Man iPod's are a hassle. How on earth did they get to be so popular?
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evil jimi - Feb 11, 2008 4:42:29 am PST #4721 of 25501
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
DCJensen - Feb 11, 2008 4:49:29 am PST #4722 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Because, for one thing, most everything else was worse.
And it's not a hassle for most things. I've successfully plugged mine into two separate computers and downloaded the music from the pod to computers.
evil jimi - Feb 11, 2008 4:57:54 am PST #4723 of 25501
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Because, for one thing, most everything else was worse.
Huh? Okay, Sony fucked up big time with the early digital walkmans but I'm not sure what else could be called "worse". I've got a couple of MP3 players and they were just drag and drop like USB memory sticks. Nowadays, I just use my Nokia 6085 mobile phone as an MP3 player and it plays music just fine and is also a simple drag and drop.
Vortex - Feb 11, 2008 5:06:30 am PST #4724 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I've docked my iPod before in another Mac, it just transfered all the music and movies automatically.
but we're not talking about macs, so this doesn't help
Sue - Feb 11, 2008 5:16:09 am PST #4725 of 25501
hip deep in pie
Vortex, I used instructions like the ones you linked to earlier, and it worked pretty well. I think I lost a few songs, and some songs lost their metadata (they showed up in iTune with a four letter code for an name.) Also, it doesn't transfer over your playlists, just the songs.
Vortex - Feb 11, 2008 5:19:00 am PST #4726 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
It doesn't delete them in the iPod, though right?
Sue - Feb 11, 2008 5:23:39 am PST #4727 of 25501
hip deep in pie
No, it just copies, as if you were transferring something from a flash drive.
DCJensen - Feb 11, 2008 5:23:42 am PST #4728 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Because, for one thing, most everything else was worse.
Huh? Okay, Sony fucked up big time with the early digital walkmans but I'm not sure what else could be called "worse".
I'm thinking you missed the word "was" in my sentence. Apple introduced the iPod in October 2001. It's interface was one of the prime factors in sales.
tommyrot - Feb 11, 2008 7:46:17 am PST #4729 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yay!
Starbucks Ditches T-Mobile For AT&T
Under the existing plan with T-Mobile, Starbucks customers needed a paid subscription to access the in-store Wi-Fi, and T-Mobile HotSpot subscribers will continue to have access to Starbucks Wi-Fi thanks to an agreement between AT&T and T-Mobile. But the new AT&T plan allows all customers two free hours per day, with a $3.99 fee for additional two-hour chunks of time....
eta: More yay:
In addition, AT&T broadband customers will be able to surf at the more than 7,000 Starbucks locations in the U.S. for free.
Vortex - Feb 11, 2008 8:02:44 am PST #4730 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
so, if you have an iPhone or iTouch and pay for an AT&T data plan, you can surf in Starbucks for free?