{"id":7,"date":"2004-01-07T23:23:24","date_gmt":"2004-01-08T06:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kerrspot.com\/wp\/?p=7"},"modified":"2004-01-07T23:23:24","modified_gmt":"2004-01-08T06:23:24","slug":"building-a-better-ipod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kerrspot.com\/building-a-better-ipod\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Better iPod"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>I&#8217;m a big fan of music, and also a lover of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\">Apple<\/a>  products.  So naturally, the Apple iPod is something that interests me a lot.  Although I&#8217;ve thought about getting one for a while, I&#8217;ve never quite gotten around to getting one.  Now Apple has released a new version that may finally tempt me to becoming an owner.<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipod\/\">iPod<\/a> has been around for a while. Apple has typically offered the music player (and more) in three sizes &#8212; most recently in 10GB, 20GB, and 40GB sizes.  Any of these will hold a TON of music.  And they range in price from $300 to $500.  This has probably always been the main thing that has kept me from getting an iPod.<\/p>\n<p>However, at the MacWorld Expo this week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipodmini\/\">iPod mini<\/a>.  This little player holds 4GB of songs and is the size of a business card.  It weight around 3.5 ounces and is only half an inch thick.  Very cool.  The standard price is $249, but with the educational discount, I could get one for $229.  Still a decent investment, but a very useful toy\/tool.  <\/p>\n<p>For example, Jen has the entire NIV Bible on CD.  I recently converted the entire collection to AAC files.  This is Apple&#8217;s version of an MP3 file, but with smaller filesize and greater sound quality.  The whole Bible weighs in at just over 1GB of data.  So with a iPod mini, I could carry around the entire Bible to listen to and still have gobs of space left over.  I&#8217;ve converted all the CDs we own to AAC, and I don&#8217;t think they add up to over 3GB.  I also have purchased quite a few songs and a couple albums from the iTunes music store.  This is really a great way to get music conveniently and legally.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a picture of the new iPods, available in 5 cool colors.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kerrspot.com\/img\/iblog\/ipods.jpg\" height=\"119\" width=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They are due to be released in February.  Since my birthday is in early March, maybe this will be tops on my wish list.  <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of music, and also a lover of Apple products. So naturally, the Apple iPod is something that interests me a lot. 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