New toy

Behold! The Slacker G2!

I finally caved in and bought a portable music device. Still cheaper than an iPod, maybe a little more than your average MP3 player, but a reasonable choice all the same. Why? Because of the 4,000 songs I have on my G2 I paid for none of them. Not one. See, Slacker is a radio service, and since I can personalize it, I now have thousands of songs that I want to hear at my fingertips. Granted, I can just listen to exactly what I want, as I don't have the premium service for that, but at $4 a month, I think it'll be a worthwhile investment. Not only will I be able to listen to exactly what I want, but I also have a device that will update itself from wifi and from being connected at home with new songs and artists from the stations that I like.

Are there problems with the device? Sure. Every gadget has something wrong with it. I think the G2 is just a little too slow to react when I click buttons, and it does take a good 20 seconds to boot up after it shuts itself off. I think the battery life could be better. However, none of these are bad enough for me to really complain about them. The buttons work, they're just a tad slow, and the battery still runs for more than my full days work, so after I've conditioned the battery properly, I don't think I'll have any issues.

And, as I just found out, this thing gets really loud when it's asked to. Now I can't hear my coworkers bickering! I might do permanent ear damage if they don't shut up soon, but at least I can't hear them.

I takes what I can get. And in this case, I got a cool toy that's exactly what I wanted.