I can't vouch for the Nanos, as i don't own one, but the standard Apple iPods are extremely rugged and I have had no problems with mine in the year and a half I've been using it heavily. That includes a fair bit of travelling, as well.
On 21 Dec 2005 at 20:37, shaun everiss wrote: > ipods are not best anyway. > from what I know they break easily. > Someone had this happen with a nano ipod. > It costs more to repair than the actual thing. > At 07:04 p.m. 21/12/2005, you wrote: > > >But all the ipods that are sold on stores near my town have the damn > >touchsensor, which makes it very hard to use the ipod for a blind > >user... > > > >Tom > > > >-----Messaggio originale----- > >Da: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Per > >conto di Draconis Entertainment > >Inviato: mercoledì 21 dicembre 2005 0.51 > >A: [email protected] > >Oggetto: Re: audyssey: OT Accessible I Pods > > > > > >Contrary to popular belief, iPods are quite useable by blind users. I > >am totally blind and > >have no problems using my 40GB iPod. You have to be willing to learn a > >couple simple > >menus, and that's all. I highly recommend them if you are not opposed > >to learning the > >menu layout. Every menu item can be set to click as you select it, so > >it is a snap to browse > >through the options if you know how far to go. iPod is the #1 way I > >listen to music, and it > >saddens me that so many blind people tend to believe that, since it has > >a screen, they can't > >use it. If you're too lazy to memorize the menus, or can't for whatever > >reason, then that is > >one thing...but there is *no* reason that a blind person *cannot* use > >the iPod. > > > >On 20 Dec 2005 at 15:45, Vapour Wiseblood wrote: > > > >> You're basically stuc with the 1 gb shuffle, as far as I know. > >> Unless > >> you're planning on buying stuff from ITunes or Audible, don't waste > >your > >> money. There are plenty of other mp3 players out there. > >> > >> -Vapour > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "El Eloh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:01 PM > >> Subject: audyssey: OT Accessible I Pods > >> > >> > >> > Hello, it's almost that time, ya know the big X-Mas and since there > >> > isn't > >> > really a game I want this year but that new Star Wars game from USA > >Games, > >> > that isn't out yet I'm going to treat myself to a ipod, does anyone > >have > >> > or know of one that is accessible? any suggestions? Thanks > >> > > >> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > to leave send a blank Email to: > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > to go nomail send a blank message to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. > >> > Yahoo! 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