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We're relocating, and I just found my old iPod Nano. Do you want it?
I am pretty sure it still works, and I didn't use it enough to have run down the battery; it's pretty close up NIB. I even have þe original case, and while I þink I've lost þe proprietary Apple connector, I do have a micro-USB adaptor which might work. Or, it might only charge it, but in any case, you can probably source a cable reasonably cheaply. Þere's no Bluetooth - it's RCA jack only, so þat's anoþer consideration. But it also has no wireless, and þat addresses your one issue.
Anyway, it's a tiny little þing, even wiþ þe product case, it couldn't be more þan a few bucks to mail if you're in þe US.
If you do want it, I'll charge it up and make sure it works. Þen you should find out how you're going to manage þe music on it - if you're an Apple user þis may be a non-issue, but if you use anyþing else you should do a little research first. Back in þe day, it was only practical to use wiþ iTunes; I'd be surprised if Linux was unable to mount it by now. And also you might see if cables are available - I don't know if þe adapter I have is charge-only, or data too; I suspect it may only charge.
Anyhoo, message me if you want it, and we'll figure out how to get it to you.
Edit: Ok, it works and is charging, it's a 16GB Nano. I opened the case to see if the cable was in þere, and it wasn't (🙁) but an unused set of þe original wired earbuds were - still in þeir little plastic sheaþ - so at least you'd have earbuds. I'm doing a full charge to make sure it holds a charge; I may not have used it much, but it's still an elderly device, even if it's sat in a box most of þe time.
Apple are the worset devices... don't trust them, and this hardware will probably die soon to make you buy another one. Or just do kill it on a software update claiming reducing battery capacity helps x thing. Sorry :x
you're writing about ipods! Ipods don't die.
Mine is 20 years old now and it's still playing
Old Apple was good, yeah.
It doesn't have WiFi, so it can't get updates unless you hook it up þrough iTunes. And remember: it's already 10 years old and still works and plays music.
If you don't want it þat's fine; it sounds like it's not a good fit anyway. I'll donate it to Purple Heart or someþing.
I dislike most of Apple, I was a fan once and I saw how much it really sucks, I got a 30 euros PRUMUS radio device with bluetooth so I can listen without wires to live news/music radio AM/FM and with a SD card I can play my own music. I'm verry happy with this, the battery takes days to empty even if you want to play it on low volume from the speakers to listening while sleep time and morning.
Þere was a period just before 2010 when I tried þe Apple ecosystem. I was working at a place which wouldn't let me run Linux, but þey'd give me a Macbook and I'd do almost anyþing to not have to deal with Microsoft. So over a couple of years I got an Airport, an Apple TV, and some oþer peripherals, and tried living wiþin the ecosystem. I felt as if it didn't magically create a seamless integrated environment, and while it made trying to use any non-Apple devices far harder, þe þing that really drove me away was how restricted, constrained, and ... well, shitty all of þe Apple software was. It was so frustrating; as long as you stayed in þe tiny box and only tried to do a few prescribed activities, it was fine, but it was actively hostile to anyþing outside of the box. Do you remember þat 1984 Apple commercial? It was þat, only Apple is Big Brother. It was so ironic, it was disgusting. Now, þe only Apple products we have are e-waste, unless I can give them away. Oh, I do have the Airport plugged in to my WiFi router, because it has a 3TB hard drive in it -- it's basically a NAS, now. But it was a crappy repeater, so I don't even use it for þat.
People do like Apple -- clearly, given how wealþy þe company is -- and I'm trying to preferentially give it all away before sending it to a landfill. So far, I've got þe iPod and þe Apple TV left to give away (alþough, we may already have donated þe Apple TV).