WHY, POD?

I miss the Ipod. The device that lifted, shifted your daily mood to another level. Skov…, come on, we have smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktops, Napster..,
But serious now. Since I’ve restarted my running exercises (yeah, I’m 45 by now and my physical and mental health needs some attention now and then), I really miss my Ipod shuffle. I took some time to check if I still had it and YEAH, in a dusty box full of totally drained Iphone SE’s, a handkerchief and a couple of dozen unused bumpercases, it was prouldy shouting in silence: skov, charge me, you old bastard. Firing up Itunes made the shuflle go shuffling like it was 1999. Green light, charge active, Bad Religion, Rancid, Lagwagon, The Offspring and Urbanus popped up in no time. Oooh, my good old Ipod Shuffle has been resuscitated.

Distraction. Every single modern device nowadays seems to be made to distract people, puke out commercials or tend to listen to every word you say and use the information to puke out even more of these annoying advertations. Sick of it all, also stacked lovely on my Ipod shuffle. You get my point.

Would Apple ever reconsider to develop a new Ipod, that in a perfectly sculpted world of ideas, would be small (shuffle small), would connect to any brand of bluetooth earbuds AND that you don’t have to wrap around your wrist ( Yeah, obviously, I know there’s watches that do all these things but I don’t want a watch, I want an Ipod)? Just a tiny small device ( that obviously doesn’ take too much place in a dusty old box, next to a handkerchief and small enough to still collect unused bumpercases), that would not distract our already so busy lives, where we can list up or syncronize playlists and just do what we want to do without any other form of ‘attention needed’. I have this running watch ( Amazfit Trex 2). My main use is: clock, buzz alarm that reminds me everyday I need to work a boss that needs to work for another boss that needs to wo… , running.. So, besides that, no incoming messages whatsoever. It would be wonderful to have this little piece of ‘shufflepod’, with modern features, wireless, third party earbuds connection and so on and so forth. Wishful thinking? Probably.

So for now, I will make use again of the old Ipod Shuffle hoping this fella can keep me healthy during my running adventures. This reminds me. The Shuffle once was washed at a 90degrees playlist that my wife stores at her washing machine. This bad boy totally survived the ride. Wait…… ..shuffle is trying to say something:

… Siiick of it all….