Well, I’m going to get some stick for this, but I caved the other day and bought an iPod.

Traditionally I’ve always tried to keep up a teasing air about the Apple vs PC thing. My main actual beef has always been that they get away with stuff that MS are frequently hauled over the coals for, that the iPods were hideously overpriced until the market got a lot more competative, and those “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads (some of which are genuinely funny, some of which are just smug and annoying) which just re-inflamed the bitter Mac/PC war needlessly.

But in terms of their products, there’s never been any doubt in my head that they’re good pieces of kit, just by-and-large not suited to my needs, or too expensive.

So, when my trusty Creative Zen developed a fault in its headphone jack, the best buy for me to replace it turned out to be a new iPod Nano.

As I expected its a great piece of kit. I’m unsure about how useful video playback on such a small screen is actually going to be, but the nice hires screen is great for flicking through album art and the like.

I’m also starting to appreciate the iTunes software more, whereas before I’d struggled to get to grips with it. The iStore is lethal though. Going to have to stay away from it lest I bankrupt myself in multiples of 79p.

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