Which iPod do you have?
January 21, 2006 1:14 PM Subscribe
Which iPod do you have?
I'm thinking about making ipod cozies to sell, given the great sucess of the few I've already made for my friends. I would like to produce a big batch of them but, I don't know how many of each size to make. I'm looking to use Metafilter as a sample population from which to base my proportions.
I'm thinking about making ipod cozies to sell, given the great sucess of the few I've already made for my friends. I would like to produce a big batch of them but, I don't know how many of each size to make. I'm looking to use Metafilter as a sample population from which to base my proportions.
This post was deleted for the following reason: not really a good direction to take ask mefi into, see metatalk for more on this.
I don't have an iPod.
Also, aren't people who participate in focus groups usually compensated?
posted by box at 1:17 PM on January 21, 2006
Also, aren't people who participate in focus groups usually compensated?
posted by box at 1:17 PM on January 21, 2006
I have an iPod mini. (You needn't compensate me.)
posted by malpractice at 1:23 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by malpractice at 1:23 PM on January 21, 2006
iPod mini. Pink! And box's snark was compensation enough.
posted by oflinkey at 1:27 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by oflinkey at 1:27 PM on January 21, 2006
Response by poster: sorry box. AskMe isn't really a pay-for-advice venture. Maybe someone over at Google Answers will pay you, though. :)
posted by folara at 1:28 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by folara at 1:28 PM on January 21, 2006
Full size white 4th Gen 40Gig.
posted by nenequesadilla at 1:31 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by nenequesadilla at 1:31 PM on January 21, 2006
20GB with click wheel (the 1st 4gen version) and pink 2GB mini.
posted by youcancallmeal at 1:32 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by youcancallmeal at 1:32 PM on January 21, 2006
I've got a 20GB. The variant that looks like this with the all-white/not-a-click wheel. I forget what "generation" number they refer to it as. Third, maybe?
posted by divka at 1:33 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by divka at 1:33 PM on January 21, 2006
I have a mini. My boyfriend has a shuffle.
The mini was the most popular model until it was discontinued, and there are a lot of people out there who have older model iPods...but fewer and fewer places where you can buy a good case for them. (Picked over clearance items, etc.) Perhaps you'd be filling a niche market if you wee to create cases for the older generation iPods.
posted by ArsncHeart at 1:34 PM on January 21, 2006
The mini was the most popular model until it was discontinued, and there are a lot of people out there who have older model iPods...but fewer and fewer places where you can buy a good case for them. (Picked over clearance items, etc.) Perhaps you'd be filling a niche market if you wee to create cases for the older generation iPods.
posted by ArsncHeart at 1:34 PM on January 21, 2006
30gb 5G video in black.
posted by RoseovSharon at 1:52 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by RoseovSharon at 1:52 PM on January 21, 2006
The original. Battery still works reasonably well, too.
posted by daveleck at 1:53 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by daveleck at 1:53 PM on January 21, 2006
Third-gen 20-gig iPod.
posted by booksandlibretti at 1:56 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by booksandlibretti at 1:56 PM on January 21, 2006
I've got a 3rd gen 20GB iPod but after only a year I've got problems with the battery. A cozy would be nice.
posted by a007r at 1:58 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by a007r at 1:58 PM on January 21, 2006
I'd buy a cozy, btw. I can't really find a case I like and like all other small electronics I own, I have a bad habit of dropping them. Just yesterday I managed to hurl my nano into the gravel parking lot at work while getting out of my car.
posted by Meredith at 2:03 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by Meredith at 2:03 PM on January 21, 2006
Mini & Shuffle. Don't like cozies as they generally don't offer enough protection.
posted by IndigoRain at 2:04 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by IndigoRain at 2:04 PM on January 21, 2006
4 Gb Nano. Got a photo of the cozies you are thinking of selling?
posted by dangerousdan at 2:12 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by dangerousdan at 2:12 PM on January 21, 2006
This is not what AskMe is for. I flagged this thread.
posted by driveler at 2:17 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by driveler at 2:17 PM on January 21, 2006
I don't have an Ipod, because I'm not a wannabe hipster.
I have a Samsung YP to play mp3s, and I pirate music remorselessly.
posted by delmoi at 2:54 PM on January 21, 2006
I have a Samsung YP to play mp3s, and I pirate music remorselessly.
posted by delmoi at 2:54 PM on January 21, 2006
Response by poster: I do have a some photos up on my flickr, dangerousdan. I've only made three so far, all as gifts, but they go together pretty fast.
posted by folara at 3:05 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by folara at 3:05 PM on January 21, 2006
60gb 5g Video. And oh does it make me happy. Old 40gb and iSkin are going up for sale on ebay tonight, so surely someone will be using that as well.
posted by VulcanMike at 3:06 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by VulcanMike at 3:06 PM on January 21, 2006
60 GB video, 4 GB nano, and shuffle
posted by Mach3avelli at 3:16 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by Mach3avelli at 3:16 PM on January 21, 2006
I have a 20 gig iPod with clickwheel, as Apple calls it (4th pgeneration). I am also the lucky owner of the trombone iPod cozy in Folara's flickr set!
posted by rossination at 3:18 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by rossination at 3:18 PM on January 21, 2006
Wannabe hipster?? They've sold over 40 million of the things, I think it's crested way over the hipster infatuation with shiny mark to the mass market infatuation-with-shiny mark.
posted by Mercaptan at 3:20 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by Mercaptan at 3:20 PM on January 21, 2006
Original white 5GB with the free-spinning wheel and a replacement battery. It's not always fun having to lock and unlock to change tracks while driving, but it beats the volume going up and down randomly whenever I turn the steering wheel.
I work out with the Creative MuvoTxFM 1GB in firecracker red.
posted by bafflegab at 3:25 PM on January 21, 2006
I work out with the Creative MuvoTxFM 1GB in firecracker red.
posted by bafflegab at 3:25 PM on January 21, 2006
60GB video ("5th generation").
Not to rain on your parade, but after I lost the slipcover that the iPod comes with, I fashioned a cover out of the clear plastic bag that had contained the slipcover. I also left the clingy plastic that the iPod ships with on the face plate, trimming it slightly to expose the dock port.
With a little bit of cellophane tape, I now have a permanent protective "case" that never has to be removed, through which I can both see the screen and manipulate the controls.
There are holes for the headphone jack and the dock jack, and, being careful, I added probably redundant openings at each of the four corners, to ensure there would not be any problems with the hard drive because pressure couldn't equalize at higher altitudes.
posted by orthogonality at 3:25 PM on January 21, 2006
Not to rain on your parade, but after I lost the slipcover that the iPod comes with, I fashioned a cover out of the clear plastic bag that had contained the slipcover. I also left the clingy plastic that the iPod ships with on the face plate, trimming it slightly to expose the dock port.
With a little bit of cellophane tape, I now have a permanent protective "case" that never has to be removed, through which I can both see the screen and manipulate the controls.
There are holes for the headphone jack and the dock jack, and, being careful, I added probably redundant openings at each of the four corners, to ensure there would not be any problems with the hard drive because pressure couldn't equalize at higher altitudes.
posted by orthogonality at 3:25 PM on January 21, 2006
Samsung YH-925GS. Don't discriminate.
posted by youarenothere at 3:26 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by youarenothere at 3:26 PM on January 21, 2006
Oh, and it's claimed that the newer iPods scratch easily (I haven't experienced this myself, since my iPod stays in its plastic cocoon). You'll want to make sure the lining of your cozies doesn't scratch the iPOd when it is put in or removed from the cozies. Microfiber maybe?
posted by orthogonality at 3:35 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by orthogonality at 3:35 PM on January 21, 2006
pink ipod mini. rose, by name.
posted by mewithoutyou at 3:37 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by mewithoutyou at 3:37 PM on January 21, 2006
I have an iPod mini which I use daily and a 3rd gen 40gb which is on its last legs.
I don't have an Ipod, because I'm not a wannabe hipster.
Mate, my 60 year old boss has one. So does my boyfriend's 10 year old nephew in Bangladesh. I don't think this is a hipster item.
posted by jamesonandwater at 3:59 PM on January 21, 2006
I don't have an Ipod, because I'm not a wannabe hipster.
Mate, my 60 year old boss has one. So does my boyfriend's 10 year old nephew in Bangladesh. I don't think this is a hipster item.
posted by jamesonandwater at 3:59 PM on January 21, 2006
shuffle, that would greatly benefit from a cozy of some kind.
I don't have an Ipod, because I'm not a wannabe hipster
Too late for me.
posted by wannabehippie at 4:06 PM on January 21, 2006
I don't have an Ipod, because I'm not a wannabe hipster
Too late for me.
posted by wannabehippie at 4:06 PM on January 21, 2006
I have the 60gig black 5G, to which I upgraded from a 20 gig 3G that now belongs to my best friend. If you really want to get a feel for what distribution of sizes you need to worry about, shouldn't you be able to work that out from Apple's quarterly stock filings? (I don't actually know, but I thought that's where the various analyst sites get their sales numbers from.)
posted by kimota at 4:10 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by kimota at 4:10 PM on January 21, 2006
4 GB mini (green)
posted by SenshiNeko at 4:23 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by SenshiNeko at 4:23 PM on January 21, 2006
4G, 40 GB
posted by PhatLobley at 4:34 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by PhatLobley at 4:34 PM on January 21, 2006
4th generation 20GB.
posted by easternblot at 5:15 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by easternblot at 5:15 PM on January 21, 2006
Response by poster: Thanks for the responses everybody. And I'm truly sorry if this question is out of line, but it was posted in good faith, without intent to deceive or illegitimately profit from others.
Come on, Skallas, can you really call me a market researcher? I'm a poor college student looking to turn a hobby I enjoy into a little spare cash. Honestly. Don't you have a better way to use your time than flagging well-intentioned posts, Driveler? I've seen plenty of posts on AskMe where people are just trying to find information to help themselves make money/be more sucessful/have more fun. This is no different.
posted by folara at 6:16 PM on January 21, 2006
Come on, Skallas, can you really call me a market researcher? I'm a poor college student looking to turn a hobby I enjoy into a little spare cash. Honestly. Don't you have a better way to use your time than flagging well-intentioned posts, Driveler? I've seen plenty of posts on AskMe where people are just trying to find information to help themselves make money/be more sucessful/have more fun. This is no different.
posted by folara at 6:16 PM on January 21, 2006
nano
posted by blue mustard at 7:39 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by blue mustard at 7:39 PM on January 21, 2006
nano + video
posted by garethspor at 8:00 PM on January 21, 2006
posted by garethspor at 8:00 PM on January 21, 2006
i have four...
1st gen 5gb
3rd gen 40gb
5th gen 60gb
1st gen nano 2gb
posted by hummercash at 8:29 PM on January 21, 2006
1st gen 5gb
3rd gen 40gb
5th gen 60gb
1st gen nano 2gb
posted by hummercash at 8:29 PM on January 21, 2006
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