I’m officially going to stop being an Apple apologist. I don’t use anything Apple makes (nor anything Microsoft makes), but I bought Jennifer an iPod nano for her birthday (a month ago) because I thought it would be a no-hassle music solution for her. None of the music-playing widgets around the house belong to Jennifer. Anna has a couple boomboxes, I have my computers any my little MP3 player and the stereo, and Jen really didn’t have anything. I selected the iPod, because in my head, Apple really has this user interface thing down pat. Here would be a widget where user interface matters, and it’s only about doing one thing well. Well, maybe a couple things.

Now here comes the truth: the PC software blows. The added functionality of syncing contacts and whatnot that’s NOT music is just a distraction. Jennifer has spent probably 10 hours fiddling with the thing and I never actually see her listening to it. Two thumbs down for Apple.