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beware ipod

My inital experience with the new 40gb ipod was excellent but the honeymoon is over! The unit has completely died after only several weeks of use. Numerous glitches forced me to constantly "reboot" the unit until it stopped working completely. Battery life never came close to the claimed eight hours, plus you are unable to back-up audio files from the ipod thanks to apple becoming a lackey for the music industry. I really feel like I have been taken to the cleaners on this purchase. I spent the better part of a week loading .wav files onto the unit and to have it completely crash so quickly means that apple obviously has some quality issues. The ipod is based on an off the shelf Toshiba hardrive that retails for a couple of hundred dollars so you are paying apple for the interface and the cute plastic box. I love electronics and have spent a fortune on them over the years but no purchase has been such a huge disappointment. Avoid the temptation to buy what seems like a great unit. Steven Jobs has no clothes.
ntscdan

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seldon
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Hi,

I have had the ipod for the last 6 months. It has been superb. Just yesterday, I was on a flight from San Diego to New Jersey via DC, and I heard 55 of my own five star rated tracks continually on my Bose Quiet Comfort headphones (which are equally awesome for what they do - not audiophile!) without the battery failing on either the iPod or the Bose. I will admit that the iPod is close to being completely drained, but I will take that length of usage anyday.

You sure appear to have a lemon; Apple is typically very good about taking care of such things. I have been a Mac fan for years, and (touch wood) have had them always be on the up and up with any issues.

Good luck. As someone else said, the iPod is a fabulous device. Now if could get it to be compatible with my car's system ...!
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