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Windows Firmware Update 1.3 Added
TechnoPope writes "Apple has finally released the 1.3 Updater for older Windows iPods. It claims UI improvements and longer battery life, but the much desired and asked for on the fly playlist feature is absent. It should also be noted that there is a web petition asking for new firmware for the older generations of iPods." It's a shame that older iPod owners have to live with the functionality that was advertised to them when they bought it.
When the new 30GB came out, I sold my 20GB touch-wheel for almost $225.
Hee hee hee...
When the new 30GB came out, I sold my 10GB iPod for $250.
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That's all us Classic iPod'rs want. We at one time not so long ago had been wooed, courted, impressed, flirted, tickled, aroused by funny talking nerds on Quicktime ads, then #$&-BaBAAM! bitch-slapped and Koby'd in the rear.
The cries you hear are only emotional outburst, not a demand for personal programmers on each of our iPods perpetually, really because, what part of the interface needs improvements? Not 1.3.
1.3(not to be confused with 1.3) is fine. It is void of that commercial interface, thank goodness.
The Classic iPod ruled the world. It was the darling of the rodeo. It had all that class. It was neat-0.
Early 2003, the iPod was given plastic surgery, admittingly better than Christina Applegates, and shoved along into the big world, fending for itself, lacking the original charm. Now it's specifically designed to withdraw finances from the owners like a high maintenance fake boobied hustler.
I'll take a Classic iPod anyday! Update all you want you wannabe New iPod'rs, you still lack the one single thing that matters, a sense of free love and happiness, that which sadly was used by it's pimps to beget this hideous PayTunes4 monster. Toil New iPod with your excessive wires, cables, games, address books, calendars, proprietary formats, Windows software and docking station assemblies, not to mention the pretentiousness that is overbearing, while riding on the laurels of the Classic.
I'll keep my old Classic, you can continue updating your 'New' Apple mp3 Player with the latest "New and Improved" methodical software and watch your money slip away even faster than ever before; the money all goes to the largest demographic of longhaired dope fiends, queers & draft dodging musicians and entertainment executives.
Long live the iPod Classic - King of ALL MP3 players, yes, it still reigns over Apples new model mp3 player.
I believe I detected a hint of written sarcasm in that statement, and I would have you know that I did not enjoy it in the least and find it entirely inappropriate.
That's why I gave up on sarcasm on the net. Whenever you say something you think no one would take seriously you find people do.
Are you being sarcastic here? I can't tell!
"Quoting famous computer scientists out of context is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming." - K