iPod help

[West 36]

Yeah iDK if this is off-topic material, but here it is.

So my iPod is on the way out, iThink, but iWant to know if there is still anything iCan do.
Allow mySelf to explain. It doesn't work! None of the buttons do anything, except iThink they might turn it on when it's dead, but the Hold switch is the only thing is that gets a response, turning it on for sure. iTried running out the battery, switching the hold thing off and on to turn the light on so it would die, but turning it back on, there is still no response from the buttons. There were a few times, not today but yesterday (when this started happening) when it would start working again, but then later it would stop. So iDon't know if this is me just watching the thing die, but if you guys know anything it'd be good to know.
iGot it August '06, and iDo run with it, for which iHave this armband that holds it. Not sure if that has anything to do with it. mySister got hers months before me and hers still works.

So whats the news doc, is she done? I love her! She makes working out more fun and driving a blast! Help me!


And if it is dead, recommend me what I should get next: another ipod, something else, grab an 8-track, what?

[ohcrapitsnico]

Might as well get a new one if you have the money. Repairing it or something similar isn't worth it. Get an iPod Touch, as an owner I can tell you they are pretty nice.

Which ipod do you have and what about warranty?

[Ansar]

iHave no idea as iDon't have an iPod.

Is it on Disk Mode?

[Adamb0mb]

Isn't the iPod touch just an iPhone without all the phone and internet capabilities?

Sounds like your iPod is giving up the fight for life and it's time for you two to make your peace. And then get an iPhone.

[ohcrapitsnico]

Originally Posted by Adamb0mb

Isn't the iPod touch just an iPhone without all the phone and internet capabilities?

Sounds like your iPod is giving up the fight for life and it's time for you two to make your peace. And then get an iPhone.

Yes and its cheaper and the phone has a very high monthly charge IIRC. I already have a phone with great service thats reasonably priced.

[Adamb0mb]

If you wouldn't mind a new phone and another $20 bucks a month for internet capabilities on your cell bill get the iPhone; otherwise, get the iPod Touch.

Basically, Apple does have a half decent phone/mp3 player line and if your currently a fan stick with them.

[Sims2789]

iSuggest to ditch the iPod and get a Palm OS Treo, then put The Core Pocket Media Player or some other media player on it.

[West 36]

iThank you for your help. iGuess it seems the thing is dead huh?

iDon't think iNeed the Touch, iWas just thinking standard iPods, but who knows, i'M broke now, so when iGet into some money iDecide.
I've heard the Zune is good, any word on that?

[contre]

I really dig my ipod touch. It replaced my portable DVD player. It's wifi capable too so you can far around online with it at home... and watch youtube from the bathroom

I wouldn't get an iphone though until the next generation comes out. Right now they run on an old network; the new iphones are going to run on AT&Ts new network.

[ainwood]

Moderator Action: Moved to Computer talk.

I presume you've tried resetting it (holding down the middle & menu buttons down together for 10 seconds).

[West 36]

The touch is starting to seem cooler...

Originally Posted by ainwood

I presume you've tried resetting it (holding down the middle & menu buttons down together for 10 seconds).

Yes, and it does 'reset,' by which I mean it turns off, turns on, and I'm back at the screen, with the buttons unresponsive (even though they did respond to being reset )

[Genocidicbunny]

Are you sure you're not just engaging the hold when you're trying to use the buttons? Cus ive done that by accident..took me a few minutes to notice that the hold button was shifted to the engaged position..

[Mise]

Originally Posted by augurey

I really dig my ipod touch. It replaced my portable DVD player. It's wifi capable too so you can far around online with it at home... and watch youtube from the bathroom

I wouldn't get an iphone though until the next generation comes out. Right now they run on an old network; the new iphones are going to run on AT&Ts new network.

I agree with this post. The iPhone is ... kinda pointless without HSDPA. The thing's main selling point is that it's "real" internet, not some crappy cut-down WAP version of the internet. And it's true, having played with it at the Apple Shop, the internet on it is awesome. But it's so sloooooooow! The only time I'd ever want to use it for internet is if I'm in a WiFi hotspot -- and in that case I might as well just get a iPod Touch!

The problem is, Apple consider the iPhone to be a phone, when it should really be considered a pocket-sized mini-laptop, which also happens to make calls. A mini-laptop needs high-speed data access, not crappy five year old snail-pace 2G technology. If they'd thought about the iPhone as a mini-laptop, they'd have made it with 3G HSDPA technology, and it wouldn't have had to compete directly with the N95 and other smartphones.

You'd still need a cellular network contract though, as that's what HSDPA is provided over. And that's the only thing the Touch lacks. But when the iPhone has such a crappy connection speed, the Touch doesn't seem so lacking afterall.

[Aramazd]

Originally Posted by Mise

I agree with this post. The iPhone is ... kinda pointless without HSDPA. The thing's main selling point is that it's "real" internet, not some crappy cut-down WAP version of the internet. And it's true, having played with it at the Apple Shop, the internet on it is awesome. But it's so sloooooooow! The only time I'd ever want to use it for internet is if I'm in a WiFi hotspot -- and in that case I might as well just get a iPod Touch!

The problem is, Apple consider the iPhone to be a phone, when it should really be considered a pocket-sized mini-laptop, which also happens to make calls. A mini-laptop needs high-speed data access, not crappy five year old snail-pace 2G technology. If they'd thought about the iPhone as a mini-laptop, they'd have made it with 3G HSDPA technology, and it wouldn't have had to compete directly with the N95 and other smartphones.

You'd still need a cellular network contract though, as that's what HSDPA is provided over. And that's the only thing the Touch lacks. But when the iPhone has such a crappy connection speed, the Touch doesn't seem so lacking afterall.

I don't know who carries the iPhone in the UK, but AT&T didn't have a 3g network at release.

[Mise]

Originally Posted by Abgar

I don't know who carries the iPhone in the UK, but AT&T didn't have a 3g network at release.

The iPhone itself doesn't support 3G.

In the UK, it's exclusive to the O2 network, which has 3G.

[Aramazd]

Originally Posted by Mise

The iPhone itself doesn't support 3G.

In the UK, it's exclusive to the O2 network, which has 3G.

I assume that the iPhone doesn't support 3G because the US carrier wouldn't be able to use it, so Apple didn't implement it. But, I've heard rumors that a 3G iPhone is coming.