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iPod 1.1 Updater Out

Posted by pudge on from the i-pod-you-pod dept.

AnamanFan writes "Apple has released an update to the iPod with: 'audio playback and user interface improvements, equalization presets, shuffle by album, track scrubbing, Contacts, and additional languages: Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.' Size is 2.1MB and is available by Software Update or at the iPod download page."

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  1. You mean iPhoto? by JonBob · · Score: 2, Informative

    This release is over two months old. Perhaps you meant to publish a story about iPhoto 1.1?

    1. Re:You mean iPhoto? by jokell82 · · Score: 3, Informative

      No, the story was for the iPod software update. What the story left out was that the update is about two months old, but that Apple just put the update into "Software Update." I do not have an iPod (yet), but my iBook still wants me to install the update. Freaky...

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      I dunno who it is
      but it prolly is fhqwhgads.
  2. Be forewarned... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative
    The iPod updater expands to about 29 megabytes of files, and takes 27 megs of playback space away when installed. It looks like there's a TON of plaintext whitespace in the character translation tables. Megs and megs and megs of 0x00000001 0x20 0x00000002 0x20 and so on. Shame on you, apple!

    The iPod also goes from almost instantly on to about a 30 second startup. :( At least it's got a THX-like Quicktime intro during the last part of this, and I could swear that's James Earl Jones saying the "Adjust thy headphones now" at the end. :)

    The chinese characters are cool though. All the options are in the same place, and your song titles remain in english. So once you learn the positions of the menu items in english, assuming that's what you speak, you can run in chinese mode, which just looks super techy. :)

  3. Re:Track scrubbing = FFW/REW by usr122122121 · · Score: 3, Informative
    The scrubbing feature is merely the ability to move quickly forward and backward through a track via the iPod's wheel. Right?
    Yes, when you're on the "current song" screen, if you press the center button you'll be presented with a progress indicator (little diamond thing).

    You can spin the iPod's wheel, and it will adjust the current position.

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    -braxton