News, info, and opinion by Mac users, for Mac users.

November 12, 2006

ipod

Help Aaron find a good use for his old nano

Posted Nov. 12, ’06, 6:32 AM PT by Aaron Freedman
Category | iPod

ipodnano.gifYou guys have been pretty good at helping Dan find a good LCD monitor and backup solution, so I thought that I should ask you, our readers, for advice on my problem. I have a white 4GB nano that I got last year. It’s a great iPod and I love it, but after the release of the 5.5G iPod in September, I had to upgrade. Thus, my nano has become obsolete. Or has it? I am currently using my nano in conjunction with my iHome clock radio as an alarm clock (my video won’t fit in it in its case), but is there a better purpose for it? A gym-only iPod? A portable hard drive? A bootable OS? Help me!


8 Comments

wackybit Author Profile Page said:

keep using it, a new model doesn't make the one you have obsolete

If I were you I'd rather spend the money that's going to the new iPod on something else

November 12, 2006 7:58 AM
Matt Blackman said:

How about you stock it full of audiobooks, attach an explanatory note, and drop it in one of those donate-used-eyeglasses bins? That would be a nice surprise for one of our seasoned citizens who can't read so well anymore.

November 12, 2006 8:07 AM
shadownight said:

Well, you could use it for going going to school and such, as I find my full-size iPod too bulky and fragile to take on a bus or a subway...

Or you could give it away :) Seriously, if you don't have a good reason to keep it, I strongly suggest you either sell it on eBay or give it away to someone poor, or just an iPod-less friend.

November 12, 2006 9:23 AM
'dumitru said:

Hey

You could give it to me, i don't mind.

or, how shadownight said, give it to someone that doesn't have an ipod.

November 12, 2006 9:47 AM
AriX said:

Install iPodLinux on it! I'm going to release the iPod Application Manager for Mac soon, which will feature a gui iPodLinux installer for Mac. http://ipodlinux.org/

November 12, 2006 4:07 PM
orj78 said:

use it to store your photos,, if you already have another ipod to listen to...

November 12, 2006 7:53 PM
Matthew said:

Take up running. The nano is the only iPod that works with the nike+ipod sport kit.

Or, I'll buy it: I've got the nike+ipod sport kit and five iPods, none of which is a nano. I've had the sport kit a few weeks and i've been watching for a refurbished 1gb nano to go with it. No luck so far. I'll grab a 2g nano this week if nothing turns up.

November 12, 2006 8:25 PM
Moe said:

How about you give it to someone considering a Zune.

November 13, 2006 6:21 AM

Leave a comment

 



Visit other IDG sites: