The end of the iPod

Submitted by David on Fri, 2007-08-03 17:32

As I've mentioned before, the iPod Nano that I've got has left me less than impressed. The new guy, whose appearance I'm currently awaiting in the mail is a Creative Zen V Plus. At roughly half the cost of what I paid for my Nano in November, I get:

  • double the storage (8 gigs - I want to stick to flash storage for durability)
  • an FM tuner,
  • a smaller size,
  • support for DRMed WMA files (used by both audiobook services offered by several libraries including one that I have a card at - where the iPod is unsupported) without losing support for Audible.com. This means more free audiobooks available
  • support for video

On a related note, Sennheiser headphones seem way overpriced in Canada. I have a set of cheap noise-cancelling headphones which really don't work particularly well, and had a chance to compare these to someone's Sennheiser PXC250s and the difference was incredible. The problem: $250 at Bestbuy in Canada vs. less than $100 at Amazon.com.

(You can't seem to order through Amazon.com with a Canadian shipping address for these, so I ordered through JR.com instead. Normally I hate shipping via UPS, but in this case I figure that however ridiculous their fees, I'll still end up saving money with a price difference of this magnitude.)