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iPod's Two-Year Anniversary
the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow writes "Two years ago this month, Apple Computer released a small, sleek-looking device it called the iPod. This Sunday's New York Times Magazine has a long article on it: The Guts of a New Machine."
Google it.
I want the fire back.
apple recently dropped the price to 100$ for battery replacement. there are 3rd party replacments that are as cheap as 50$ also.
Which i am sure you have been heard by now, is filled with bull...
Seems like the makers of this "film" have some secrets of their own:
Dumb kids.
Young, stupid and camera owning...a dangerous combination...
Here's a website with a nice counter to the dirty little secret. Not only has his ipod (and mine) lasted longer, but he has links to Apple's $99 replacement and 3rd party $49 replacement batteries.
There is a hefty RAM buffer into which data is loaded, and then the disk spins down. This is how the iPod conserves battery life.
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 -- Mathematics is the Language of Nature.
You are all very misinformed: As long as you don't set the iPod to "automatically update playlists" (just manually manage songs), you can use it with as many computers as you like. I have plugged my 2nd generation 20GB iPod into at least 25 different Macs and dumped music onto it.
The story about the "disabled ipod" was a FIRST GENERATION iPod never meant to connect to a Windows machine. Read the story.
There are many ways to get the music back off the iPod - search versiontracker.com for "PodWorks" for example.
As far as it being fragile - I chuck mine into backpacks and luggage and not really worry about it. I bought a TAP from CompUSA: $60 full replacement warranty for 2 years... almost time to 'break' my iPod and get a new one for SIXTY bucks.