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iPods Tuesday?
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RBMaraman
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If they do update, I just hope to God they fix the battery problems. My 10Gb I got for Christmas is having major battery issues, and it looks like it might be on it's way back to Apple. 🙁
Things I'd like to see in the update, whenever it happens:
1. Improved battery life.
2. Different backing so it doesn't show fingerprints.
3. 40Gb and/or 30Gb HDD.
4. Price cuts.
Things I would NOT like to see:
1. Color screen (battery life would REALLY suck!).
2. Video capabilities.
I think people need to be realistic about these updates. Remember, the iPod is an MP3 player, not a PDA or Mini-laptop.
Things I'd like to see in the update, whenever it happens:
1. Improved battery life.
2. Different backing so it doesn't show fingerprints.
3. 40Gb and/or 30Gb HDD.
4. Price cuts.
Things I would NOT like to see:
1. Color screen (battery life would REALLY suck!).
2. Video capabilities.
I think people need to be realistic about these updates. Remember, the iPod is an MP3 player, not a PDA or Mini-laptop.
gotohamish
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iTunes 4
The single most glaring problem with iTunes 3 is the lack of info about checked songs.
It's cool that you can see your library/playlist in days/hours/minutes, and click and change it, but what would be better would be a figure that told you how much your 'checked' library is. It was save a lot of hassle with the iPod.
The single most glaring problem with iTunes 3 is the lack of info about checked songs.
It's cool that you can see your library/playlist in days/hours/minutes, and click and change it, but what would be better would be a figure that told you how much your 'checked' library is. It was save a lot of hassle with the iPod.
Hemingray
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Yup, 5GB model. Okay, you asked for it... 😀
1) Bought February 21, 2002. Two weeks later, a piece of the ring between the headphone jack and the remote contacts broke off. Apple Store wouldn't replace it, but I was able to get a replacement through a reseller.
2) Second one's working great. One day, it just dies. Try everything in the book to get it to work again. No dice. Send it in through Apple, they replace it promptly.
3) Third one's doing well, but I notice the battery status icon doesn't work. It stays at four bars until 10 minutes before it dies, and then it goes down to three bars, then dies. I go to the Apple store on February 20, 2003, exactly one day before my 1 year warranty expires, so that I can get the most out of my new 90 day warranty that I now have with my FOURTH iPod.
And there you have it. I'd like to mention for the record that I have "babied" every single one of my iPods, (the guy at the Genius Bar even commented that my iPod was one of the cleanest he'd ever seen). I must be one heck of an unlucky iPod owner. 😛
No. I don't feel compelled to be realistic. It's my "wish list" not my "realistic expectation list" and this "MacRumors.com" not "MacFacts.com". I'd be happy to get any of those features and intend to buy a new iPod when they are released no matter what. 🙂
hey Hemingray.. i've had a similar experience.. i'm on my 3rd ipod replacement.. it stopped working a few months ago.. the thing just wouldn't turn on even after i tried every trick in the book.. i was too lazy to replace it this time, so i've had a non-functional ipod sitting in my closet for the past couple of months.. kind of a disappoinment
UHM yeah right..........I have gotten my 3rd ipod (5 gig) allready and I called 3 times allready to send me a box to send it back to apple. No go.
Every time I get them on the phone they say.yeah we take care of it. and then I hear nothing from them again.
And I just bought a remote for my ipod and...it doesnt work....not that I can listen to it alot...
It dies within 2 hours.
without trying to get offthread with this, just briefly; im in the UK, and my (4ish months old) ibook battery died recently (got to 85% after about 10 minutes then jumped to 0%, did the same in reverse when charging), i phoned apple expecting hassle. A few days later, a courier had my replacement (presumably refurbished, ie not new) battery and i sent him back to apple with my old one.
Apple uk support has been good to me for this and in the past.
Apple uk support has been good to me for this and in the past.
Ipod horror Stories
It sucks all of you have had such bad expirences with the iPod. I got my 10 GIG early last summer sometime, and I have not had any problems at all.
I have dropped it many times, got the scroll wheel stuck with sand from the beach. And I use it on a daily basis (in the bathroom during showers with high steam, walking to class, at night in my room)
Is it only 5 gigs that are having these problems?
It sucks all of you have had such bad expirences with the iPod. I got my 10 GIG early last summer sometime, and I have not had any problems at all.
I have dropped it many times, got the scroll wheel stuck with sand from the beach. And I use it on a daily basis (in the bathroom during showers with high steam, walking to class, at night in my room)
Is it only 5 gigs that are having these problems?
Some of the rumor sites are saying that if the iPod is released tomorrow it will be "immediate availability." Any chance of that?
Here's my situaton, I'm taking a group of 40 12 year olds on a 16 hour bus trip this coming Thursday and an iPod would be WONDERFULL. But I'd like to buy my iPod from our local Best Buy and buy the extra service plan.
When I pulled up the Best Buy website I saw that the iPod's price had dropped $20 on the 10GB model and $30 on the 20GB model. Sounds like they know something...
Here's my situaton, I'm taking a group of 40 12 year olds on a 16 hour bus trip this coming Thursday and an iPod would be WONDERFULL. But I'd like to buy my iPod from our local Best Buy and buy the extra service plan.
When I pulled up the Best Buy website I saw that the iPod's price had dropped $20 on the 10GB model and $30 on the 20GB model. Sounds like they know something...
One feature which would definitely turn me from a fence sitter to a definite buyer would be if the new IPOD would have FM transmitting capablities so that I could hop in my car and switch the FM band to a particular frequency and voila ....instant access to all my MP3s in my car. I believe that Samsung has that in their upcoming hard drive based player.....that in my book is a killer feature and way more useful than the ability to play movies or even a color display.
I guess I get caught up in discussing the reality of the rumors, not about what my fantasty iPod would be. (Because if that is the case, then I am on the level with you 100%). I would just shudder to think about how much a recordable iPod with all the bells and whistles would cost. 😱
Unfortunately, as much as we all want an iPod that can record, it just doesn't seem like a reality because Apple probably wants to remain as neutral as possible with the RIAA while they are on a warpath. (I mean look when they did to minidiscs in America!? Digital ins and outs everywhere but here...) 🙁
weev
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That it a a killer feature! At the moment you have to buy a third-party attachment at a modest cost. It would mean I could keep my lousy car cassette/radio player and have a great on road music system.
This is exaxctly the feature that will make me buy an iPod, to hell with the rent!😱
Any one had any experience with iTrip? A made for iPod FM transmitter apparently shown off at MWSF? This item does exactly what you want but having it built in would be elegant!
All American MD player/recorders have "crippled" recording features. This was all decided, pre-mp3, as they tried to retain a firm grasp on overcharging consumers. If we want to start talking about conspiracy theory, then we could also talk about the reason why mini-discs never became so popular here.. most likely attributed to the RIAA as well.
Sorry for getting off topic. 😱
I have never had problems with my iPod, but the remote and headphones had some troubles. Even at that the problems weren't terrible, just a little annoying (buzzes and loose mechanisms). When I contacted Apple, they immediately replaced the broken parts with minimal headache.
However, I am interested to see what happens as the hard-drive and the battery get older. All the hard-drive rescue places I have spoken with talk smack about how a hard drive in a portable device is just asking for trouble. And just my experience with all batteries seems to fortell a bad power future. But it has been almost a year for mine and still going strong.
"New" 20gig iPod?
Does anyone think it's strange that the apple store still refers to the 20 gig model as "new"?
Does anyone think it's strange that the apple store still refers to the 20 gig model as "new"?
20 gig needs some help anyway
I just hope that the hard drive for the 20 gig is indeed "different".
I've owned a 5 gig for almost a year, and that thing is solid as a rock. My wife has now taken it over to train for a triathlon (ha! not me).
So, I bought a 20 gig in January and although I don't do triathlons I do like to jog with the pod. No such luck with the 20 gig. It has a horrible time loading the cache when running.
After reading the discussions of Apple's support forum I've realized it is only a problem with the 10 and 20 gig versions. There isn't a single reported problem of this with the 5 gig. However, if you read Apple's Knowledge base article 60969 it states that "iPod is designed to handle rigorous activity such as jogging or running"
So, I've sent it back to Apple, but the replacement wasn't any better. I've now sent the replacement to Apple and I'm hoping they'll send me the 'newer' 20gig with a fix. Otherwise... I think I'd rather have my old 5 gig back 🙁
I just hope that the hard drive for the 20 gig is indeed "different".
I've owned a 5 gig for almost a year, and that thing is solid as a rock. My wife has now taken it over to train for a triathlon (ha! not me).
So, I bought a 20 gig in January and although I don't do triathlons I do like to jog with the pod. No such luck with the 20 gig. It has a horrible time loading the cache when running.
After reading the discussions of Apple's support forum I've realized it is only a problem with the 10 and 20 gig versions. There isn't a single reported problem of this with the 5 gig. However, if you read Apple's Knowledge base article 60969 it states that "iPod is designed to handle rigorous activity such as jogging or running"
So, I've sent it back to Apple, but the replacement wasn't any better. I've now sent the replacement to Apple and I'm hoping they'll send me the 'newer' 20gig with a fix. Otherwise... I think I'd rather have my old 5 gig back 🙁
I doubt Apple will have any updates for tuesday simply because they're working on getting rid of thier current supply of iPods. Unless they're planning on giving them away for free or something.
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