Taking a bite at an Apple: The Quest to own an iPod

The logo alone makes you wanna shit yourself a walkman.

I have never owned an Apple product ever in my entire life. Come to think of it, I was never close of owning an Apple product. As much as it a great piece of technology, I was able to go on with my life without ever owning one. Ever since I laid my eyes upon the classic iPod back in high school, I already knew it was a beautiful piece of gadgetry. It plays music and it stores pictures, something not normal or common then. Time when pictures were limited to Kodak or when a listening to portable music was just through a discman, the iPod captured the attention of everyone. Of course, being a great piece of technology, Apple's iPod did not come to a cheap price. It was quite expensive, but through it all, despite the technology it offers, man can simply live without it. But time has change since then. The portable technology has expanded greatly. Smartphones suddenly sprout out of nowhere. People want to have the latest piece of technology. And all in all, Apple has evolved to a scary giant in the world of technology.

Shit got really real.

But before anything else, deep insideI have simply yearned for an iPod. I would banished the idea of buying an mp3 player back then, I wanted the top shit. I wanted the measuring stick for all mp3 players, and that was the iPod. Throughout the years the iPod has taken a lot of different versions and went through a lot of changes. There was the Shuffle, the Nano, and from there, the Touch was born. I could still remember the first day I got to borrow the iPod for the first time. I had a classmate that owned an iPod Nano. It didn't bug me at first, but when we were slowly becoming close, one of the things I bravely asked to him is that if I could borrow his iPod. The moment he said yes, I couldn't be happier. The way how I navigated the gadget by the use of the iPod's signature wheel captivated my mind on how such technology was invented. I wasn't pressing a lot of buttons, I was simply circling my thumbs and pressing just one button. From that day on, I knew that if I was going to buy a portable music player, that would be it.

It's so small that you can call it fluffy.

For some reason, instead of finding ways to own one, I simply got contented of just borrowing one. That friend end up being my close and best friend, so pretty much I got to borrow his iPod a lot that it felt like it was mine already. But good things don't last forever. For some reason his iPod got to a wrong end of a washing machine and it was dead for good. Although he got a nice iPod Classic for a replacement, things change that time that I seldom get to borrow his iPod. For some reason, iPod just seemed to be a classy gadget that I don't really need to have or cared to have. My phone can play mp3 music so that was good enough for me. But on the day my eyes laid upon the new iPod version, Apple captured my heart again to get an Apple product. The iPod Touch was released. It was still an iPod, but touch screen, something back then was a little bit rare for a piece of technology. And aside from the features an iPod can do, it let's you play games that look like they came out straight from consoles. Beside that is the released of the iPhone and pretty much at least, you get a product that is like an iPhone, but minus the phone. It was a stand point that time. I had the sudden urge to go on a quest to own an Apple product, an iPod to be exact. Screw the Macs, the iPod Touch simply won over my soul.

You know you want the damn thing.

But with technology growing everyday, gadgets seem to grow a little bit faster. Companies like Apple, Samsung, Blackberry, Nokia, HTC, have a distinct attitude of releasing gadgets for almost every month. Ranging from 6-12 months to create another updated version of a certain gadget. They release too many damn gadgets that consumers are left with hundreds of options and the urge to spend for updated products. It's a bit of a turn-off for a poor consumer like me, but, I want to own a product up to date. That's why I kept on chasing for a fine time to buy the latest gadget. Truth be told, I thought the iPod Touch was not part of this cycle, but I was wrong. I didn't even notice that the iPod Touch was already in the 3rd generation, and then 4th. Simply put, my drive to own the latest iPod left me to become a non-Apple owner for quite some time. You just can't hold on to money for long. And if you want to get the next model, then you need to save ahead of time. With my current savings, I think I am close to own finally an Apple product. But due to circumstances, something inside tells me to prioritize other stuff and wait for the 5th Gen ipod Touch to go on sale. But I dunno, its already been way overdue already. It's now or never, just got to own a damn iPod already.

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In conclusion, I really do feel that with just enough patience, I will be able to meet my goal. The quest to own an Apple product will be complete. The things that I will do with my new gadget, man, it gets me pump up everyday that I just really need to put up with my crappy job and deal with it just so I get paid and have the means to buy one. The wait will be worthwhile. But looking back, through it all, it took one circular motion in that famous wheel to have the urge to munch on an apple. I can feel the chunks in my mouth already.

You sir, are a genius.

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In Memory of Steve Jobs
RIP 1955-2011