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Invasion of the iPod people
Knight Ridder ^ | 5.4.05

Posted on 05/07/2005 11:28:05 AM PDT by ambrose

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To: longtermmemmory
Now if only they would make them super smaller into wrist size and then with an expanding or holographic screen.

Yeah, that would be great. But for now I'd settle for one of those fancy smancy PDA's that have the pager function, wireless web access, and a phone. I've got a PDA, pager, and phone. Some have overlapping features (wireless access, calendars/appointments/notes, alarms, etc...), but I'd like to have them all in one little machine. I just haven't found the one I want that's affordable and goes with my phone plan yet. If there's one that can handle multiple accounts, that would be even better.

101 posted on 05/07/2005 3:26:23 PM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: whd23

Does that thing have a USB port?


102 posted on 05/07/2005 3:26:42 PM PDT by Petronski (Pope Benedict XVI: A German Shepherd on the Throne of Peter)
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To: ambrose
Actually, it can be done. When my laptop crashed, my iPod was orphaned as the only source of my mp3's and iTunes music.

I hooked my iPod up, copied the "iPod control folder" to my hard drive, and let iTunes sort my files back out. It worked out okay.

103 posted on 05/07/2005 3:28:10 PM PDT by jude24 ("Stupid" isn't illegal - but it should be.)
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To: numberonepal

I think a Blackberry with expandable memory and MP3 playback would be the ultimate must-have. I would not be able to resist. (Well, my checkbook would resist, but if it were up to me....)


104 posted on 05/07/2005 3:28:48 PM PDT by Petronski (Pope Benedict XVI: A German Shepherd on the Throne of Peter)
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To: Petronski

I just read the battery installation instructions. I don't know why they don't make them easy to install like cell phone batteries. Those are never a problem. BTW, are their aftermarket iPod batteries yet? If so, I am pretty sure I can get them cheap.


105 posted on 05/07/2005 3:30:13 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: rdb3
My music files are encoded at either 160 or 192Kbps.

That's the real beauty to a high capacity digital player like the iPod or some other brand. Being able to encode your music at a 192kbps rate or higher and not have to give a frag about how much room it takes up. For the audiophile, 128kbps and lower is unlistenable.

106 posted on 05/07/2005 3:31:26 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (This tagline will be destoyed to make way for a new Hyperspace bypass.)
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To: PJ-Comix

This is just as easy as changing the battery on a cordless phone. I think your "cell-phone" question is a matter of design.

The link I provided is for aftermarket retail iPod batteries. If they're available retail, obviously there must be SOMEONE who sells them wholesale, wouldn't you agree?


107 posted on 05/07/2005 3:32:50 PM PDT by Petronski (Pope Benedict XVI: A German Shepherd on the Throne of Peter)
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To: ambrose
iPod batteries are factory installed. Apple charges $99 to replace them. In reality, by the time they die in 2 to 3 years, the device will be obsolete and you'll want something else anyway.

Gotcha. I supply cell phone batteries for people on the side. I always sell them for $15 each which is way below the retail cost on such batteries. I sell both after market and original batteries. Either way I charge only $15. They are about double that in the stores.

108 posted on 05/07/2005 3:33:48 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: ambrose
The device automatically organizes your music by Artist, Album and even Genre

But it also identifies the user as a self-absorbed fad following metrosexual.

MAC makes it, it's for swishy-folk.

Hate Microsoft all you wish, but thats what you use when you have a job.

109 posted on 05/07/2005 3:36:06 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner

Usually the ones who like to play "spot the queer" are the ones with the most self-doubt.


110 posted on 05/07/2005 3:40:04 PM PDT by Petronski (Pope Benedict XVI: A German Shepherd on the Throne of Peter)
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To: humblegunner

Oh get over yourself. Is the President of the US a nancy boy? Hardly.


111 posted on 05/07/2005 3:42:02 PM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: Petronski
Usually the ones who like to play "spot the queer" are the ones with the most self-doubt.

Alrighty then.

I don't have "Spot the Queer" on my Dell, but play away on that MAC!

112 posted on 05/07/2005 3:51:01 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner

I don't own a Mac. In fact, I've never spent dollar one on Apple, hardware or software. Not so much as a commemorative pen. Sorry to disappoint you.


113 posted on 05/07/2005 3:53:35 PM PDT by Petronski (Pope Benedict XVI: A German Shepherd on the Throne of Peter)
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To: cyborg
Oh get over yourself

Oh, I couldn't do that.. I have MAC-using family members and I need to keep my point sharp! ;-)

Cousins, not offspring..

114 posted on 05/07/2005 3:57:06 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner

LOL!!!!


115 posted on 05/07/2005 3:57:37 PM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: Petronski
Usually the ones who like to play "spot the queer" are the ones with the most self-doubt.

Is that related to axiom about "he who smells the fart first..."?

116 posted on 05/07/2005 4:02:35 PM PDT by ambrose (....)
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To: ambrose
They do. At least most of them do.

Cheap CD players ruin CD's for me. Higher end CD players are much better. It's that breaking glass sound that lower end CD players seem to have.

What do I know? I listen to vinyl through an all tube signal chain. It's all about personal preference and what you like.
117 posted on 05/07/2005 4:12:42 PM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: Lx

I used to think vinyl was the superior format, but I have since shifted my allegiance to SACDs mastered by Steve Hoffman.


118 posted on 05/07/2005 4:15:41 PM PDT by ambrose (....)
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To: rdb3

>>I wish I could download more than just two per month, however.

i had my wife sign up so i could get an extra 2 and still wind up buying an extra from time to time. i don't use it for music since i have only one ear. no mono mode. i would never have time to sit and read 4 books a month, but having this device allows it whether i am commuting or shopping or having lunch. i also use it at bedtime. i am "well read" again after the last year.


119 posted on 05/07/2005 4:21:41 PM PDT by Glenn (pardon the e.e.cummings look. a busted arm makes typing seem like work.)
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To: ambrose

Check this out!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbisson/12619332/


120 posted on 05/07/2005 4:23:24 PM PDT by Scarchin (Lone conservative teacher)
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