SlipperyPod
wednesday at the doctor’s office I heard the unfortunate *klunk!* as my iriver dropped out of my hoodie as I was getting dressed. I really loved the h120 and had a symbiotic, but love-hate, relationship with it. ‘iriver, why won’t you let me create playlists on the fly?’ ‘but I am the giver of ogg.’ ‘iriver, I love you so - thank you for your ums capabilities!’ ‘yes, patrick, our union is a happy union.’
but this was the last time iriver would put up with my battery. after the trip to the asepsis linoleum it would not turn on. there are a lot of fish in the sea, they say, and the personal digital music player market is no exception. I started shoping around and my eyes were drawn again to iriver’s sexier, user-friendly cousin: the ipod. but what about my 70gb of ogg files? I had no idea rockbox was so flexible but it turns out the ipod port has made considerable progress and it provides the grease needed for my menage a ogg with the ipod.
I feel sad for my iriver betrayal. our years together were always happy, its usb storage was truly massive, and every time I want to listen to the radio I know i’ll be pining for my departed h120. but sweet daddy is rockbox better on the ipod! goodbye clickity-clicking dpad, hello wheel!