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Oprah Gives iPod

So I want to know who can get me season tickets to the Oprah show? My friend knew somehow and told me to turn it on. :( So this is why I was having trouble getting my 15 gb? (of course it doesnt help that the Orlando store had 5000 units shipped to them by mistake either) Ah well ‘Im just jealous. But seriously, season tickets? or at least to her christmas giveaway show?

Posted by MR Quackers on May 22, 2003 at 1:51 PM (PST)

NY Post: It's A Party In A Pocket

If you read the article, the pro version would be great. The wheel could be used as a scratcher. SOunds like a great product.

Posted by Chris on May 22, 2003 at 1:46 PM (PST)

Burton AMP Jacket gallery

Yeh the jacket is cool and its gona rock with the Ipod, But im the the carribean and havent worn anything long sleave since I have been here, but want the jacket. Has anyone got one and knows what its like?

Posted by Roger in Grand Cyaman on May 22, 2003 at 1:09 PM (PST)

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than wats up with the blue? is this a defect, fake story, rare batch or wat?

Posted by tdf22 in sdfsdf on May 22, 2003 at 1:02 PM (PST)

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mine is clearly white too,.. also from taiwan factory (esembled 6 days ago) it’s amazing.. :D

Posted by HS-L in utrecht/Holland on May 22, 2003 at 11:37 AM (PST)

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OmiGod! My penis has turned blue! It used to be white.

Damn you all to hell, God!

Posted by TheMadCow in Burbank, CA on May 22, 2003 at 11:26 AM (PST)

iPod 20GB Mac for $295

Thanks for the quick response.

Posted by Marc on May 22, 2003 at 10:17 AM (PST)

iPod 20GB Mac for $295

Only available through Apple.

Posted by Dennis Lloyd in Irvine, CA on May 22, 2003 at 7:25 AM (PST)

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Got mine in the mal yesterday (15GB from the factory in Taiwan); it’s clearly a white backlight.

Posted by tyldis in Norway on May 22, 2003 at 6:48 AM (PST)

iPod 20GB Mac for $295

Is it possible to get the engraving through DealMac and through Dell, when purchasing an iPod? Or is that only available through Apple.com?

Thanks.

Posted by Marc on May 22, 2003 at 6:39 AM (PST)

Burton AMP Jacket gallery

http://www.99mac.com/testlabbet/pics/burton/gallery/source/dsc03082.shtml

it has iPod support, thats what.

Posted by Alex Stapleton on May 22, 2003 at 5:56 AM (PST)

Burton AMP Jacket gallery

In what way is that jacket related to iPods ?

Posted by phester in TX on May 22, 2003 at 5:03 AM (PST)

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i’m going to pick up my new 15GB at my parents place in an hour,.. and i will check it than.. hope mine is blue.. but doesn’t matter if it’s white..

Posted by HS-L in utrecht/Holland on May 22, 2003 at 4:11 AM (PST)

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Hi all!
I’m disappointed in my new 15 gig ipod screen.. the text is not bold enough, like my old ipod.. I could see my old 10 gig ipod in normal lighting conditions, and still read all my menus and texts. With the new 15 gig.. I can’t do that, I have to have the backlight on.. and the screen seems sandy, washed out, and not cyrstal clear like the old ipod..

anyone else having this problem?

Posted by Tom in Los angeles CA on May 21, 2003 at 8:56 PM (PST)

AAC vs. MP3: Tested and Rated Part 2

The review is quite good which gives the same result I found. As a windows Ipod user, I have given up listen 128k mp3s with my ipod, once I have try to rip my own mp3s with CDs in 160-320 vbr with lame and Exact Audio Copy. And I am start buying used cd in auction to replace my 128k mp3 collection. Who said mp3 will ruin music industry and mp3 lovers are all thieves?

Posted by Cywalker in Hong kong on May 21, 2003 at 8:49 PM (PST)

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Alright, my newest experiment that I just did (2:45 in the morning that I did this btw.) My garage has some fluorescent lights that my dad put up a couple of years ago, so I took my iPod out there and turned the light switch on, and what do you know? It was a blue screen. When I turned it off, it went back to the original color. My curosity has been satisfied now, I don’t know if anyone else’s will or if anyone else will beleive me, but that’s what I saw like some others here.

Posted by Darkbandit in Charleston, SC on May 21, 2003 at 8:44 PM (PST)

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I happened to be somewhere today and “Oprah” was on (i’n not gonna explain). Anyway some dude had an iPod and the screen was extremely blue. much bluer than my 30GB which appears blue under some lighting condidtions and varying levels of charge. It was blue. Normally you wouldn’t be able to see a backlight under all f those studio lights. It was BLUE.

Posted by SirBaesa on May 21, 2003 at 7:59 PM (PST)

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Huh??

Posted by Darkbandit in Charleston, SC on May 21, 2003 at 7:23 PM (PST)

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What happened was that Apple had a whole bunch of 15 inch PowerBooks left over that they wanted to get rid of so they can start selling the Aluminum books. So they took out the displays and cut them in pieces to fit the iPods. One display was good for 16 iPods. Since the PowerBooks had color displays the iPod appear to be blue. There is no screen color calibration in iPod OS to fix that but after next firmware upgrade they will show the songs in color! Wahoo!

Posted by Balooba on May 21, 2003 at 6:53 PM (PST)

Mac: iLyric 0.7 Released

If only I had a Mac…

Posted by SFNE Freak in CT on May 21, 2003 at 5:08 PM (PST)

Dell iPod Deal Returns! 30GB $409 15GB $319

Well I checked my order for an ipod 30g at 409.10 and they canceled it. I am pissed! I will make sure never to by a Dell Go Toshiba if you need a PC.

Posted by DellCancelledMyOrder on May 21, 2003 at 3:38 PM (PST)

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Agustin:
Most of us are not whining or anything, just pointing out that there is speculation towards a new screen. (I can see your point though, how a few users are in fact whining).

Posted by mongoos150 in Tucson AZ, USA on May 21, 2003 at 2:36 PM (PST)

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Seriously, who ever is logging in as me, please stop! Its not cool!
P.S. I WANT MY BLUE BACKLIGHT NOW!!! DIE APPLE FOR NOT GIVING IT TO ME!!! NOW!!!

Posted by phester on May 21, 2003 at 2:34 PM (PST)

"iPod Envy: Dealing With The idea That You Can't Have It All"

I Did. It has what, 2200 signatures so far? So about 1% of all iPod customers so far I believe have signed it. Pretty good for an online petition.

Posted by Silvan on May 21, 2003 at 2:30 PM (PST)

Updated: Is the backlight supposed to be blue?

I have an OLD iPod (the 5GB kind). Pretty soon I’m gonna be opening it up as shown at ipodhacks.com and adding some light blue film gel to the screen so that it really does have a blue screen. Only a pure white backlight (as I think mine has) would be able to work well with such a hack.

My observations:

- Under a 100W tungsten light, the screen appears blue-gray.
- Under 25W fluorescent lights, the screen appears pink-white (more pink when hot, white when cold).
- In direct sunlight, it appears pure, cold white (unless the sun is too bright, in which case it does that funny inverse-color thing).
- Under a 300W halogen lamp, it appears purple-blue, almost indigo (but less saturated, obviously).
- In pitch darkness, it appears pure white except at the edges, where it is almost reddish.

In addition, tilting it towards the righ or downwards increases the pink, while tilting it to the left or upwards increases the blue color.

There ya go. Just for comparison to the old iPod. See what your new one does in these conditions.

Posted by Silvan in Here on May 21, 2003 at 2:26 PM (PST)