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BlackVelvetElvis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 11:17 PM
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Does anyone in DU own an iPod?
Which one, what do you think of it and what do you use it for?
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 11:18 PM
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1. 10GB and it just broke on me
:cry: I need a new one, thank god I kept the receipt.
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BlackVelvetElvis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 11:20 PM
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2. What went wrong?
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 11:24 PM
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4. ummm
It says do not disconnect. Dont worry about it. I am not that sad.
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BlackVelvetElvis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 11:32 PM
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8. I'll watch that one. Thanks!
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-03 03:17 PM
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20. That just happened to my son's new one. Check your battery.
His had run down.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-03 03:18 PM
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21. I doubt it
I know how to recharge it but thanks.
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pruner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 11:26 PM
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5. where'd you buy it?
I got mine at Comp USA and bought an extended warranty so if anything happens to it Apple (by way of Comp USA) will either fix it or give me a new one. since the one I have (15 Gb) is now discontinued I'd get the newer 20 Gb model that replaced it.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 11:32 PM
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7. The Apple Store
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pruner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 11:24 PM
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3. I've got a (discontinued) 15 Gb one
I got it right when the second generation of iPods came out towards the beginning of the summer.

I use Macs and haven't had any problems with it, and neither has my girlfriend who uses PCs.
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BlackVelvetElvis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 11:31 PM
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6. That's the one I have
Other than a couple of minor bugs, I've loved it.
I use it mainly in the car (I use a cassette adaptor which sounds very good); no messing with stacks of CD's.
I wish it had a real playlist feature instead of "playlist on the go" (which resets itself everytime you connect to the Mac).
I keep mine on shuffle; it loves choosing Led Zeppelin even though Zeppelin is a fraction of one percent of my total library. Hmmmm.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-03 12:35 AM
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9. I have one of th eold 10G ones
I love it.
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Atlant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-03 07:23 AM
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10. We have a 30GB and a 40GB.
We love them both, and have about 2/3 of our CD library converted
over to iTunes AAC files so far.

By the way, if it permanently says "Do not disconnect" whenever you
dock it to a Mac, it may be mounting to the desktop as a FireWire
disk drive. If you have the preference set to do that, then that
semi-permanent "Do not disconnect" message is normal behavior in
that mode.

The iPods are fine devices; they're certainly one of the best
music players around, and it's very cool to have a 40GB transportable
data device in your shirt pocket.

Atlant
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-03 08:15 AM
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11. I have a question...
Has anyone seen the new iPod commercial with the silhouettes dancing up against the pastel colors? And the hip-hop/reggae guy doing the vocals? Now...is it just me, or does he say "shake that tittie" at the end?
I'd really appreciate some feedback on this.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-03 09:16 AM
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13. shake that thing
I think, if I'm imagining this correctly, you're thinking of Sean Paul, a jamaican rapper/hip hop guy.

He's saying "shake that thing."
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-03 10:33 AM
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15. Alright but listen careful next time you see that
commercial....it's about 2 seconds before the very end....seriously!
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-03 12:30 PM
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19. Here are the ads
By the same company that did the 1984 commercial

http://www.apple.com/ipod/ads/

Great air guitar on the second ad
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-03 08:55 AM
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12. I have one of the originals, and I love it!
It's been a blessing. I take it everywhere, and it allows me to catch up on my listening. (I'm a serious live recording collector.) Haven't had a single problem with it, except the Firewire cable provided with it failed (understandable, given the frequent disconnecting/reconnecting for updates and recharging).

One of my students recently got one of the second-generation iPods. I'm insanely jealous. Of course, his family has more money than God.
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Zech Marquis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-03 10:16 AM
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14. i have the original 5 Gb model
might replace it around Christmas, or just buy a refubed iBook from the Apple Store and be happy :evilgrin:
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-03 11:27 AM
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18. How much would you sell the old one for?
Just asking.
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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-03 11:19 AM
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16. Pardon my ignorance
Do you have to be a MAC user to use an iPod?

They are MP3 players, right?

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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-03 11:20 AM
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17. Nope - Mac or Windows
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