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iPod mini sucks.

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LikeLinus

Lifer
Jul 25, 2001
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Originally posted by: upsciLLion
I've had mine since they first came out as well. I've dropped it on hard linoleum several times. Still works like a champ. No problems with charging either.

Sounds like homie has bad luck. :Q

I purchased one for my wife for Mothers day.

It took two charges and then quit keeping a charge totally. I told her to take it back and exchange it. She hated it so much she just took it back and got something different.
 

Turkish

Lifer
May 26, 2003
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Originally posted by: MaxDSP
Had my iPod Mini for over a year...no problems yet. Must be user error

sure... user error... that's why apple replaced it twice... and FYI, i have had mine since february 2nd, 2004... :roll:
 

jman19

Lifer
Nov 3, 2000
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Originally posted by: sonz70
Just bought a shuffle today... hope it works, going to play with it tonight.

I see your hard earned money made by pimping yourself out is going to good use.

We know what you're going to be playing with tomorrow night!
 

fs5

Lifer
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Originally posted by: The Boss
Originally posted by: MaxDSP
Had my iPod Mini for over a year...no problems yet. Must be user error

sure... user error... that's why apple replaced it twice... and FYI, i have had mine since february 2nd, 2004... :roll:

have you gotten it replaced with a newer model? or are they simply repairing the one you have? the very first ones produced had some badly designed internals (namely the headphone jack connection)
 

MaverickBP

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Originally posted by: sonz70
Just bought a shuffle today... hope it works, going to play with it tonight.

<--listening to my shuffle. the sound quality has actually gotten better after breakin..didnt know i needed to break it in...either that or im getting use to it :(
 

KingPhil

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Originally posted by: The Boss
i am gonna do some googling to see if i can replace the battery myself but if i cant, here comes the hammer

Before you hammer it, I'll give ya $10 for it :)
 

ghostman

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I have the mini. Works fine. You suck at listening to music. j/k.

It's a shame that settlement doesn't cover the mini though. I just know it'll die at some point.
 

Turkish

Lifer
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Originally posted by: fs5
Originally posted by: The Boss
Originally posted by: MaxDSP
Had my iPod Mini for over a year...no problems yet. Must be user error

sure... user error... that's why apple replaced it twice... and FYI, i have had mine since february 2nd, 2004... :roll:

have you gotten it replaced with a newer model? or are they simply repairing the one you have? the very first ones produced had some badly designed internals (namely the headphone jack connection)

yeah, they replaced it both times.
 

Turkish

Lifer
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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: ironcrotch
I :heart: my 20gb iPod

I :heart: my 40gb iPod...if only I could get it away from my wife.

buy a radio and put it in the kitchen.

wifes are to stay in the kitchen and make us sammiches!

/end lame joke
 

PhlashFoto

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Jun 21, 2003
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Boss, just strap some Amonium Nitrate and fertilizer to the ipod. Take a video cam and record to going kaboom. Then subit the video to Apple. ;) But I get first dibs to see it. :D
 

0roo0roo

No Lifer
Sep 21, 2002
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Originally posted by: MaverickBP
Originally posted by: sonz70
Just bought a shuffle today... hope it works, going to play with it tonight.

<--listening to my shuffle. the sound quality has actually gotten better after breakin..didnt know i needed to break it in...either that or im getting use to it :(

no, bill machrome of pcmag found that the shuffle has some of the best audio quality you can get in portable audio actually
http://home.comcast.net/~machrone/playertest/playertest.htm
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1777890,00.asp
 

ElFenix

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Mar 20, 2000
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batteries are finicky. they like to be cycled. i know they tell you that modern batteries don't need cycling, but all of my experience with nimh and li-ion batteries says that they work longer and better if they are fully charged and discharged on a regular basis.
 

MaxDSP

Lifer
May 15, 2001
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Originally posted by: The Boss
Originally posted by: MaxDSP
Had my iPod Mini for over a year...no problems yet. Must be user error

sure... user error... that's why apple replaced it twice... and FYI, i have had mine since february 2nd, 2004... :roll:

<shaking sarcasm meter>
 

Turkish

Lifer
May 26, 2003
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Originally posted by: MaxDSP
Originally posted by: The Boss
Originally posted by: MaxDSP
Had my iPod Mini for over a year...no problems yet. Must be user error

sure... user error... that's why apple replaced it twice... and FYI, i have had mine since february 2nd, 2004... :roll:

<shaking sarcasm meter>

your post didn't sound sarcastic ;)
 

fs5

Lifer
Jun 10, 2000
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Originally posted by: The Boss
Originally posted by: fs5
Boss, update after you have tried my suggestion. I'm really interested in seeing if that's the cause of most people complaints here about battery life.

will try it tonight, and let you know tomorrow...

LIES! :p
 

JoeKing

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I love my MuVo TX FM 512mb player. All of the jogging chicks think it's teh hotness. Especially strapped to my sweaty ripped bicep. :cool:
 

surreal1221

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this is the ipod mini eh? not the shuffle. . . what sort of treatment are you putting it through? Buddy of mine has had a mini for a while now, and he hasnt, to my knowledge, had any issues.