With all the hype and great reviews about iPods, there are very few people that don’t have one.  Up until recently I didn’t have one either, but unfortunately my portable CD player broke (no laughing please).  So, I went to the store to buy one, only to find they were not available anymore.

Not available?  I was shocked.  You see, I bought my current one back in 1996 and it had served me well.  Sure it was a little bulky, but you got used to that.  I had to ask the sales person what I should buy - I needed to have something to listen to on my daily run on the treadmill.

He suggested that I could get a "Shuffle" and get some iPod Shuffle accessories to enhance my experience.  I had to ask him what a "Shuffle" was - I had no idea.

He explained to me that it was an iPod - basically a portable music device.  All I had to do is an iPod to PC transfer, and I could put any song I wanted to on there.  That sounded good to me, so I bought one and some speakers for iPod, and was on my way.

I used the getting started guide provided by the sales clerk to get started, and it is really easy.  I should have gotten rid of my CD player earlier - this is much better.