Let us praise the iPod- for it is divinity in machine form

[WindRavenX]

I just got my 20 gig iPod today (late Xmas gift), and holy shit.
Amazing.
Simply amazing.
It's so beautiful, so easy to use...and I only have 500 songs on it (the rest of my CDs are back in my dorm).
Best. Invention. EVER!!!

[JohnKleeb]

1. I need to get one that works for me, I am a tech idiot I admit

Alas, for once someone has less music than I do, I have 814 songs on iTunes now :). BTW, if you need a problem to convert your CD files to MP3, I can set you up with a good one but be warned it takes time.

[WindRavenX]

2. dude, you STILL haven't figured it out??

Mine was a snap. Literally took 2 seconds to install, and 2 minutes to import all my songs.

[JohnKleeb]

3. its not the installation

Ive had one and installed it but my luck sucks and later because of some weird reason, I hook it in the computer and the comptuer can't read it, goddamn, it sucks. I have something called an IRiver that someone recommended to me, goddamn I should never trust anyone named Osama, true story, his name was Osama :).

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Meh, there are better media players out there.

Though I'm sick of trying to convince people of that.

[psychopomp]

5. Did they fix the battery problem

It dies w/in 2 years and then costs some 150 dollars to replace.

[barackmyworld]

6. be careful charging it

Don't recharge it if you only used the battery for an hour. Let it run out all the way, and then charge it back all the way. It's like any other non-replaceable battery (cell phone, etc) in that it can only hold a certain number of charges.

I've had mine for 1.5 years and the battery life is good or nearly as good (can't tell a difference!) as the day I bought it.

[emulatorloo]

8. old news, keep up with the times - generation 1 battery technology EOM

[psychopomp]

17. I keep my music on my cellie

using a 120mb memory stick. Works for me and I don't have to carry an extra piece of gadgetry.

[baldguy]

7. Apple is just another corporation looking to be a monopoly.

iTunes user sues Apple over FairPlay DRM

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Thomas William Slattery has filed a class action suit against Apple Computer Inc. in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging Apple is guilt of violating federal antitrust laws and California's unfair competition law by requiring users who buy music from the iTunes Music Store to use an iPod if they plan to take their music on the road with them. Slattery's suit cuts to the heart of an ongoing issue related to Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology present in commercial downloaded music.

Songs sold through the iTunes Music Store are protected using a DRM technology called FairPlay. Exclusive to the iTunes Music Store, FairPlay enables individually downloaded songs to be played back on up to five Macs or PCs, burnt to an unlimited number of CDs and downloaded to an unlimited number of iPods connected to authorized computers. The DRM technology is lauded by some as a model for the industry, but it has its detractors.

Apple's "unlawful bundling and tying arrangement" of the iPod and iTunes Music Store violates federal and state laws "by suppressing competition, denying consumer choice, and forcing consumers to pay supra-competitive prices for their digital portable music players," says Slattery's complaint, a copy of which MacCentral has received.

more
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/mc/20050106/tc_mc/itunesusersuesappleoverfairplaydrm&e=1

[emulatorloo]

9. THAT ISDUMB - I have an ipod full of music, and only ONE SONG from Apple

Slattery I guess didn't read the manual. It appears that his main complaint is that his MP3 player doesnt support the AAC format of iTunes store. . . he needs to take that up with the manufacturer of his player. . . .

[seemunkee]

10. Low quality sound making greater inroads into our lives

CDs are bad enough, MP3s suck major windage.

[mr_hat]

15. I so agree.

[Zomby Woof]

11. you say that

Only because the overbearingly pretentious Bono and U2 sold their cocks and balls for them. :evilgrin:

[WindRavenX]

18. booo!!

None insult St. Bono! NONE!! :P

[corksean]

12. Helpful Tip for those that haven't got / can't afford an I-Pod

DON'T waste money on expensive ipods. Simply think of your favourite tune and hum it. If you want to "switch tracks", simply think of another song you like and hum that instead.

Many more helpful (and hilarious) tips at

www.viz.co.uk

Click on "Top Tips"
WARNING - ADULT CONTENT (Not Porn, just rude and not very PC)
Certificate - Peurile

[propagandafreegal]

13. lololol! nm

[buddhamama]

14. lmao

thanks!

[bloodyjack]

16. Once I confused my iPod for a plug-in soap bar

The results were SHOCKING








(wait...you can plug in iPods, right?)

also my soap bar can store EIGHTY GIGS

[Placebo]

19. What shall we call it. iPodism? iPodian?

iPodolic? :P

Whatever it is, I'm ready to ditch my atheist cap in favour of iPod as my divine ruler.

[WindRavenX]

20. I think we should build a shrine to the iPod

Because we're crazy like that. Yeah!