torihada 2 Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 I finally took my ipod mini back to Apple store London. The 'genius' listened to my problems, then opened a cupboard stacked full of little brown boxes (all ready for return posting back to apple) and gave me a new ipod :-) One month later and my new mini is playing up. It has the latest firmware, and now I have to press reset every time to get it working. I actually berated Mrs T for treating it wrong by not switching it off properly (she does) and not using the playlists I put on (to save the battery). Apple's mind control is working; I am blaming my wife for their inferior product. I treat it so gingerly, like a thorough bred, and it still b******s up. I don't want to go on an Apple slag fest, when it works I love it, but I am just a little disappointed. I want a Sony.............ahhh nihon sei. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Do many people have problems like this with their pods? You'd really expect a quality durable product for the fancy price tag. Link to post Share on other sites
bettyx 0 Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 my problem is the battery runs out in no time flat. i bought a car adaptor & if i don't use it, the battery dies soo quickly. i miss my walkman. also, occasionally my itunes just swallows playlists, they totally just disappear with absolutely no deleting on my part. i expect they disappear into the mysterious appleland, where all the returned ipods go. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 On the subject of batteries... the battery on my dell notebook is no almost completely dead. Use the computer for more than 10 minutes without mains and it comes up with the low battery warning, then soon after shuts off. Bad show. It's not that old either. Link to post Share on other sites
zebedee 1 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Same here Ski - totally useless it is. 10 minutes you get? more than me probably! Link to post Share on other sites
torihada 2 Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 way hey. I'm on my 3rd ipod. Apple store gave me my second ipod mini replacement.It went to join the otherone in appleland along with bettyx's missing tunes. First ipod; knackered battery. Second ipod; frozen/corrupted screen (after less than a month). Gotta give it to em; good service, no complaints just handed over a new one. mmmm maybe they're used to replacing defective ipods..? I just hope when this one packs in, it'll be before the end of my one year warranty. I think ipod must've had a lot of problems with the mini (work colleague's mini's battery is up the swanny after 8 months). maybe that's why they stopped producing it and replaced it with the solid state technology of the nano. Anyhow here's hoping. Link to post Share on other sites
yoroshiku onegai shimasu 2 Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 A friend of mine has had similar problems with his mini. He's on his 3rd too, but seemed to have more hassle than you in getting there. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 I am on my 2rd week with nano and yet no major problems. Of course the battery is crap, it doesn’t last more than 4-5 hours continuous playing. Lets see what problems will come up in the future..... Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 I have had a Rio Carbon for the past 8 months, had a few drops here and there but it has been trouble free- touch wood!! The battery life is awesome to say the least! Link to post Share on other sites
fjef 0 Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 We have an original 5 gig iPod, a 3rd gen 20 gig iPod and an iPod shuffle in our family- all in working order and even the original still has over 3 hours of battery life left (down from the original 8?) and its about 4 years old...wonder why we've been so lucky? Link to post Share on other sites
69 5 Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 OK here too. I think there are a lot of happy podders out there. Link to post Share on other sites
minus 1 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 I got one of the vid pods as a present... and very nice little machine it is too. Actually not yet seen a vid on it, but it's there when I'm ready I suppose - though not too sure how to go about that yet. Link to post Share on other sites
iambenw 0 Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Ive had a 20gb 3rd generation ipod for about a year and a half now, and I love it. I think I prefer the buttons not on the central wheel too, it somehow makes it feel more sturdy to me. No problems whatsoever with mine though, have taken it boarding on a gentle nighter session, but probably wouldn't take it out for anything more adventurous. Listening to air, sigur ros, manual etc. (anything floaty and light sounding) while gliding down through the night at Niseko last season was one of my best nights so far. Those are my thoughts... Link to post Share on other sites
nipstar 0 Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 I bought a 20g ipod formt he apple web site, with a teachers discount. I got whilst still in UK, from the apple web site. It took a couple of weeks to be shipped from Asia, so you should be able to get it shipped to Japan. It cost me 195GBP, with free engraving service and I am dead chuffed with it. Only wish I had bought a cover sooner, as it is really scratched up. Looking to buy a new jacket this season, whats good out there for us petite ladies, any with i-pod pockets? Link to post Share on other sites
HeatherLocklearRocks 1 Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 Those things scratch so easily a cover is a must. Are you going to take it out on the slopes? I've got myself a small flash music player for that sort of thing, don't mind bashing it around too much. Link to post Share on other sites
viv&kev 0 Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 What covers do you guys have? Any good ones to recommend for the new ones. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Most of the Burton jackets have ipod pockets. Just because of that i looked into ipods but I while I was tempted, I didn't see anything worth the price. Going to wait a couple of generations I think. @Iambenw: check out the band menomena. It's in the same line as the bands you mentioned. Incredible songs that are 20 minutes long. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 can get the teacher discount from the Japan site too... Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 how much is the teacher discount? ...to lazy to bother looking Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 off the top of my head it might be something like 15%?? Maybe 20%... S used it to get his mac Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Look at these very fashionable ipod hoodies http://www.ipodhoodie.co.uk/index.html Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 No, they are for fashion. You obviously do not understand Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Sad vPod news. She seems to be on her way out. Creaking and groaning and generally being slow. Battery getting rapidly worse as well. Link to post Share on other sites
akibun 0 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I'm sorry to hear it veronica. Will you get a new vpod-san? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Thats too bad v. You must be very sad. But you can get a nice new video ipod! What you will actually watch on the video part I'm not sure, but.... Link to post Share on other sites
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