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tommyrot - Jan 08, 2009 6:23:29 am PST #8694 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.

2nd Gen has the external volume control (top left side)?

At least I think that feature was new for 2nd Gen.


Jessica - Jan 08, 2009 6:24:00 am PST #8695 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

The 2nd gen iPhones had a slightly different shape - not sure if that's also true for the Touch.


Jon B. - Jan 08, 2009 6:25:55 am PST #8696 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Thanks. Yeah, external volume control and chrome rim on the front seem to be two obvious differences: [link]


tommyrot - Jan 08, 2009 6:27:24 am PST #8697 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.

Here's more: [link]

The 2nd Gen has an internal speaker! (Crappy though it is....)


Tom Scola - Jan 08, 2009 6:27:35 am PST #8698 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

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Kathy A - Jan 08, 2009 6:29:58 am PST #8699 of 25501
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Thanks for that link, Jon! I'm just hoping it'll work for me--my computer dates back before 2001, so it might not even have Secure Erase.


tommyrot - Jan 08, 2009 6:36:15 am PST #8700 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.

So Jon, why do you need to know? Are you interrogating an iPod Touch that claims to be 2nd Gen?

BTW, for the iPod Touch 5th Gen or higher, you'll just need to ask it what version it it. And for the 9th Gen or higher, it'll implant the information direction into your brain when you need it. And for the 17th Gen and higher, all your needs will be automatically tended to, so you'll never "need" to know what version it is, or anything else for that matter....


Jon B. - Jan 08, 2009 6:52:45 am PST #8701 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Are you interrogating an iPod Touch that claims to be 2nd Gen?

Basically, yeah. I ordered a refurbished one from the Apple store. I got it because I noticed that it did NOT say that it was first gen. (the refurbished ones are usually labelled clearly as first generation on the website and in the shopping cart). It arrived yesterday and -- surprise! -- it's a first gen. I called Apple, and they said I wasn't the only person that had happened to. They're letting me return it for a full refund including free return shipping.

Still, between that and my monitor problems yesterday, what was supposed to be a day of geektastic excitement turned out to be a day of techno-annoyance!


Jon B. - Jan 08, 2009 6:53:50 am PST #8702 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I'm just hoping it'll work for me--my computer dates back before 2001, so it might not even have Secure Erase.

Not sure what you mean. Isn't that a utility you need to download?


Kathy A - Jan 08, 2009 6:59:06 am PST #8703 of 25501
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Maybe I misread it--I thought it said that most hard drives had it built in from 2001 on. There was a different thing to download (for free--yay!) that would do the same thing as the Secure Erase, but it's not as sure-fire as SE, according to that post. I might just go ahead and download that if I don't have SE on my computer.