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I recently bought the nano 7g, I have a smartphone and a tablet. It's great for swimming, running and commuting, but the main thing is that I sometimes want so
by fsiefken 11y ago
I recently bought the nano 7g, I have a smartphone and a tablet.
It's great for swimming, running and commuting, but the main thing is that I sometimes want something smart and light with me that's not connected to the internet.
The nano fulfills these requirmenets; my steps and speed are monitored, I can do a workout with my Jabra sports, listen to ebooks, podcasts, music, watch boardgame or esperanto instruction video's, view pictures for meditation etc and even read little booklets on it as I convert text to pictures and errants, todo or 'scheduled' lists from org-mode. Theoretically I can use an external microphone with it to record notes or thoughts during the day. In essence it is potentially an ideal accessible and wrist wearable computing device, so I am experimenting with the usability of this in practice. It now is mounted on two 1cm wide velco straps on my left wrist, wirelessly connected with bluetooth headphones.
Internet is overrated anyway, less is more and small is beautiful.
- snegu 11y agoThis is exactly why I love my Nano, and I was surprised to see him say he's never sold one to somebody under 50. The nano is perfect for exercising as it's light and fits in the tiny little pockets on my exercise clothes. I'd much rather use that than put my phone in a big armband. However, I will say that I wish it had streaming music.
- fsiefken 11y agoYes I was surprised too. I've got a Samsung phablet thing, but it's a bit tedious to strap to my arm or thigh... even though I do use it for Zombies Run when working out. Regarding the lack of streaming music, perhaps subscribe to your favorite musical genre podcasts? For example I have Classic FM, A State of Trance and haven't even looked further as my old school mp3 playlist collection is good enough. And then there is FM reception, old school streaming...
- snegu 11y agoI had no idea there were just straight music podcasts. Thanks for the tip!