Need New Gadgets

[TheeGoatPig]

So my tax return this year was big enough that I should be able to afford to buy some new gadgets, but I don't know what to buy...

I need an MP3 player that can store a few thousand songs recorded in WMA, and play them back in random. I don't want to pay a bundle. I don't need extras like online or video or any of that crap. I just need a music player for at the gym, and maybe plug into my car stereo if I ever get the wiring done...

I also need a satellite navigation system. Again, I don't need a lot of extras, I just need to be able to figure out where I am going from where I am. I have used my parent's Mio Move and hated it. Not buying another device from them ever. So I need something else. Again, not looking for top of the line, but something that works reliably.

 

[3113]

So my tax return this year was big enough that I should be able to afford to buy some new gadgets, but I don't know what to buy...

I need an MP3 player that can store a few thousand songs recorded in WMA, and play them back in random. I don't want to pay a bundle. I don't need extras like online or video or any of that crap. I just need a music player for at the gym, and maybe plug into my car stereo if I ever get the wiring done...

I also need a satellite navigation system. Again, I don't need a lot of extras, I just need to be able to figure out where I am going from where I am. I have used my parent's Mio Move and hated it. Not buying another device from them ever. So I need something else. Again, not looking for top of the line, but something that works reliably.

iPhone? Or maybe iPod touch. Would do both. MP3 player and navigation system.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

You can have years of fun with a fabric surger.

 

[lovecraft68]

So my tax return this year was big enough that I should be able to afford to buy some new gadgets, but I don't know what to buy...

I need an MP3 player that can store a few thousand songs recorded in WMA, and play them back in random. I don't want to pay a bundle. I don't need extras like online or video or any of that crap. I just need a music player for at the gym, and maybe plug into my car stereo if I ever get the wiring done...

I also need a satellite navigation system. Again, I don't need a lot of extras, I just need to be able to figure out where I am going from where I am. I have used my parent's Mio Move and hated it. Not buying another device from them ever. So I need something else. Again, not looking for top of the line, but something that works reliably.

By a Sybian and you'll be the most popular guy on the block.

 

[PennLady]

My mom has an iPod Touch, and it's pretty spiffy. If it can do the music and navigation, you may want to go for the 2-in-1.

For GPS, I have a TomTom (Amazon link here). Nice thing is it has lifetime map updates, although be careful when you do the computer registration; I think I may have messed mine up -- just the registration process I mean, and I think that was operator error. My mom has one and it works well, though. Easy navigation and pretty intuitive.

I also have to say I love my Kindle (Latest Gen with 3G).

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I don't want a new phone. My current plan is VERY cheap because my mother's retail outlet gave it to her with an employee discount, and I lose that if I upgrade (her retailer no longer sells Verizon plans).

So I just want separate music player and satellite navigation. I like compartmentalizing my toys anyway. It keeps them from ganging up on me...

 

[jomar]

Look into Apple's Nano...pretty sweet little device.

Buy your GPS with an eye toward how it updates.

 

[PennLady]

I don't want a new phone. My current plan is VERY cheap because my mother's retail outlet gave it to her with an employee discount, and I lose that if I upgrade (her retailer no longer sells Verizon plans).

So I just want separate music player and satellite navigation. I like compartmentalizing my toys anyway. It keeps them from ganging up on me...

Well, the iPod Touch isn't a new phone, although you can use Skype on it. But if I had a cheap plan I'd stick with it as well, and I like my separate gadgets, too.

So for music I'd suggest some kind of iPod (I don't have one, myself, but I do have an MP3 player). For GPS, I again suggest the TomTom because it has free lifetime map updates.