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Just dropped my ipod...

#21
Brown Shark said:
As a former Apple employee, there has been some good advice on this forum - secretdonkeys advice of "if you own an iPod, you should know how to reset it" is too true. Your iPod WILL need to be reset at some stage, no matter how well you look after it. Knowing how to reset it on the fly will stop you from being one of those stupid morons who flips out when their iPod freezes/stops playing/goes flat and who makes an ugly scene about how much you paid for your iPod and its not working etc, even though you have only had it for a nominated period of time, but have never read the manual about how to use it.
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Aye - I agree. I have read the manual, and I have tried to reset it... but the buttons just plain don't work.

Brown Shark said:
Running the battery completely dead is also good advice - sometimes the internal battery can get frizzed and needs to be reset by draining and recharging. Leaving the iPod connected to your computer while it sleeps is the quickest way to drain its battery if it cannot play music.
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When you connect it to the PC, regardless of it's state, it automatically charges via USB - I don't understand how this can drain the battery?

Brown Shark said:
And a final thing, if your iPod has a hard drive DO NOT GO RUNNING/JOGGING/ROLLERBLADING/POLE VAULTING WITH IT - Apple says not to! It's a great way to stuff your iPod up - buy a shuffle if you need music to do these activities, as they do not have a hard drive and can handle constant shocks.

My grandfather used to say "stupid people can drive too" - my experience shows they also own an iPod, but have no idea about how it works.
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Bit harsh if you ask me. Apple advertise iPod with sillhouettes of people doing all sorts of activities, and that it sports a 25 minute anti shock mechanism. Now... I don't do any activities with my iPod that would jolt it about, but I wouldn't expect it to break if I did do them!! I also don't expect it to break when it falls on the floor. It's a mobile device - it should be expected that it will be "mobile"... which means that it will be dropped, it will be put in pockets, on desks, in cars etc... I've dropped my mobile phone numerous times (on harder surfaces than carpet too) and it's not broken yet! If I wasn't a technical person, I wouldn't know or care what a hard drive is... as a consumer, I shouldn't be expected to know everything about the product I buy. As far as I'm concerned, it should be durable and play music.

Not having a go... just annoyed that it's so flimsy for what it is...

I've had it for 2 weeks and I've looked after it. It fell on the floor once, and it's totally unusable now. Totally ridiculous.
 
#28
I have a 60 gb video. Dont jinx me and make me drop mine ;) :D ....They are cool things to have if you are uber careful with them....just remember...be uber careful, like really careful....and dont drop them, bump them, touch them,...just let them do their thing....did I mention be carefull...


yea apple needs to fix that whole idea of "if fits a lot of stuff but dont breath on it". :D
 
#29
So - the only reason to buy one of these things is because you want something portable, so that you can take your music wherever you go...

But you have to be really careful with it...:hmm:

That really defeats the object!!

:rollno:


Although I suppose the real answer is that the only reason people actually buy these things is to appear "cool" to their friends - no practical concerns come into it !! ;)
 
#30
Bruce Lindfield said:
Although I suppose the real answer is that the only reason people actually buy these things is to appear "cool" to their friends - no practical concerns come into it !! ;)
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I actually resent that comment... I bought an iPod because I honestly thought that you get what you pay for... as with most electrical goods. I don't care what I look like to my friends or anyone else - I care what music I play in my ears, when at work and in my car... I seriously thought that a £200 iPod would be more reliable, have more features and have better support than the cheaper MP3 players out there. Oh how I was wrong :(

Well... this was Apple's last chance with me. I've never liked Macs, and it took me a while to convince myself to buy an Apple product. That's the first and last time I will!

It was picked up by DHL yesterday - going back to amazon, hopefully I'll get the refund they've promised me and I can get a Sony or iRiver equivelant.

Did I mention that 4GB of the 20GB space was unusable by the MP3s?! I could only fit 16GB of MP3s on it... how crap is that?!
 
#32
Bruce Lindfield said:
So - the only reason to buy one of these things is because you want something portable, so that you can take your music wherever you go...

But you have to be really careful with it...:hmm:

That really defeats the object!!

:rollno:


Although I suppose the real answer is that the only reason people actually buy these things is to appear "cool" to their friends - no practical concerns come into it !! ;)
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yeah, really.


take it out on a jog, but lord forbid you jostle it slightly!
 
#33
alapantera said:
I've got a flying car for sale. let me know if you're interested.
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One of these, yeah? How much are you asking? :cool:

And what's the deal with all this b'ching anyways? I can guarantee you no matter which technical apparatus you buy, there's always chance of it malfunctioning, no matter if it's Sony or Apple or BMW.

More expensive stuff just means that there's more cash to be put into QC, not that it's somehow divinely protected from damage.
 

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