I don't think an i-Pad is the same as an i-Pod @Lyn and, like @KT53, I only want to play music. I have PCs for processing data and emails and a camera for taking pics.
No it isn’t, ipod  just for music, but in general I love the iPad. Take it everywhere with me for the camera.Â
The Ipod isn't just for music any more, that's the point I'm making. Search on Argos and Currys only returned the Ipod Touch with this kind of specification : -
4-inch retina display.
Your favourite music, gaming and AR apps in your pocket.
A10 Fusion chip for up to 2x faster performance, up to 3x faster graphics.
Group FaceTime with family and friends. Connect using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
4 inch screen size with a .
Multi-touch screen.
Built-in volume controls, mic, video camera, wi-Fi, Bluetooth, .
Front and back facing cameras- back facing cameras are needed to use face time.
I've highlighted all the 'extras' which are not needed for a simple MP3 player which is what the iPod started life as. It is basically a mini iPad.
.It's the same with washing machines. 40 programmes when the average person uses only two or three. My new microwave has an instruction book a quarter of an inch thick. I use it for cooking peas, reheating frozen food and defrosting mince. That's all
I get by with just 2 progs in general @B3, 40C and 60C.  Our microwave gets used for hot drinks - not tea! - and cooking things like peas and broccoli and, occasionally, for thawing bread.  It also has a normal oven function which came in handy when we had our kitchen done but at no other time. We bought it for Possum when she was in student digs with no oven.
Our internet is really slow, my mobile phone (not smart) gets one bar of signal on a good day.  I just want a music storage and playing facility.
Could you find an old-style second hand Ipod on line? We still have our ancient one, used only for music. Our cottage has a radio with an Ipod dock, useful so we can listen to our choice of music on holiday.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Have found one available locally for 40€ but it comes without a memory card! How useful is that? Another 10€ so not a deal buster but seems daft.
B3, I laugh at your quarter inch! The instruction manual for my new camera runs to over 700 pages. I assumed it was in several languages but it's in English all the way through. Unsurprisingly, the camera manufacturer doesn't provide a printed copy! I managed to get a printed version off t'interweb although it's a little impractical to carry with me.
Youcan still buy i-Pods that do nothing other than store humongous amounts of music. I find them incredibly useful: on car journeys, sat in the summerhouse, or staying in a cottage, where they can be blue toothed to a speaker and provide high quality sound. Any new music I buy as a CD,also gets added to the i-Pod.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
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I've highlighted all the 'extras' which are not needed for a simple MP3 player which is what the iPod started life as. It is basically a mini iPad.
Our internet is really slow, my mobile phone (not smart) gets one bar of signal on a good day.  I just want a music storage and playing facility.
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Any new music I buy as a CD,also gets added to the i-Pod.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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