iPod

Yes, jess now owns an iPod.

It's amazing how technology evolves these days. Who would've thought that we would be able to have everything we need on the go: music, videos, music videos, tv series, porn... Yes, porn. The first thing I did after transferring all my Mp3 into the iPod, was converting all my porn into Mp4 format and load them into it. Now, besides my Mp3, MTV, and TV shows, I even have porn! How cool is that?

As fun as it might sound, trying to figure out how to work it was a real pain! You would think that after all those years of improving the iPod and its range, they would be smart enough to come up with something more user friendly, but no, the people at Apple are just out to make us Windows users look like an ass.

The only easy part of operating an iPod, is the general plug in of the USB cable. There on, it's just a bunch of confusion. The thing about normal gadgets is that they come with a thick user manual that is not only comprehensive but also good for your bedtime reading. Whereas with an iPod, what you get is a 4-page-CD-inlay lookalike that explains to you what each and every button on your ipod does. To begin with, there's ain't a lot of buttons on your iPod. Besides, which bozo wouldn't be able to recognize the PLAY button?!

Anyway, from the inlay I learned that we can actually download the iPod manual from Apple's website. So the next day, I logged on to Apple's site to download the manual. Opening the pdf file, I soon realize why the iPod doesn't come with a user manual -- The iPod features guide is 72 A4 pages long!

Then there's the problem of converting my video files. One would think that since the iPod is a proud invention from Apple, you would be able to play avi files. But the fact is: you can't! You will have to convert your avi, mpeg, rmbv, or any other data files to Mp4 before you can play them on your iPod, which is fine by me. But the bad news is: they don't provide you with the convertion software! After paying so much money (SGD500), I now have to go spend more money to buy a software to convert my videos?! Thank god for Bit Torrent!

Anyway, those were in the past now. It's been a week since then; With 300MB worth of pictures, 3GB of Mp3, 1GB of MTV + TV series, and 4GB worth of porn loaded in, (and 65GB more to fill) I can now say that I am a proud iPod owner!