[Tfug] iPod Replacement

[Matt Jacob]

Apple makes some very well-designed products that also happen to be
the best at what they do. The iPod isn't the top-selling portable
music player for no reason, you know. I've tried other music players
by Creative and Samsung, but I always go back to my iPod.

Matt

On 5/2/06, Bowie J. Poag <bpoag at comcast.net> wrote:
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> I thought about lecturing you about how completely f'ing stupid it is to
> lay out hundreds of dollars for something simply because Cool Company X
> makes something, and totally ignoring the quality or technical merit of
> the thing you're buying.. That a 20 second search on Google will often
> reveal the thing you're looking to buy overpriced, underpowered, cheaply
> made, limited in function, filled with red tape and fine print.
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> But i'm sure you considered all of those things.
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> Why you went ahead and bought an iPod anyway is what i'm having a hard
> time understanding.
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> Christopher Robbins wrote:
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> >Well - here's the resolution (for anyone that cares)  -
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> >I took my iPod down to the Apple Store at La Encantada.  They looked it
> >over, noted a small dent (emphasis on SMALL.  I don't know how he found that
> >- I didn't know it even existed). They called it intentional damage and gave
> >me a card for an iPod repair shop in Kansas o.O
> >
> >I ended up running down to Circuit City and found the iRiver, but they were
> >something like $223.  I found an open box ipod photo (knocks on wood) that
> >was only $180, so I snapped it up (I have to go to Buffalo in a week and I
> >need my tunes) and put ipodlinux on it :)  I'll probably repair the old one
> >and do something with it - maybe I'll hock it here......
> >
> >Thanks again for all of your help
> >
> >-Chris
> >
> >On 5/1/06, johngalt1 <johngalt1 at uswest.net> wrote:
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> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Shawn Nock" <nock at email.arizona.edu>
> >>To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> >>Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 2:43 PM
> >>Subject: Re: [Tfug] iPod Replacement
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> >>>iRiver H320 = Amazing
> >>>   Runs 'RockBox' (FOSS Firmware) and supports OGG, FLAC, mp3, XVID
> >>>video...
> >>>   It is a mass storage device (copy files to 'external hard-drive';
> >>>disconnect and play)
> >>>   Battery life is comparable to newer ipod (After-market battery
> >>>upgrades available)
> >>>   Quite durable... multiple cases availible
> >>>
> >>>On the other hand: iRiver no longer manufactures these, you'll need to
> >>>look around if you want to find one. The iRiver H10 seems like a likely
> >>>in-production substitute, but RockBox does not yet run on it... so no
> >>>OGG/FLAC/Mass Storage Mode... But they are working on the port as we
> >>>speak.
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> >>woot.com has refurbished H10s from time to time, FWIW. Last time they had
> >>some they were $139 + $5 shipping
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> >Chris Robbins
> >Dept. of English Technical Support
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