Morning Workout Sans iPod Makes ShopTalker Grumpy
My pink iPod mini circa 2005 just doesn’t hold juice like it used to. So when it died this morning before I burned a single calorie, I may not have been shocked, but I was still saddened. I almost bailed on the workout altogether, but then I remembered that there was life before the iPod—and I lived it. In fact, I remember power walking with a Sony Discman, for goodness’ sake! Remember those? Pearl Jam never sounded so sweet. But that’s not the point. The point is I finished the workout with no music blaring in my ears. And it was miserable! The minutes creeped by. So what should I do? Buy one of these? Get over it? Bring back the Discman in case of emergency? Talkers, what do you think? Is it time to ditch the mini?
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it is possible to change your ipod mini battery - this page has a video showing how to do it:
http://www.ipodjuice.com/ipod-.....y-products
hey - if it don’t work out, you can always get the new ipod nano!
I run and I love my music, I rememmber the days of the yellow sony arm band that just let me jam to the radio. Interestingly enough I had a pink mini just like yours for 2 years and then I got it just slightly wet, I took it to apple and expected miracles and when they said it would be expensive but offered 10% off a new one if I turned in the old one, I refused, I loved that mini…. My husband bought me a nano a few months later that was in 2007, a few weeks ago I chunked the mini into the trash and wished I had just gotten the 10 % off. Get a nano, it’s worth every penny to keep you moving and who can stand that workout feeling like it lasts a lifetime. Just do it!
oh and if you decide to take it a part, i tried it did nothing, fyi they will still take it a nd give you the discount no matter how destroyed it looks, I asked them that!
I say go for the Nano. I usually work out in the gym at my condo complex and watch TV while I run, but after being subjected to other people’s TV choices for too long I am wishing I had one. I have an iPod video and those are just too bulky for a workout, even resting on the treadmill. Go for it. I’ll live vicariously through you and your tunes!
All right, I’m sold. I’ll get a nano. They have purple ones now, anyway! But dang, I’ll miss that mini…