IPod and me

Its 2007 and I have finally got myself the ultimate fashion statement (or so I am told).Four years ago on a hot Spanish evening in Madrid,my friend and I searched every shop worth its salt for this little gadget that was the ultimate must have for his daughter.Considering my friend was a few years older than me,it fell on me to take the decision on the Ipod that we were to buy for the daughter.

Our problems started with the name itself.Belonging as we did to the 60s,we are a little clueless on technology and an ipod was way beyond what we knew.But for the average 16 year old this was a piece of cake.To ask for any specifics would put us in the class of the dumb and dumber so we didn't.

At the shop we were asked if we wanted a 2gb,4,gb or 8 gb one,would we like and ipod or an ipod nano.First hurdle...gb.How on earth were we to know that this was a memory yardstick.In our limited knowledge gb was great Britain so were we looking for a made in UK tab.Obviously not.When we did get around to it the question was what was the difference for heavens sake.We ofcourse resorted to time and tested method.So tick tack two....and hey there we were,it had to be 2 gb and oh yes a nano.It just looked better so we guessed the glam quotient had to be taken care of.Great said the shop assistant,that would mean you can store 500 songs.Wow we heaved in collected sighs.That was a lot of music (not by teenage standards).So with our purchase tucked away in a nice apple bag with it half eaten apple and all we arrived back home.

One would have thought we would get a bit of appreciation,but since when did 16 years old ever appreciate anything we oldies did.She looked at it murmured a thanks and got on the phone to her friends.

Oh dear,can you believe it they got me a 2gb nano.Trust them to goof.Why do they have the money to go abroad.Couldnt they just save us and them all the trouble and get us to do the techi shopping....sigh sigh,what with parents and their friends.

well four years on I am writing this with the 2gb ipod nano firmly in my years and listening to 50s and 60s musicNot bad at all in my opinion.I have managed to download music,use itunes,talk intelligently on the ipod and better yet,I also know that Steve jobs is a person,if he quits then apple shares will drop,also that apple is more a lifestyle company with lifestyle gadgets and yes I have just got myself the ultimate fashion accessory.
Talk of being smug.The kids were right,this is a real neat gadget and I just love it.