New nano and skins

So i finally bought myself into the overhyped, expensive, and restricted world of apple ipods, because i couldn’t resist the new nano anymore. It was a 4gb version which is being sold in several regions, and there was a small colour mix up and now im stuck with a colour which i never wanted. Since i can’t exchange it (don’t ask why, i won’t tell you.. but there is a pretty good reason).

As for the ipod nano itself, i think it looks pretty cool and comfy to hold and carry, although it does feel a little too fragile to me. The screen is the best part of the this nano. I’m  glad they went back to the old designs after the brief affair with the squarish shape which in my opinion was ugly. Also this generation has this pretty fun accelerometer(sp?) where, the ipod automatically switches over to the cover flow mode when you tilt it and changes songs when you shake it (although you kinda need to shake it pretty quickly or pretty hard for it to actually change the song, and i’m afraid that it would go flying out of my hand like what happened to a wiimote i was using at a display machine once)

Like every other ipod user, i have to agree that itunes is the weakest part of the package. I hate the song management process and the dreadful sync function. I had previous experiences with my friends ipods, where all the data was erased when they plugged into my pc, and therefore im still nervous about trying to connect it to my other notebook. So i’ve been trying out some alternatives like Yamipod and songbird, and i like songbird very much so far.

Also whats with my touchwheel. Its too fricking sensitive when i use it to navigate the menus, BUT when i need to increase the volume of a song, it refuses to even budge.. fuck that. The other thing i’m confused about is the fact that, i cant actually turn off the ipod, i can only put it to sleep. Its like, the ipod refuses to let me save its battery which i paid for.

Well other than that i have no more complaints about the player other than its god damned colour mixup.. i wanted the black one so badly. So to remedy the situation i searched for some ipod skins and i came across a site called UniqueSkins and i ordered two skins off it. One skin is made out of a wallpaper i was using which had a planet exploding and the other one had the Joker on the back saying “Why SO Serious ? “. The skins shipped out today and i also added a psp digital camo skin to it too. I’m excited about them.

Also we are having our holidays now and went to play paintball yesterday. So my arms and legs are still sore but HELL, IT WAS Worth any pain that comes afterwards. I wish i could do that everyday. Also i know, paintball has no right to be compared with real military action, but man, if playing paintball for an hour doesn’t make you really appreciate what our soldier bros are doing in Wanni, I don’t know what would. Thank you guys for enduring all that for our country !