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Ars Technica's iPod nano Dissection
starwindsurfer wrote to mention an Ars Technica review of the iPod nano in which they autopsy the cute little guy to find out what makes him tick. A more thorough review than the one we ran last week. From the article: "At this point we were astounded that the iPod nano was still working properly, albeit with a broken display. Because we had honestly expected the iPod nano to break by this time, we were forced to depart from our planned schedule of destruction and try and run over it with the car. Surely, we thought, it could never withstand the crushing power of German automotive engineering." Update: 09/12 14:58 GMT by Z : Changed linking words to previous article for clarity. Monday fuzziness.
also refer to the outstanding battery life?
Seriously, I find it funny how as soon as we get some new piece of technology our first instinct is to break it. Honestly think about it. I can't tell you how many things I can't wait to take apart as soon as I buy it. There has to be somehting unhealthy about this.
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Give somehting new and unknown to a bunch of apes and the first thing they do is smash it or rip it apart inquisitively.
Guess we ain't so superior after all.
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If you open up a cat to see how it works, the first thing you have is a non-working cat.
What they should consentrate on is making it scratch proof, I can't stand so many scratches. Cases do not work so well, they still scratch and add lots of bulk.
Small, rugged, scratchproof: pick any two?
Tell you what: if you buy an itty-bitty iPod nano and still think it's too bulky after adding a sleeve around it, I will personally come to your house and sew bigger pockets onto all your clothes.
That was a bit confusing on a Monday morning... You linked the words "more thorough review" to point to the less thorough review.
- what is the definition of simultanagnosia?! I've been meaning to look it up!
Just the other day, I was planning a mountain biking excursion with my flatemate. He'd never been mountain biking before, and he somehow got it into his head that bringing his Ipod Mini would be a good idea.
I tried to convince him that he would break it via collision with rocks or maybe a tree. He claimed that it was a very durable piece of hardware.
To demonstrate, he dropped it to the carpeted floor and bopped it with his foot...
The display shattered.
I think I laughed for a good half-hour. I felt bad about it, but there's nothing you can do but laugh when something so perfectly comedically timed happens.
It wasn't all bad. He just used this as an excuse to buy the new Nano.
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--> we were forced to depart from our planned schedule of destruction and try and run over it with the car. Surely, we thought, it could never withstand the crushing power of German automotive engineering --
Will you please please run a review on my Mother-In-Law ??? Gratitudes in advance.
Tell you what: if you buy an itty-bitty iPod nano and still think it's too bulky after adding a sleeve around it, I will personally come to your house and sew bigger pockets onto all your clothes.
I added the sleeve and it's still too bulky. I'll be expecting you at my house at 8am sharp tomorrow.
"For our second test, one of us held on to the iPod, jogged about 20 feet" ...which is the average distance a nerd can jog
So, basically, to sum it up. We've created a whole bunch of advanced shit to take apart and more advanced shit to *use* to take the advanced shit apart... all while being comfortable.
:)
Man, we sure have come a long way!
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After they ran it over with the car....
...the iPod's display was not cracked but was showing some nasty vertical lines. Shockingly, the nano was still playing music and the controls still operated as expected, as we were still able to skip ahead, go back, pause, and play music!
So basically, VW + Nano = Shuffle?
This sig rocks the casbah.
even if you keep it in a sock you still get those little scartches
Not to mention a somewhat cheesy music collection.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
"It is too small"
What kind of complaint is this?
"I can't believe how small this thing that's supposed to be small is. Can you believe they actually made this small thing so small?"
Next you'll be comlpaining about Ferraris
"I can't believe how fast this thing is. Why would they want to make a car that's supposed to be fast this fast? Stupid Ferrari..."
Hell, I discovered with my calphalon cookware that if you hard annodize aluminum, and then stir-fry zucchini in it, you'll end up with an indestructable and permanent coating that could protect space shuttles during re-entry. Who the F*CK thought non-nonstick cookware was a good idea ????
Wrap it in plastic wrap* -- it's cheap and you can buy it anywhere!
* I high-school intern we had last summer wrapped his 20GB iPod in plastic wrap. When I asked him why, he said, "Because I'm Chinese. We wrap everything in plastic wrap. You should see the remote controls..." Flabergasted, I looked over at another intern, also Chinese, who was nodding in agreement. I thought nothing of it, ok that's a lie, until I went into the local Chinese take-out place the other day and saw their cash register wrapped in Saran-wrap.
Remember to take off your diamond wedding ring when you go to rub your eyes.
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Is that an iPod in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Not with the iPod Nano, presumably.
"Is that an iPod Nano in your pocket, or do you just have a small penis?"
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From TFA:
Wasn't this solved last April with the Apple iPad?
Little wonder that China has such a large population.
I high-school intern
You Chinese too?
I once saw a discussion on a German forum that went just like this, but just a little further. All of a sudden the guy that gave all the data complained about someone buying a lot of computers off his credit card. After that one of the moderators removed the data from the website. Since /. policy is never to remove data, I wonder if they would make an exception in this case ;-)
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From TFA:
Lacking a really high place to drop the nano from, we decided the throw the nano as high as we could, say 40 feet into the air, and let it land--hard--on the concrete.
Considering how geeky the guys at Ars Technica are, I was surprised they got it more than 5 feet in the air...
Yes, I can see why Levi Strauss had the name of the small pocket changed. Imagine a 19th century TV ad for Levi's:
In the foreground an old man, played by Mel Brooks, is holding a pair of jeans.
"...and this small pocket here is great for holding matc..."
In the background, a miner is entering a coal mine. He has an unlighted cigarette in his mouth and is patting his pockets for matches. He enters the coal mine as his right hand finds the small pocket.
***BOOM***
Camera turns back to the salesman:
"...coins! This small pocket is great for holding coins!"
It's true
:-), and put them back in the remotes.
I once knew a guy (who is Korean) who wrapped his remotes in plastic wrap. I thoughtfully took out the batteries and similarly protected them (being careful to cover the terminals too
I wish I could have seen his face when he found it. (He probably didn't think it was funny.)
Charles? Are you reading this? It was me -- I did it.
Back on topic -- The one thing I don't like about my ipod is its propensity to collect scratches. Could they not have used a more scratch resisant material? I guess not.
Ian Ameline
Is that an iPod in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Hopefully, for your sake, it's an iPod.
[Notice Apple's comparison of Nano to a pencil...]
Flying is easy, just throw yourself at the ground and miss. -Douglas Adams
In high school I was showing off my new car alarm to my buddy. I said see you just barely hit it and the alarm goes off. I lightly hit it... no effect. I hit it a little bit harder... and dented the car. The alarm never went off. He laughed his ass off. I didn't find it as amusing at the time.
TODO create witty sig.
Technocrat #1: My iPod is so small, I can fit it in my ear!
Technocrat #2: MY iPod is so small it fits in a single cell IN MY BRAIN.
Technocrat #3: *My* iPod is so small that it actually uses coding added to my own DNA, letting me use all my cells for storage!
Technocrat #4: (Wearing huge black gloves connected to a metal backpack) *My* iPod has negative mass. It requires a magnetic containment field to hold.
However, the calluses on their hands can have the same effect...
Quick, patent that idea before Apple starts stir-frying zucchini on the second-generation iPod Nanos to toughen 'em up.