My Ipod Classic just died

[TVC15]

Less than a year old.  Par for the course for shit apple hardware, I guess.

[The Fake Shemp]

TIME TO BUY A ZEN!!!

[Mupepe]

erm, no.  time to buy a zune, willco.

[TVC15]

TIME TO BUY A ZEN!!!

The thing is I'm used to 160 gigs now

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Yeah, I'm not really sure why I bought my iPod Classic, considering my last three iPods all died of unnatural causes within 18 months.

I am an Apple whore and how. :/

Any news on the Zune front?

[Don Flamenco]

sorry to hear that.  mine's a little more than two years old...I'm getting a 30gb ipod touch when it dies. 

[Mupepe]

Yeah, I'm not really sure why I bought my iPod Classic, considering my last three iPods all died of unnatural causes within 18 months.

I am an Apple whore and how. :/

Any news on the Zune front?

new zune software came out and it's supposedly big.

[TVC15]

Condolences. Did you have your music librabry backed up?

*glances on Ipod classic and prays it won't die*

Yeah, I'm good with backups, at least for the things I care about.

Yeah, I'm not really sure why I bought my iPod Classic, considering my last three iPods all died of unnatural causes within 18 months.

I am an Apple whore and how. :/

Any news on the Zune front?

This would be the last straw for Ipod if anyone else offered a decent mp3 player of comparable size  

[TVC15]

My old 80 gig still sort of works, but the battery dies on a full charge after an hour.  This Classic is also my third iPod that has had serious problems that have driven it into uselessness.  Apple is terrible about planned obsolescence with iPods.  They release a new model every year, just in time to replace your old dying one.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

how big do Zunes go, these days?

I back up my entire PC nightly to an external drive - and my music AGAIN to a SECOND external drive

<- paranoid

[TVC15]

how big do Zunes go, these days?

Only 80

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I could get by on 80. but I don't wanna buy if there's gonna be a fall hardware refresh

also, I have a continuous music collection dating back to my first MP3 in 1996

it's survived two complete harddrive crashes by absolute strokes of luck -- no more luck!

[TVC15]

I could get by on 80. but I don't wanna buy if there's gonna be a fall hardware refresh

also, I have a continuous music collection dating back to my first MP3 in 1996

it's survived two complete harddrive crashes by absolute strokes of luck -- no more luck!

I'm sure there will be, although I haven't heard any rumors. 

[Rman]

I've only owned a second gen Nano.  Never had any problems.  But I did lose it at the gym.  :'(

[CurseoftheGods]

iPod.

[TVC15]

iPod.

I refuse to give their crap-quality product line the sort of respect that consistently typing its name implies.

[Rman]

The new versions will have GPS and 3G support, purportedly.

[Raban]

I love my iPhone. I've had to return it for a replacement 4 times, and I still love it.

[CajoleJuice]

I love my iPhone. I've had to return it for a replacement 4 times, and I still love it.

oh wait, it's like the 360

[Rman]

First gen Apple products tend to have more hardware kinks than should be tolerable.  I usually wait for second revisions of Apple products before biting.  This was not case with TVC's iPod unfortunately.

[max_cool]

First gen Apple products tend to have more hardware kinks than should be tolerable.  I usually wait for second revisions of Apple products before biting.  This was not case with TVC's iPod unfortunately.

I believe anything Anthony Bourdain says

[Don Flamenco]

Might want to give a second thought to the Zune:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/microsoft-may-build-a-copyright-cop-into-every-zune/?ref=technology

[Robo]

Might want to give a second thought to the Zune:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/microsoft-may-build-a-copyright-cop-into-every-zune/?ref=technology

Did you miss the Update?

We have no plans or commitments to implement any new type of content filtering in the Zune devices as part of our content distribution deal with NBC.

[Don Flamenco]

Might want to give a second thought to the Zune:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/microsoft-may-build-a-copyright-cop-into-every-zune/?ref=technology

Did you miss the Update?

We have no plans or commitments to implement any new type of content filtering in the Zune devices as part of our content distribution deal with NBC.

I did.  I read it earlier in the day and didn't re-read it.

false alarm!

[Van Cruncheon]

Might want to give a second thought to the Zune:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/microsoft-may-build-a-copyright-cop-into-every-zune/?ref=technology

yeah, that article is 100% bullshit.

[bork]

I love my iPhone. I've had to return it for a replacement 4 times, and I still love it.

oh wait, it's like the 360

Eh, that's a smartphone for you.  I went through the same kind of shit with the Treo smartphones a few years ago.  When we went to Sprint to see what they could do, there was a guy there who was on his ELEVENTH Treo 600. 

[Bloodwake]

*prays for the longevity of his iPod classic 80 GB w/ Death Cab album on it.*

[Mupepe]

if you've jacked off on one ipod, you've jacked off on them all

[Laramie]

The video ipod was a big deal for me because it was the first time I could hold up porn clips in English class and scare my friends.

Everybody's saying that phones will be the future but I disagree.  If I take my ipod on a trip, I can listen to it while traveling and then call somebody from my destination.  If I use my phone to listen to music, I'm running down my phone battery and if I call somebody, that's fewer songs I can listen too later.

[The Fake Shemp]

You discount cell phones as future do-it-all devices because of the shortcomings of current technology?  You're assuming we never create better methods to power such devices!

[Laramie]

Sometimes I lie in bed, awake at night, thinking of having a wireless router that also transfers power wirelessly.   

I just think that as long as we're stuck with traditional lithium ion batteries, I'd rather have two dedicated devices rather than one.

[DJ_Tet]

If I don't have a laptop and don't plan on getting one in the next year or two, but I do have wifi, how much would I appreciate the ipod touch and it's browsing features?  Is it a novelty or a handheld pc?