ipod blues

My ipod is scratched. A couple of months ago I bought a new ipod, the Video ipod. I was almost immediately upset that the apple store did not sell cases for the video ipod that showed the screen. In fact they told me that they carried only on type of case for the video ipod which doesn’t show the screen, it was called the Incase and was actually a good case. I figure that once the novelty of the video function wore off that I wouldn’t be using it that much which happened to be true. Since then the Apple store has gotten some cases with that allow the screen to be seen, but they are always sold out. Buying one online is expensive because all the places charge an arm and a leg for shipping costs to Hawaii (which is unfair because it is not that bad if the US postal service is used).

So I was looking to buy some good mahi fillets and felt the need to change playlist. I got the ipod out, but the cord got wrapped around the case and next thing I know the ipod was sliding across the grocery store, face down. Now there are two large scratches across the screen that I will need to train my eyes to ignore when I’m watching Star Wars on my ipod.

Shame on me for buying it, and shame on me for buying it even without the proper case, and finally shame on me just to shame me. Still, the ipod nano had hundreds of different cases at the store and they came out very close to the same time. No one knew about the nano when it came out. The video ipod was an open secret, but there was no cases that fit it, and the one that did had a major design flaw – you couldn’t see the movie you were watching when it was in the case.

I’m over scratching my ipod, but it bothered me for a little while because it isn’t that old and it was expensive. This is something to think about Mr. Jobs when you come out with your holographic projection ipod.