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#713805 - 17/03/06 04:26 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: Mr_Chutney]
coleman big and good Registered: 29/08/02 Loc: lunn dunn, yoo kay	yep - you can even have a red screen if you want cole. x _________________________ "i see you at 'dis cafe. i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself. they do porridge." - tim westwood
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#713806 - 17/03/06 04:32 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: coleman]
PyroWill HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months Registered: 04/08/04 Loc: Staines	it may end up having to be another ipod then in july last year i bought a 20Gb Ipod photo one, it cost 210 then, now i see you can get a 30Gb video one for 190, bloody hell, still I really shouldnt have to buy a enw one, does anyone know a support email address for apple? its hiding _________________________ An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife "Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian
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#713807 - 17/03/06 04:55 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: PyroWill]
Lavatwilight Also known as bryn (((Not Nate :-P ))) Registered: 11/08/04 Loc: Wellington somerset, UK	Phone their store, its in ireland so you get to hear the amazingness of their female tech support people (chauvinistc i know but hey their voices turn me goooey) just say you want to talk to tech support about your ipod, and if that doesnt work then ask to speak to the manager, their really quite friendly _________________________ Drawings by chalk minds, strech between the stars Kyle Mclean- Contact without dance is like sex without wiggling. A) it does feel as good B) it does not look as good on film
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#713808 - 17/03/06 04:59 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: Lavatwilight]
Sym Geek-enviro-hippy priest Registered: 28/09/04 Loc: Diss, Norfolk	You're quite right about the tech support people I just emailed support@apple.com and got this back: Written by: Apple Thank you for writing to support@apple.com or techsupport@apple.com. You've probably written us with a technical question, a problem that needs addressing or some feedback about our products or support resources. We want to be sure to help you get the assistance you need, so please read this message for where to go to get help. We apologize for not being able to answer your question directly via email. However, we do have a number of web and phone resources that you can use to get answers to your questions. Apple maintains an extensive support site at: <http://www.apple.com/support/> All support content including specific product support pages, software updates, links to our discussion forums, and our support knowledgebase are available at this address. _________________________ There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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#713809 - 17/03/06 04:59 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: Lavatwilight]
UnscrupulousChavOffersFoot Silly Chavs Registered: 17/04/02 Loc: Whales	"their voices turn me goooey" I the female irish accent. _________________________ Do not kick wallman. He will eat your leg. No joke.
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#713810 - 17/03/06 05:04 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: PyroWill]
Mr_Chutney Tosser Registered: 18/04/03 Loc: Herefordshire	Written by: apple Technical Support Options To get technical support over the phone, please call 0870 876 0753 (UK) or 1850 946 191 (Ireland). Lines are open Monday-Friday 0800-1945 and Saturday 1000-1745. If your product is within its 90-day complimentary support period or covered by an AppleCare Protection Plan, you will not have to pay for the support. Otherwise, you may purchase per-incident support for £35 (UK) or €47.19 (Ireland). I just spoke to them- you'll need your serial number on the back of the unit.
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#713811 - 17/03/06 05:20 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: UnscrupulousChavOffersFoot]
Dunc playing the days away Registered: 19/08/03 Loc: The Middle lands	Written by: Cole consider this: what was the state of the portable mp3 player market before ipods...? It was great, all those flash based mp3 players were awesome. I had a creative flashbased MP3 player about 5 years ago and it was old then. It was 128kb and cost me £30. Suddenly overpriced ipods come out and the same player was £100 in dixons Oh and the Creative Nomad Jukebox was a hardisk player released before the ipod too (or should I say was around and inspired the ipod design ) Although it was just a rebranded Samsung Yepp YP-D40. But of course it wasn't as heavily marketed or looked as pretty as the ipod which is why your memory has probably forgotten all about the other great players that were around before ipod and before Apples awesome marketing machine made everyone else forget/stopped them noticing that alternatives really did exist The market was fine before ipod, and it was great afterwards, and it'll be even better once the playing feild is levelled out a bit. Just as in the 90's when other decent tape players came out at a realistic price that blew sony out of the portable music market market they created. ipod isn't the bee and end all of music players, just the best marketed and almost certainly the prettiest, although personally I spend very little time looking at my player while it whistles tunes of sweet delight into my ears or my car stereomaphone _________________________ Becoming a Dad is the best feeling in the world Watching them grow teaches you a whole new type of love
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#713812 - 17/03/06 05:51 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: UnscrupulousChavOffersFoot]
Sporky And George - Formerly known as OFS Registered: 25/07/05 Loc: St Andrews UK	I've been a Mac user since, well, I was born. I learned to read and write on a Mac IIx and have had about 15 other Macs including an eMac which had to be replaced (twice) due to a screen fault and the now legendary iBook with the duff logic board. I'm currently using an iBook G4 and apart from the two faults I've mentioned have never had to call tech support and I can count the number of times my computers have crashed on one hand (genuinely). But enough of that. I've had three iPods (a 5Gb gen 1, a 10Gb 2003 model and a 1Gb shuffle) and all of them work really well. I still get really good battery life from each of them but because I use laptops a lot I'm really anal about looking after batteries. I got into the habbit of completely draining my battery whenever I could and then completely recharging them. My iBook G4 still gets about 5 and a half hours on the battery even though its almost 18 old. I know people who have had their laptops for less time and their battery. This link might help http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipods.html All of my iPods (especially the gen 1 one) still last for most of their battery time. My advice for keeping batteries going for ages: 1. Completely discharge and recharge the battery at least once a week (its pretty easy for me to do as I have 6 hours of lectures and labs on a Tuesday) 2. Use compressed files (I know Apple say this too but using FLAC or WAV on a iPod defeats the purpose of one and it also means the hard drive is on longer) 3. Try and make playlists less than 32Mb (also means the hard disc is on less) Hope this helps. _________________________ Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't. Educate yourself in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
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#713813 - 17/03/06 05:59 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: Dunc]
coleman big and good Registered: 29/08/02 Loc: lunn dunn, yoo kay	Written by: Dunc all those flash based mp3 players were awesome. I had a creative flashbased MP3 player about 5 years ago and it was old then. It was 128kb and cost me £30. Suddenly overpriced ipods come out and the same player was £100 in dixons but the first ipods were all hard disk based and the minimum size was 10gb - can you really compare the markets for those two products? the main format for portable music back then was still up for grabs. minidisk players still had a fairly decent market share so the mp3 player market was in its infancy. Written by: dunc But of course it wasn't as heavily marketed or looked as pretty as the ipod which is why your memory has probably forgotten all about the other great players that were around before ipod and before Apples awesome marketing machine made everyone else forget/stopped them noticing that alternatives really did exist ipod suceeded through more than just 'good marketing' they got and held their market share thorugh a combination of things: fun-to-use, easy to understand controls; an ultra-simple software menu; effortless song synchronization with Mac or Windows; seamless, rock-solid integration with an online music store (iTunes); first and third party accessories coming out of your eyeballs. Written by: dunc The market was fine before ipod, and it was great afterwards, and it'll be even better once the playing feild is levelled out a bit. Just as in the 90's when other decent tape players came out at a realistic price that blew sony out of the portable music market market they created. agreed, but it'll be harder for someone to do with ipods because of the combination of factors i listed that contribute to their sucess and hold on the market. Written by: dunc ipod isn't the bee and end all of music players, just the best marketed and almost certainly the prettiest, although personally I spend very little time looking at my player while it whistles tunes of sweet delight into my ears or my car stereomaphone double agreed. i just don't think its fair to say 'that product is rubbish' when it blatently isn't - especially as it would never have got where it is today if it were. cole. x _________________________ "i see you at 'dis cafe. i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself. they do porridge." - tim westwood
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#713814 - 17/03/06 06:05 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: Dunc]
Sporky And George - Formerly known as OFS Registered: 25/07/05 Loc: St Andrews UK	Written by: Dunc ipod isn't the bee and end all of music players, just the best marketed and almost certainly the prettiest, although personally I spend very little time looking at my player while it whistles tunes of sweet delight into my ears or my car stereomaphone It really irritates me when I see people wandering about town with their iPods on display. Its as though they're screaming "I have an expensive music box-thingy. Mug me!!!". Some day I might do just that and see how they like it Anyone's thoughts on the iPod HiFi? I think its a waste of money but thats just me. _________________________ Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't. Educate yourself in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
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#713815 - 17/03/06 06:08 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: Sporky]
Mr_Chutney Tosser Registered: 18/04/03 Loc: Herefordshire	Hva you heard one spook? I'm intrigued and, dare I say it, possibly tempted.
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#713816 - 17/03/06 06:08 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: coleman]
Sym Geek-enviro-hippy priest Registered: 28/09/04 Loc: Diss, Norfolk	OFS, You have an 18 year old iBook G4? wow! Good advice about the batteries. My powerbook gets a good 4 hours when I'm making web sites on the train, and that takes quite a bit of CPU - if I was typeing it would be about 5 I think. Dunc, a product will sell if it had good marketing, but it will only reach cult status if it's amazing. Apple are good at marketing, but they are far better at making good products. I would never want to pay for a tacky MP3 player when the iPod is on the market. By the way - I had the first MP3 player that was on sale in the UK - the MPMan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiger_Labs_MPMan_F10 I still have it at home _________________________ There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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#713817 - 17/03/06 06:10 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: Sporky]
Sym Geek-enviro-hippy priest Registered: 28/09/04 Loc: Diss, Norfolk	Written by: OvertlyFlirtatiousSpork Anyone's thoughts on the iPod HiFi? I think its a waste of money but thats just me. £250 for a speaker? No thank you! I'd rather pay for a good amp and speakers and use the iPod dock's line out. Think about it, you could get half a Mac Mini for that price! _________________________ There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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#713818 - 17/03/06 06:15 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: Sym]
Mr_Chutney Tosser Registered: 18/04/03 Loc: Herefordshire	Yes yes I know, BUT i is compact, boasts pretty decent hifi credentials (apart from the stereo limitations) and is a lot more convienient than a separate amp and speaker set up. I'd be interested to hear one anyway. Edited by Mr Chutney (17/03/06 06:15 AM)
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#713819 - 17/03/06 06:58 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: UnscrupulousChavOffersFoot]
PyroWill HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months Registered: 04/08/04 Loc: Staines	Just got off the phone to them, the guy said he will contact the repair team int he netherlands who handled the repair and ask for exact documentation inculding pictures (which they supposedly take upon receiving it) to justify their claims, I will make sure I kick up a huge fuss, I'm norammly not very good at complaining but I will make sure I do of this one!! _________________________ An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife "Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian
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#713820 - 17/03/06 07:43 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: PyroWill]
Sym Geek-enviro-hippy priest Registered: 28/09/04 Loc: Diss, Norfolk	Nice one will! Apple have a good rep for support normally, so kicking up a fuss should work _________________________ There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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#713821 - 17/03/06 08:53 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: Sym]
TheBovrilMonkey Liquid Cow Registered: 03/09/01 Loc: High Wycombe, England	Written by: lots of people Some stuff about how pretty looking the ipod is To each his own, I find the creative zen micro (especially the blue glow around the edge) much cooler than any ipod I've seen. Plus, being able to fit it into an altoids tin is just the kind of almost completely pointless thing I like, thus giving it the edge over the ipod _________________________ But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
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#713822 - 17/03/06 08:53 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: Sym]
tartanfairy newbie Registered: 16/09/05 Loc: London	Arghh.... I had to comment here because exactly the same thing has happened to me in the last month...my 40GB Ipod which I've had since April 2005 started freezing, then died, so I reset it, then reformatted it, then took it to the Mac 'Genius' Bar at the shop only to be told that because it had 'accidental damage' it wasn't eligible to be repaired under the warranty... so... I threw a strop and phoned the tech support people and they had me email them a bunch of photos of my poor pod... which they promptly ignored! So now I have what is effectively a shiny pretty paperweight...and after only 10 months... I'M SO ANGRRRRRRRRYYYY! (had to rant... it's really bugging me) so now I face the same problem as Will... do I buy a new one and wait for it to [censored] up too? decisions decisions.... _________________________ I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. Douglas Adams There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Mary Wilson Little
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#713823 - 17/03/06 09:10 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: tartanfairy]
PyroWill HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months Registered: 04/08/04 Loc: Staines	why do anything, you got a cool paperweight _________________________ An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife "Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian
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#713824 - 17/03/06 10:43 AM Re: MP3/IPOD woes [Re: Sym]
Sporky And George - Formerly known as OFS Registered: 25/07/05 Loc: St Andrews UK	Written by: Sym OFS, You have an 18 year old iBook G4? wow! I wish I have a Mac Classic with a G4 and an LCD screen in it (the guts of a Cube and an in-car LCD). Imagine what the world would be like if the G4 was about 20 years ago... and just how fast processors would be today!!! If you look after your technology then it'll look after you although my current iBook is the most battered thing ever to be called a computer on the outside but its well loved on the inside I don't know what I'd do without her. Written by: Mr Chutney Hva you heard one spook? I'm intrigued and, dare I say it, possibly tempted. Apple store in London had one and it sounded ok but its not really my kind of thing. Personally I prefer plugging my iPods into my dads surround sound system at home as I think it has better quality than anything of the size of the HiFi so I won't really need it. Does anyone else here name their computers? My iBook is called Snowwhite. _________________________ Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't. Educate yourself in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
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