As I found out today, one major usability drawback of the new iPod touch could be the fact, that you’ll need two hands for interaction: one hand holding the thing, while the other hand does the fancy music selection.
On my way home I noticed how easy I can switch albums on my iPod nano by only using one hand. Pull the player out of the pocket, a quick look at the screen where I am, two or three thumb moves on the click-wheel. Done. Artist, album, playlist or podcast changed. No need to stop walking (or cycling).
I don’t even believe all other basic features, like adjusting volume or go to next/previous song, can be done easily with one hand. And those things are really essential in my opinion, at least for my everyday use much more worth than any fancy touch screen navigation.
So I guess I’ll stick another while with my good old nano. It still covers everything I expect from an mp3 player.
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