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iPod Skins and iSport cases now shipping

Namor, u dun have a 30G so u dunno how i’m feeling rite now. Maybe it’s a little bit loose for the 10G, but it’s hella tight for the 30G. One more thing, how long it takes you to put on those skins to your Ipod. Guess not dat long, bcuz u said it’s loose. Anyway, it’s still sux. Or you wanna buy 3 extra cases, i can sell it to you for 15$, anybody wanna take a shot ?

Posted by ken on July 8, 2003 at 6:44 PM (PDT)

iPod Skins and iSport cases now shipping

The case is ok, it is sized for all the new ipods so I find it a little loose on the 15gig, it may fit nice and snug on the 30 gig though.  It is good quality and it doesn’t seem like the bending will cause a crease or break. 

Posted by Namor on July 8, 2003 at 6:41 PM (PDT)

iPod Skins and iSport cases now shipping

I really meant it, Rob. Rite now i’m so pissed off with da new skins from this Speck products. I made a big mistake that i bought them in 3 packs, so i dun want anybody made the same mistakes with me. Just mah thought. Let me repeat it again, ” the skins are really really really suxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Posted by ken on July 8, 2003 at 6:41 PM (PDT)

iPod Skins and iSport cases now shipping

THe skins are suck, lol, nice typing Ken.

Posted by Rob on July 8, 2003 at 6:30 PM (PDT)

iPod Skins and iSport cases now shipping

this kind of skin from the Speck products are suck. I would recommend everybody not to buy it. It’s so hard to put the Ipod into the new skin. And it doesn’t have the belt clip. Also, it looks uglier than the pix on their website. The bottom line is it’s realy sux.

Posted by ken on July 8, 2003 at 6:25 PM (PDT)

Mac: iPodEject 0.2 Released

Yes, adding it to Login Items in System Prefs did fix the problem for me. Thanks!

Posted by lesliet on July 8, 2003 at 2:40 PM (PDT)

Zip your iPod, new case announced

hang in there, it is not their fault but ours here in China. They will be offering you a gift for having to wait so long. You can contact me a .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) later today and I will give you a date.

Posted by Bob on July 8, 2003 at 2:38 PM (PDT)

ackNOWLEDGE Announces iSkin eXo for new iPods

everyone will be contacted in 10days and instructed to go to my website and select the color they want and then exo in that color will be sent to them for testing.  eXo is ready now.

Posted by Bob on July 8, 2003 at 2:36 PM (PDT)

Mac: iPodEject 0.2 Released

open system prefs. add as log in item. problem solved.

Posted by square on July 8, 2003 at 2:17 PM (PDT)

Peter Frampton touts iTunes

iTunes is as superior as us morans make it out to be, so FU, who cares what you think use something else then like music match.

Posted by tombertram on July 8, 2003 at 11:28 AM (PDT)

iPod Skins and iSport cases now shipping

hmm, the only question i have is does it stick to your pocket when you try to pull it out of your pants.  i only carry my ipod in my pocket and wonder if this type of case will hinder my ability of removing it from my pocket.

Posted by BuSkiLlS on July 8, 2003 at 11:16 AM (PDT)

Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?

bought 2 ipods last week in Atlanta to bring home to sunny England. 1x15 Gb and 1x30 Gb. The 15 Gb that I gave my mate is smaller lighter and has a blue screen, the 30Gb is much more grey or white coloured. Of course its all subjective but the blue screen looks much better. I expected it to be as it looked on the box, but it aint. Yes is is important, because if there had been a choice, for $500 - I wanted to exercise that option (and get my mte the white one!) Has anyone had any joy returning their ipod to a different country citing whatever fault they can make up thats known, to get themselves a different model? Both units assembled in Taiwan. serial no. ends ****96R2NLY.

Posted by jasper on July 8, 2003 at 7:55 AM (PDT)

Zip your iPod, new case announced

I am still waiting for shipment from thinkdifferentstore.com for the 3G 30gig iPod zip case, even though they charged my credit card weeks ago. When are they supposed to be recieving product?

Posted by Nic Olinsky on July 8, 2003 at 6:53 AM (PDT)

ackNOWLEDGE Announces iSkin eXo for new iPods

####, have you contacted the 10 test drivers as of yet?

Posted by Mirage on July 8, 2003 at 6:28 AM (PDT)

Mac: iPodEject 0.2 Released

iPodeject appears to be a tiny program disguised as a menu extra.  Therefore, when the computer is restarted or you log out, you simply restart iPodeject.  I made an alias in my Favorites folder, so when I restart or log out, it only takes a couple steps to restart iPodeject. 

As for the app itself, it works simply and efficiently, as promised.

Posted by sean on July 8, 2003 at 6:08 AM (PDT)

iPods: Built Mac Tough

Re: Nationality

I’m English, but I live in the States.

Re: How do you know the poster is a guy

Dave Barry would tell you that only a Guy would commit such as basic laundry mistake  

Re: Build quality

Apples build quality is incredibly consistent; on the plus side, my original pbook 140 lasted 6 years, and my G3 Firewire pbook only has a few dim spots at the corners of the screen. 

On the down side, when there’s a design flaw, it will show up consistently (e.g. original series TiBooks flex too much, so they failed much more often than plastic macs.

I’m expecting great things of the much rumoured 15.4”

Praise should also go to Toshiba’s hard-drive designers; granted the unit was off, so I assume the head was parked, but even so, what I did is way more than anyone should ask of a hard drive.  ‘Ello Tosh, Got a Toshiba?

I’ve never seen Toshiba’s GigaBeat, so I don’t know how well designed that is, and no one will lend me their firefly to repeat the experiment.

re: Pod’s Live Underwater

It would be possible to make the ipod more water resistant; one thing I really notice about the new pod vs the old schooler is that with head-phones plugged in, there are no holes on the top, making it more survivable if it starts raining.

Making things waterproof is much, much more expensive; just plugging the holes is unlikely to be enough; everything needs to be sealed against pressure (not worth doing unless it’ll suit at least recreational divers (who probably shouldn’t be listening to music:-).

A friends father is a film cameraman who does underwater shoots; it is possible to protect delicate equipment, but the prices are mind-boggling (well, everthing to do with film is mind-boggling expensive, but these things are even more so

Simon
p.s.
  Since I failed to shoot myself in the foot, at the moment I’m a bipod with two iPods; it would be really cool if the pods had pitch shift, and could let you push/pull with the scroll wheel the same way the Pioneer CDJ’s do. 

Posted by Simon Spero on July 8, 2003 at 5:33 AM (PDT)

European iPod Buyers Decry Volume Limits

Actually for those in the UK, you might be able to get the retailer to take it back by claiming that the devide “is not fit for its purpose” (saw this on TV not too long ago, also someone else spoke about this either here or in the forums) as you can’t hear your music in the tube/bus/plane/whatever.

If you really want to excahnge it and the retailer is not having nay of it, start talking about trading standards, small claims court etc and see what reaction that provokes.

BTW I’m keeping my iPod - for me the good points outweigh the bad ones, and I’m hoping that sooner or later there will be a solution to this annoyance (either from Apple or elsewhere).

Posted by kristofer on July 8, 2003 at 4:58 AM (PDT)

iPods: Built Mac Tough

Even if Apple did produce such a unit, I’d find it hard to bring a $500 piece of electronics into a chlorine filled pool!

Posted by Rich in Rhode Island, USA on July 8, 2003 at 4:42 AM (PDT)

European iPod Buyers Decry Volume Limits

I’ve had mine for 2 months. Too late for PCWorld’s return policy. But i have phoned PCWorld up and they are sending a complaint to Apple on my behalf.

Posted by nutz on July 8, 2003 at 4:38 AM (PDT)

European iPod Buyers Decry Volume Limits

I have just returned my ipod to John Lewis on saturday and told the customer services rep the volume issue. They were very understanding, took the ipod back and promised to escalate it with apple.

Posted by Dimma on July 8, 2003 at 3:44 AM (PDT)

European iPod Buyers Decry Volume Limits

0870 8760753 .... I phoned them yesterday and they were not able to confirm which Euorpean law the sound level conforms too. They wouldn’t take my ipod back as it is about 5 weeks old and said I would need to talk to the company I purchased it from (John Lewis).

Posted by Rich on July 8, 2003 at 2:16 AM (PDT)

iPod Skins and iSport cases now shipping

I looked at their site, still not changed. I guess they will show us the real thing soon.

Posted by Andrew on July 8, 2003 at 2:10 AM (PDT)

European iPod Buyers Decry Volume Limits

Die Apple die !!!

Posted by silver pedestal on July 8, 2003 at 1:49 AM (PDT)

European iPod Buyers Decry Volume Limits

What is the Apple UK helpdesk number? I can’t seem to locate it in my packaging. I want to call to voice my dissatisfaction as well. Thanks.

Posted by Sam Martin on July 8, 2003 at 1:29 AM (PDT)

iPods: Built Mac Tough

How about a fully waterproof pod and earphones that you can use in a pool?

Posted by Dave on July 8, 2003 at 1:14 AM (PDT)