It’s Mork!
I’ve wanted an iPod for a while, but I could never justify it to myself because of the size considerations. I am not a belt-mount geek; I prefer to have stuff actually in my pockets. [This comes from the day when I knocked my belt-mounted Motorola flip phone out of its cradle, where it then fell 15 feet down to the concrete floor in manufacturing. It worked just fine after that---for years after that---but it just confirmed that I hated belt mounting.] But the nano is way small [as you know if you've read anything about it], and as such, it can fit happily in my pockets next to my chunky Treo 600.
I am a happy geek right now. Photos soon … 
Posted September 15th, 2005 in Consumerism by Geof F. Morris.
I have given up on belt-mounted phones for a very similar reason. _Two years in a row_ I lost my cell phone at ‘con by having the belt clip break. My phone stays in my pocket now. It’s just too easy for a belt-clipped device to snag on something.
September 15th, 2005 at 15:32Nobody, and I mean absolutely nobody should be attaching technology to their belts, period. It’s just so… YUCK!
Congratulations on joining the iPod world, you’ll love that thing.
I don’t know if they’re selling little silicone sleeves yet for the nano, but I’d highly recommend it if possible, they’re so easily scratched… especially if in a pocket with something else.
September 16th, 2005 at 01:59I used to have really bad luck with belt clips for my cell phones. I couldn’t get one to last more than a few months. Typically, they’d snap when I was getting into my car.
But the belt clip for my Nextel phone has actually held up really well. I’ve been using it for over a year, and just broke it a few weeks ago. Fortunately for me, my wife keeps her phone in her purse, and our phones are the same size and shape, so she gave me her clip.
If my phone was much smaller, I probably would’t mind keeping it in a pocket. Of course, it would get even more scratched up than it already is, from rolling around with my keys, pocket knife, and whatnot.
And of course, all of that was just my way of avoiding telling you how jealous I am that you got that Nano.
September 16th, 2005 at 09:37Jeff: Amen.
Indi: AMEN.
Dougal:
Yeah, I don’t have a wife or kids.
September 16th, 2005 at 09:54It’s unfortunate that Apple seems to be stripping away support for Firewire in all of its players . . . obviously the nano (small “n”, btw) is probably too small and thin to put both a USB and a Firewire controller, but still.
Congrats!
September 17th, 2005 at 14:52Rae: You can probably buy a FireWire-capable cable for the nano. When Apple has removed IEEE 1394 cables out-of-the-box from the other iPod models, they have sold them as available accessories for folks who want them. I agree with John Gruber’s analysis that Apple does this to maintain and broaden market share while keeping margins solid for them.
For now, though, it doesn’t seem that Apple has FW cables for the nano; in fact, the Apple Store page for the normal IEEE 1394 cable to the iPod dock suggests that it is not compatible with the nano’s optional dock.
September 18th, 2005 at 17:55