iPod Touch to iPod Classic

If you didn’t know, I had been looking into acquiring a secondary iPod for some time. I say secondary because I absolutely love my iPod Touch, but there’s some things that I don’t feel comfortable doing with it:

1. Taking my iPod Touch out of the house – It would kill me if it got stolen. It’d be nice if I could have an older model iPod on the cheap.
2. Skateboarding – I really wanted to go out skateboarding with music and, though I trust myself and my abilities, there is always the risk of falling and breaking things in your pockets. It’s even more of a possibility when the device has a large, shiny glass screen.

I would find myself searching Craigslist and finding no results within my price range, or I would but then my Dad goes on to tell me that he doesn’t trust Craigslist transactions (Not too difficult to imagine my getting stolen from). I had also tried a few times to purchase previous models from my friends after they had upgraded, but the exchanges would always fall apart on their end at the last moment. :[

Finally getting one

Last Friday I asked a kid that took my bus if he had any extra iPods that he would possibly sell, since he had an iPhone. He had a 120GB Video that’s “pretty scratched up” but had no use for, and he said he’d sell it for $20. Now, I’m pretty sure that it was stolen—But when people on Craigslist are asking twice that for 4GB iPod Nanos, who cares! Thursday afternoon (He kept forgetting to bring it) I finally got it.

iPod Touch vs. iPod Classic

The differences between iPod Classics and iPod Touches are pretty amazing. Since the iPod Touch was practically the first iPod that I had every used, I supposed that I’m spoiled. The clickwheel used to be my favorite feature on iPods, but using one to sort through menus feels so weird after using a touchscreen.

The biggest difference for me is the dramatic increase in available space for media. I hadn’t noticed any issues with space before now, but it’s very difficult to cram more than two movies, my 4GB music library (Which is already small), Podcasts, and Apps into an 8GB iPod Touch. I currently have well over 100GB of space just sitting in my Classic, unused.

Because of the space differences, I’ve switched up how I use my iPod Touch. I no longer have any Podcasts on it, only include songs from playlists, and just watch movies on it. I’ve moved the watching of Podcasts, TV Shows, and my entire music library over to the Classic. And it all works beautifully.

No related posts.