<p>My husband came back from a conference and gave it to me. He’d won it; on the last day, there was a panel discussion, and the organizers solicited written questions from the attendees. The best 12 questions out of about 700 submissions were chosen to be discussed by the panel, and the authors were given Ipods or Kindles.</p>
<p>Now that I have it, what do I do with it? I often listen to books on my portable CD player while doing boring housework or going to sleep. Can I get books on this, too?</p>
<p>you can absolutely listen to your books
your ipod probably came with a cd that has a program called “itunes” on it
install this program on your computer, its fairly intuitive, so i think you’ll be fine with it
open up itunes, connect your ipod, and then put your book cd into your computer drive
there will be a prompt about importing the files from the cd or something similar, and you should click yes
it will take about 10 minutes for the files to transfer to itunes and i believe from there it will automatically transfer to your ipod</p>
<p>You’re in New York? Well, go to Apple.com or drop by your local Apple store, and make an appointment to have one of their experts teach you all about your new toy. It depends on the type of iPod you have, but you may be able to get music, audio books, TV shows, your home photos, and more onto your iPod. If you like moving around with it, you may want to buy yourself an armband to attach it to so that you free up both hands. The armbands are also great if you want to workout or run to music.</p>
<p>You install iTunes on your computer. You can use iTunes to import music from any CD you own, or you can buy songs from the iTunes music store. You can also use iTunes for podcasts (like customized radio shows), books, and whatever. iTunes then transfers music to your iPod.</p>
<p>Best bet. Figure out what kinds of things you would LIKE to listen to on your iPod, then get your college age kid to help you set it up. You might be able to get your hubby interested, too. I have all of our CD collection on iTunes on my computer along with a really high-end headphone setup. That’s where I listen to music while I work, along with loading my wife’s iPod for her…although I would appreciate it if she would give me more guidance about what she wants on it.</p>
<p>I like the clips better than the armbands. Of course your mileage may vary! I’ve just got a nano, it’s fun. I’ve got one set of music for the gym. Another slower set.</p>
<p>You can download audiobooks from the itunes store. You can also purchase them at audible.com. You can buy various accessories that will allow you to do things such as record, listen to your ipod in your car, etc. If you search for ipod accessories, you will find numerous things online.</p>
<p>A word of advice, purchase an extended service policy such as AppleCare. IPods are notorious for self destructing just after the regular warranty expires! Really neat toys but a bit fragile.</p>
<p>I almost have to laugh! You sound just like my sister-in-law…! She bought an “Ipod” just after Christmas this year. Finally, a couple of weeks ago - she hadn’t figured it out yet…she called my 19 year old daughter asking “help!” - she wanted to download some American Idol songs before Itunes stopped carrying them…so my D, over the phone, helped her download Itunes,etc. - she was SO thankful! </p>
<p>She came to visit us last week - turns out, this “Ipod” she bought in January and hadn’t bothered to figure out how to use is actually an Itouch Ipod!!! My kids about had a fit! The woman who doesn’t really know how to operate it and will house probably a few songs has a deluxe model!!! Life just isn’t fair sometimes… :)</p>
<p>Anyway, congrats on the great prize and PLEASE don’t wait months to learn how to use it - don’t be afraid - it will be wonderful and they are truly pretty user friendly!</p>
<p>Oh, goodness, you have the best iPod out there! Must have been some question your husband came up with. :)</p>
<p>Apple products tend to be pretty easy to use, but it would be great and easy if you had, as others have said, a teenager to lean on. I played that roll for my dad when he got his iPod. You’ll have it all figured out in no time. Don’t be afraid to play around in order to figure it out. You won’t mess anything up by pushing some buttons, plugging it into your computer, and seeing what happens. That’s all teens do to figure these things out.</p>
<p>I love mine. I have movies on it, TV shows, podcasts (Oprah’s one with Eckhart Tolle) and all genres of music. I inherited S2s old one but was upgraded at Christmas with a brand new one :). I also have an iHome to play it in my office.</p>
<p>Actually, forget the noise cancelling. Get the much cheaper PX-100 headphone on that page. They are killer sounding headphones for dirt cheap. Comfortable and they fold up in a case the size of an eyeglass case. Highly recommend. The are considered to be the best low cost portable headphones on the market today.</p>
<p>You can also get a docking station type thing-y (sort of like a clock radio) so that you can listen to all the tunes on your iPod without having to use the headphones.</p>
<p>There are also devices so that you can listen to the iPod in your car.</p>
<p>The way to think of it is that you can now put your entire CD collection on a mobile device, and listen to whatever you want, where ever you want.</p>
<p>Some advice from a mom of one who had theirs rececntly stolen from a classmate and posted on EBay (with little if any help from authorities), engrave the last four digits of your SSN on the back and put the record of the serial number on a safe place. You can also get the number off your computer if you downlolad music and put it on your Ipod.</p>
<p>my husband bought ipods a few yrs back for my girls and I.
I use mine on a dock…great sound in a little package. I don’t have nearly as many songs on mine as they do, but I do use it frequently. I have downloaded CD’s and also bought several songs from Itunes.
The only thing I don’ like is when I use the shuffle feature and get mt Christmas music…not what I want to hear duting a June heatwave !</p>
<p>My son has an iPod Touch and he uses it at college for checking his schedule, todo list and course webpages. He also watches MIT OCW videos on it and plays games on it from time to time. The campus has WiFi which makes it easy to stay connected with a portable device.</p>