
I confess: working out bores me. I need something to do with my brain. The local Bally’s has some music playing too low to hear and some tv’s that are only visible from a few ellipticals.
I planned on buying an iPod Mini, but changed my mind at the last minute and bought an iRiver H10. It’s smaller, almost as cool looking, not as easy to use… but it adds the ability to play .wav and .mp3 files, display photos, and includes an FM radio.
My only gripe is that I’ve had to refer to the book a couple of times. I suspect that’s more of a reflection of my age, though; I have to do the same with cell phones, too. I’ve been able to record an FM radio show, but haven’t figured yet how to use the built-in timer to do it automatically. More frustrating, when I’m done recording, I don’t know where the recording went – I can’t play it back. And though I’ve been able to rate the songs, I’d love to be able to sort by rating and delete the lowest rated mp3s and make room for more, but I haven’t figured out how to delete them without plugging it back into the PC.
Overall, though, I’m pretty happy with the size and the screen and the audio quality. And my workouts seem to go by faster now. 🙂

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