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Written by: coleman
its been made blindingly obvious that apple's replacement service beats creative's.
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
Written by: simianWritten by: coleman
its been made blindingly obvious that apple's replacement service beats creative's.
You what?
because Sym needed to do four more clicks? Has his finger recovered? Will he ever play the piano again?
My warranty covers accidental damage. Beat that appleboy
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
Written by: cole
apple have published easily accessable information that clearly states the procedure that customers with an ipod and dead battery should follow to get their product replaced.
they have also standardised the pricing for this service across all model types.
there is absolutely no suggestion of a standard policy for creative on this issue:
you had to actively persue the information until they made an offer, specific to you and the particular player you own.
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
Written by: Sym
Maybe I should get someone with a creative player to give me all the info about it so I can get a true quote, or maybe the creative owners should try.
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
Written by: cole
and did they once make players with replacable batteries and then switch to non-replacable ones once they saw the direction apple had taken?
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006
if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.
Written by: polarity
You'll be lucky to get 18 months out of any lithium ion battery, used the way iPod batteries are, (left in a dock to charge, or completely discharged and left like that until you get round to recharging them).Written by: powerstream.com
Q: I need a rechargeable battery that will last 10 years in service. My boss is suggesting lithium-ion. Any suggestions?
A: This is an open question, since you don't say how many charge/discharge cycles you need. Unfortunately lithium ion won't last 10 years. Industry rule of thumb has been "2 years whether you use them or not." The technology has been improving, and some are now saying "3 years whether you use them or not." The reason for the short life is that the electrolyte reacts with the lithium ions and creates crud on the electrodes.
This, of course, depends on your criteria for failure. The 2-3 years is based on 20% permanent loss in capacity. I have a lithium ion battery for my cell phone that is 5 years old, but it is only good for one call a day (which is enough for me). No one will guarantee lithium ion rechargeable cells for 5 years, or even 3 years. Another problem with lithium-ion is it doesn't do well with fast discharge times. The higher the rate of discharge the more reaction occurs with the electrolyte, and the faster the crud builds up. There are lithium polymer batteries that can give higher currents, but lifetime is also a problem with them. NiCad is the best for long life. NiMH may be a possibility, it depends on how many charge/recharge cycles. NiCad is by far the best for fast charge. Lead acid lasts 3-5 years on standby. So the only possibility for a 5-10 year life is NiCad, and then only if you charge them right, don't discharge them past 1 volt per cell, and over-specify them so that you still have enough run time even though they are starting to degrade.
The only way a Li-Ion battery is going to get it's maximum lifetime, is if it has a computer watching it's usage, and handling it's charging. There probably isn't space in an iPod for the extra circuitry.
Freezing batteries may work for the NiCd and NiMH batteries used in cordless drills, but LiIons don't charge properly when cold.
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.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
Written by: Sym
Holographic memory might be great for the next gen storage...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_memory
Let's relight this forum
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In both cases, Creative says that the iPod and iPod Nano infringe on a patent the company has for the interface in its Zen media player, a patent granted last August.
Written by: Decker-Mage
{Sigh} In this case, I'd rather see Creative given a collective wedgie. In case you didn't know, the patent involved here has to do with the playlist. The way the playlist is implemented in both players is the only obvious way I can see to do it and thus falls into the patent domain of an obvious technology which means the damn patent shouldn't have been implemented in the first place. BTW, under the Creative patent every player on the desktop is also in violation but they don't have deep pockets nor are they likely to cough up much to prevent an injunction. Frankly, if Creative were really interested in protecting their patent they should have gone after M$ and Real a looooong time ago for their violations. Creative was smart in that regard. M$ would have bought them out of petty cash and Real would have simply further broken their already horrible piece of crap software (which might not be a bad thing). I don't believe Apple has the cash laying around to just do a hostile takeover.
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006
if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.
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"To obtain the patent for a wheel would require a false claim, which is a very serious matter and would certainly invalidate the patent as well as amounting to a misrepresentation on the part of the applicant and unprofessional conduct by any professional advisor,"
anthrax.... it infects, then spreads..... fast
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Written by: Spanner
...loving my Creative Zen MicroPhoto more ...
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
Written by: Dunc
even if there is only one way to do something logical like a decent playlist interface whoever did it first still did it first, that's the point of patent rights isn't it
Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006
if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.
Written by: NOn
i read today that creative actually filed the patent in 2001, but it only got approved in 2005... makes them seem less dodgy at least
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006
if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.