I want an iPod Touch for work
moneyrelations :: Oct.23.2007
In one of my earlier posts, I mentioned the cost of job schmoozing and how I had bought some golf clubs in order to play in the annual golf tournaments. I don’t regret my decision as it’s always nice to have your own. Like a man/woman’s power suit, I just think it’s something you should have in your closet.
Yeah, it’s shallow but that’s me.
My next purchase to “play the part” is the iPod Touch which is a stripped down version of the iPhone. The 16GB or the 8GB, I haven’t decided yet. As a point of reference, I can get the 16GB from Futureshop for $449.99 CDN and the $329.99 CDN for the other. I already have a 1GB Nano and I also have a 4 GB Palm LifeDrive PDA. When I’m on vacation, I don’t like to lug my laptop so I only take my Palm to watch movies, read e-books and listen to music. It also has Wi-Fi but it is flaky and the hard drive is incredibly slow. Still, I choose it over the Nano because it has all these extra features and it came with a universal charger. I’d have to buy one for the iPod separately for travel. The Touch seems to be the ideal candidate to replace the two although I still face the same charger issue and it doesn’t have a built-in camera (but neither does my PDA).
I wasn’t into this whole iPod craze until last week when some colleagues of mine were talking about the iPhone. I still haven’t seen one yet but some of them had gone down to the States for a preview. They couldn’t stop marveling how wonderful it was. Well, I’m supposed to be the one in tech and “plugged in” but I had no clue what they were talking about. I don’t have a Blackberry for work purposes like they do and I’ve only been issued a cell phone – and a pretty simple one at that. I felt really left out and in the dark. That is not a good feeling when it’s your livelihood, however tangentially. Maybe it’s because I’m a woman in a man’s domain that I feel the need to walk the talk?
So not only am I shallow but I’m insecure. Freakin’ great.
Thankfully, I can afford this new toy as I usually don’t make extravagant purchases; just things I feel are important for educational/development purposes – however unconventional. Believe it or not, this is one of those times.
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If you’re particularly maverick, you may wish to consider holding out for an actual iphone. I have a couple ultra-geek friends in Vancouver who have one and are successfully using it (of course, it’s been … modified… and they don’t get the firmware updates or they may be bricked) and are really happy. My plan is to wait til after Christmas, and try playing on the margins myself. Shall we start a new, combined blog, “geek girls gone wild?”
I want one, but I work at AT&T and they block iTunes in the office. So it kind of defeats the purpose of buying our own product. I’ll have to find something else to do during the work day, like blogging and investing I guess.
@ Nancy
I thought about the iPhone but I don’t know if I want to carry a cell phone plan, especially since I have one issued from my organization. I’m still hoping that they give me a Blackberry. I’m one of the few who has a cell phone that hasn’t been transfered over yet… not that they call me anyways. “Just for emergencies”.
@ Alex
Thanks for dropping by. Ahh, another pf blogger who is an engineer or a techie? What exactly does that say about our profession? We are drawn to the technology or we have too much free time and money?
I am also getting ready to get a 16gb iPod Touch… hopefully I get too buy two this month
… I already have a 60GB Gen5 iPod but what the hell, you convinced me with the learning tool self justification. Maybe I can win a competition somewhere…. 
Hey Paul, made you look
Yeah, I’m a good little convincer, aren’t I? 
Isn’t there a competition at the Million Euro Wiki? Yeah, I’m sure that’s where I stole my pic from. Maybe people should look into it