My original 5GB iPod brick is still going strong, although I occasionally wistfully ponder one of the bigger, newer, slimmer models. But ultimately, the damn thing goes with me to the car, and back out of the car, and 5 gigs is more than enough space for the audio books I’m currently listening to. Like you, the only thing that definitely always comes with me is the phone.
The most compelling reason for me to upgrade is to get one of those fancy-pants CF readers for the iPod, so that I can slurp data off of my digital camera out in the field, now that it takes me between 30 and 60 minutes to shoot 512MB of pictures. Geez.
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