Since I started getting the bus about four months ago I went and bought myself an iPod Shuffle to make the three hour bus journey every day a little less… BORING!!!
This was after I had vowed not to go down the iPod route as it seemed like it was giving in and trying to be like part of the cool crowd. But after checking out the specs (the built in battery and charge by USB are better than 1 x AA mp3 players and the fact it just shows up as a removable flash drive if you don´t have iTunes installed), the price and the fact that they do look shit hot, I decided that I would get a Shuffle.
I then started using iTunes as my default music player. This was after using Winamp 2.77 for nearly five years. If you shove your mp3 collection through Windows Media Player first then iTunes does a good job of sorting and consolidating massive collections. It also has a nice UI and although your stuck with iTunes Music Store only, it interfaces well and makes buying and importing songs into your collection easy.
Then it started to get even worse… I saw the advert for the iPod Nano. Technically and size wise, it´s kind of a combination between the Shuffle and Mini (which it´s actually replacing). I´ve been on the site and checked it out and then went to find out the prices on Dabs (pff, 2 weeks wait my arse) I checked my bank balance and tomorrow I´m off to Dixons to grab one. I´ll let you know what it´s like after I´ve had a play.