gizmos and gadets to tell me that thank you. Do i really care what time it is in Hong Kong while listening to Steve Vai? NO! I bloody dont! Who would? My phone can do that for me and usually i only want to know the time of the country i am in there and then.
Many of the games on the ipod are pointless. Apart from break out. That is pretty neat. The wheel makes for a new game play peripheral. Maybe if i got peggle on it i would use it for more than music. “Music Quiz” is a strange but cool game. I would like it if i ordered and sorted my music out correctly. Sadly this is not the case so this game is never played. Any other game on this device is pointless and not worth it.
On a some what related note. WHY THE HELL HAVE PEOPLE STOPPED MAKING MP3 PLAYERS 30 50GB Big? You can go from 8GB to 120GB. WHAT IS THIS?! I dont need that much space. I could put a movie on it sure, but i dont want to strain my eyes on its tiny screen! Im sure there are some MP3 players lurking out there in the deepest corners of the market that are about 40GB big, but i couldnt find them.
My overall rating of this piece of kit is, its good, some pointless features, but it does the job. Shame about the price tag, but its an apple product.
