Thanks to all who contributed to this thread. I have decided not to buy an iPod xand appreciate all the perspectives and advice from everyone.
Can raig On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 11:36 PM <englishride...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wouldn't an external battery be much cheaper than buying a separate > device? I mean, my iPhone does everything, and my awesome, 200100 MAH > battery only cost me around $50. I will admit that I do have one of those > Sansa ClipZip mp3 players with Rockbox on it, with a 128 GB micro SD card > in it for my large audiobook and music collections, to say nothing of my > collection of personal recordings, but this is more for convenience sake > than anything else. Sometimes I just want to use a device without a > touchscreen that I can stop very quickly with the press of just one button. > I know, we have the two-finger double-tap, and it works very well, but I > really do like this tiny player. Lol I guess I'm just saying everything the > people who have multiple iOS devices said earlier. The player was $109, and > the card was around $40, so still cheaper than an extra iPod, but still. > Lol I actually still have my old iPod Nano. It's the generation before they > put in the video player. My husband and I still use it almost every night > to listen to the audiobooks we have that didn't come from BARD. > > > Thanks, > Ari > > > On Jan 24, 2018, at 10:40 PM, Carla Savage <cokwahn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Craig, > > > > I do have an iPod. I like to have separate devices for listening to > books and music rather than using my phone and draining it's battery. > Personal preference. I now also have a Fire tablet which works really well > with Kindle books and just putting on MP3's quickly to listen to. > > Yes, definitely personal choice here. I like different devices for > different things. > > Take care, > > Carla. > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On 24 Jan 2018, at 7:30 pm, Vicky Collins <v-coll...@sbcglobal.net> > wrote: > >> > >> I agree with those who say it is a personal choice. Although I have > never had an iPod, I have often had more than one iPhone, but, in my > specific case, pretty much found it not worth the trouble to keep up more > than one device at a time. Thus, I would wind up giving the older iPhone > to a family member within a few weeks, rather than waiting several months > as I had originally planned. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND" <pamela.a.ekstrand....@disney.com > >> To: "viphone@googlegroups.com" <viphone@googlegroups.com > >> Date sent: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 18:42:56 +0000 > >> Subject: RE: Supplementing my iPhone with an iPod: Good Idea? > >> > >> I have an iPhone which also happens to be my work phone. I like having > another device, in my case an iPad, so I can update the iPad first and use > it for a time before applying the update to my phone so I have less risk of > messing up my work phone. I also do mostly read books from my iPad or > Victor Trek rather than on my iPhone, but that is just personal choice. > >> > >> Pam > >> > >> ________________________________________ > >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [viphone@googlegroups.com] on behalf of > Alan Lemly [wale...@gmail.com] > >> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 12:36 PM > >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com > >> Subject: Re: Supplementing my iPhone with an iPod: Good Idea? > >> > >> Craig, > >> > >> I don't have an iPod Touch but I agree With others who have said they > end up mainly using their primary device with the latest technology when > they have more than one device. Keeping devices updated with the latest > version of apps and iOS requires a good bit of administrative time and I > prefer to devote that time to one device. Sieghard also makes an excellent > point about the latest Touch being old technology. These devices cost a > considerable amount of money and new apps are always taking advantage of > the latest technology so hardware updates are unavoidable. My wallet > prefers that I'm only having to update one device. My available admin time > also prefers this. > >> > >> Good luck with your decision. > >> > >> Alan Lemly > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On Jan 23, 2018, at 5:32 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > >> > >> Definitely no cellular iPod Touch and at this point the newest iPod > Touch which is the sixth generation was released in July of 2015. It has > the same processor as an iPhone 6 which was released the fall before (in > September 2014) and the CPU is the A8. > >> You would be buying technology now which is three generations old, the > iPod Touch also does not have the same GPS capabilities as an iPhone > although I don't think that would matter to Craig since he would use it > primarily at home for books, music etc. > >> I agree with Christopher, the idea of a second device sounds good, but > to me it is also not practical for the same reasons, I have to spend more > time maintaining and upgrading it and all that. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Sieghard > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Victor Gouveia > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 5:06 PM > >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com > >> Subject: Re: Supplementing my iPhone with an iPod: Good Idea? > >> > >> Craig, if I'm not mistaken, an iPod Touch has all the same features of > an iPhone, but without the phone app which can be easily supplemented by > Skype or one of the other internet based services. > >> > >> Mind you, you could only use it in a Wi-Fi environment, as I don't > believe they have a cellular model of iPod Touch, but I could be wrong. > >> > >> Victor > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Craig Werner > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 12:09 PM > >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com > >> Subject: Supplementing my iPhone with an iPod: Good Idea? > >> > >> Hello, everyone. > >> > >> Much of what I use my iPhone for can just as well be accomplished with > an iPod. I spend a lot of time listening to music and e-books, neither of > which requires the services of an iPhone. I'm curious to hear from those > of you who own both devices. Do you find your are using your iPod often? > Do you regret the purchase? > >> > >> Thank you for all help. > >> > >> Craig > >> > >> -- > >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > >> > >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, > or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > >> > >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > >> mk...@ucla.edu. 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