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I still have my original iPods. The original and the mini chromatic ones. When I'm on the go and or in a gym and I need to play music, nothing beats a simple mp
by racl101 5y ago
I still have my original iPods. The original and the mini chromatic ones. When I'm on the go and or in a gym and I need to play music, nothing beats a simple mp3 player. Don't want the bulk of the phone. Don't want to have to touch a phone screen and engage with it.
I'd rather just reach into my pocket and press buttons.
- scatters 5y agoI think smartwatches fill that niche now - at least those models with physical buttons. I'm actually impressed by how ergonomic the music listening experience on my Garmin is.
- smoldesu 5y agoI never thought I'd say this, but I actually agree. I have a Fossil Gen 5 that I use for the exact same purpose, and it works great with Bluetooth headphones.
- zeroonetwothree 5y agoI don’t like wearing a watch So for me the MP3 player is still great
- SilverRed 5y agoWhat benefit do you get from the mp3 player over a phone? Typically the main reason is to avoid bouncing while running but most runners prefer to have a watch for fitness tracking.
- fumar 5y agoRight, wearing an Apple Watch + AirPods is the modern iPod experience to me. I can leave my house without a smartphone and take a stroll or bike ride or skateboard etc with music. The Apple Watch crown provides that tactile feel missing from smartphones. I like how easy it is to turn up the volume by quickly rotating the crown up or down.
- notJim 5y agoDo you have to have the watch with LTE, or does it actually cache music locally?
- fumar 5y agoLTE but you can download music when on Wifi and keep it stored on the watch.
- systoll 5y agoIt can cache music locally – it does some guessing as to what you want by default, but you can also sync specific playlists. Current models have 32gB of storage.
- leucineleprec0n 5y agoyou can but the issue is they limit the media storage to 8gb. :eyeroll. I can see why they'd want to leave some to the OS, but it really defeats half the purpose of 32 on a watch as is if limited to 8GB for media.
- SilverRed 5y agoAs far as I know, only apple music saves it locally but spotify and others can stream if you have LTE. I believe this is just a hold up from spotify and the apis are available though.
- systoll 5y agoAs of about a month ago, Spotify can download content to watch too.
- IggleSniggle 5y agoI have this setup and it’s a great vision. Unfortunately I personally find it needless hamstringed: 1) the Watch works great for every single one of my smartphone needs, but you are required to pair it with an iPhone that has a phone plan…even if you keep the iPhone turned off 95% of the time. 2) the AirPods fall out of my head when I smile. I’ve tried the different sizings. For such an expensive gadget, I expect to be able to make them stay in my head without fear of losing them simply because I’m having a nice time. 3) people sometimes report that they can’t hear me very well through the AirPods even if I’m sitting still in a quiet room with no obstructions. This happens regardless of whether the pods are tethered to the Watch, computer, or iPhone.
- racl101 5y agoI was debating getting a watch. Maybe I'll give this a try.
- schrijver 5y agoFWIW, if there’s one thing I love about wearing a non-smart watch is that it keeps me from doing all the other things my phone incites me to do (check messages etc) when all I want to know is the time. A bit like you use your MP3 player to, well, play MP3’s.
- websap 5y agoAirpods + iPhone/Apple Watch. No wires, nothing to put in your pockets when you're lifting and running. Who loads an MP3 player?
- wlesieutre 5y agoThe square iPod Shuffle with the clip on the back was great for running! Still had a wire, but no need for pockets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Shuffle#/media/File:Apple-iPod-Shuffle-Display.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Shuffle#/media/File:Apple... I think I've got one somewhere. Weirdest thing about it was the cable, it used a USB 2 (4 pins) to TRRS cable for syncing with the computer.
- ngcc_hk 5y agoStill use mine on an old one that accept the older iPod interface for music playing. Not all songs go into it though. For the player I wonder whether I can trust it fir the access to my iphone account. Or Spotify.