Our iPod Family

Amelia has started saying iPod, primarily because I bought Angela a new one for Christmas. It's one thing to hear your children say the normal words (and sentences and songs), but to hear "iPod" out of the mouth of a 2-year old is pretty funny. That, and "Barack Obama." She could be doing something totally unrelated to the TV and we'll be watching news/Morning Joe, and if she hears it, even in her periphery, she'll smile and say, "Barack Oh-BAHHHM-a." Pretty funny.

But anyway, Angela's new iPod is the 2nd gen iPod Touch - it has all the great cool features of the iPhone without the phone (duh!), camera (bummer), and a few other minor things. Oh, and the $30/month data charge you're required to pay (hence, why she didn't want an iPhone). But the great thing is, it keeps all her contacts, calendar, email, etc. No more 3-inch thick Franklin Covey (b/c who needs a highly effective person, anyway?).

But even GREATER - is that she and I sync to the same computer - the quintessential marital expose. What's hers is mine, and what's mine is ours (thank you, Alfalfa). So all our music is shared - if she buys something wireless over iTunes, it syncs to me. If she adds a calendar entry and then syncs to the computer, it populates that calendar entry immediately/wirelessly wherever I am (the beauty of MobileMe, now that it works). We are truly an integrated family.

Now all we need is an iPod Nano for Mia and a Shuffle for Addy - all proportional. Then again, Mia can have my old 30GB iPod (still works, barely), and Addy can chew on Ang's old Mini (it's green!!!).