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iPod Mini Design Flaw?
terradyn writes "Over at iPodlounge they've discovered that the iPod mini's have a major issue with their headphone jacks. It looks like the jacks connection to the main system board is extremely poorly engineered and so normal use will wear it out and cause lots of static after around 35-40 days... If any pressure on your iPod Mini results in crackling and static, you should return your iPod immediately to an Apple store for a free replacement. They're also theorizing over in the forums that the iPod Mini shortage may be a cover for this problem..." Update: 04/12 01:08 GMT by T : billybob writes "Someone in the forum thread originally linked to has posted pictures of the iPod taken apart, demonstrating the problem."
to punch that annoying jogger who wants to "jack in" and "check out my tunes!"
...for being cheap and uber-stylish. For $50 more you could have had a regular iPod with way more storage, but noooooo, you HAD to get an Apple MP3 player in something other than white!
This wouldn't happen if the headphone connection was digital, encrypted, with error correction, as it should be in DRM. Told you so.
Its all one grand unified ipod conspiracy if ya tell me...the shortage...the colours....u know its all related to the greys and the smoking man too! Better get my tin foil ipod cover out.
We played dungeons and dragons for 3 hours.....then i was slain by an elf
I bought a 40gb two weeks ago.
No problems yet. I love it.
Best $500 that I should have put towards tuition I ever spent.
Thank God it is only a mini design flaw! I thought for a while that it might be some major flaw. Fortunately, that was not the case. I can sleep tonight.
Sincerely,
Pan Tarhei Hosé, PhD.
"Homo sum et cogito ergo odi profanum vulgus et libido."
Well, all you uber-stylish yuppies wanted us to get rid of the lead, so we did. Now you get to deal with the cold-solder joint problems.
That and better reflexes. You're like 10th.
Don't people even read the title of the article anymore? It's a mini design flaw.
> The first step to accepting a viewpoint is accepting its implicit ontology or framework.
> Beware of poor frameworks.
Pretentious? Moi?
i was a beta tester, and while I told her it was a mini ipod in my pocket it really wasn't...
my karma will be here long after I'm gone
Wait... It supported OGG and it had problems?
BLASPHEMY!!
So, what are you going to say for yourselves? Don't just mod me down for telling the TRUTH! Meanwhile, I am typing this from my Mandrake 10 machine. Cheap, easy, open, the Linux way of life!
s/Linux/hooker/
Better then the $500 I spent last month on booze?
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Then take it out of the freezer!
Da-dum-crash!!!!
Seriously folks, I'll be here all week.
damn, I knew i shouldnt' have bought that apple 1 from that wozniak guy
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
You spent $500 on booze? Man, $500 is more than I pay in a month for booze, pot, mushrooms, adderall, ritalin, ecstasy, ambien, ether, and nitrous--combined! I'd say you need to cut down on your drinking.
I found the meaning of life the other day, but I had write-only access.
Massive design flaw found in Apple product, Slashdot prints neutral article. Any bets on the tone if Microsoft made the IPod?
Will Microsoft replace my copy of Windows with one that works well? For Free?
Update: 04/12 01:08 GMT by T: billybob writes "Someone in the forum thread originally linked to has posted pictures of the iPod taken apart, demonstrating the problem."
Update: 04/12 01:09 GMT by T_allardyce: The pictures are now down, demonstrating the slashdot problem.
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This sort of thing wouldnt happen if it was ogg based!
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Pshaw - so much for Apple's superb engineering innovation!
Sony has for many years been the leader in crappy minijack technology. Just ask anyone who has used a microphone with one of their minidisc recorders!
Three Squirrels
I had that with one of my electric guitars -- after years of smashing it into the heads of drooling hot chicks in the audience screaming lustily of BFG9000 the Rock God, the guitar cable would do the exact same thing. If I didn't sit perfectly still, I'd fizz in and out if I was lucky, and then usually completely lose it.
I opened up my guitar and pushed the prong that makes the connection at the end of the cable plug inward toward the centre in order to "tighten" the connection when it was plugged in. That fixed it.
I was back to using it as a pre-emptive birth control device in no time.
I'm not normally an irrational zealous dickhead, but I figure "When in Rome..."
Do not follow the last link if you have a weak heart! It describes a brutal vivisection of an Ipod Mini, the man has no mercy at all! Furthermore, it links to pictures showing it's private parts, dismembered!
"It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton LaVey
I'll give it two weeks before some jackass runs around making a movie called
IPOD MINI'S UNREPLACEABLE
HEADPHONE JACK LASTS
ONLY 35-40 DAYS
When you have nothing left to burn you must set yourself on fire