Q. I have had an iPod Nano for many years and have loved it. I teach classes where I play music from my iPod (7th Generation) with it connected to a speaker via Bluetooth. I populated the music by copying music from the many CDs I own to my Windows PC and iTunes, and then use iTunes to populate my iPod. I like having the separate iPod as then I don’t have to worry about accidentally leaving my iPhone on if I were to play music from there. As I am sure you know, the iPod has been discontinued.
What would be the best alternative to an iPod these days? Things I would like to continue to have are the ability to connect to a speaker via Bluetooth, the ability to put music from my CDs on to the device via an application like iTunes, an easy-to-use interface, for the controls to be easy to see and a reasonable amount of battery life so the device does not die on me mid-class.
—J.T., Minneapolis
