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

the other day I was checking out the new ipods and I asked the Apple sales rep. “why doesn’t Apple make a firmware update for the “old” ipods, one simular to the firmware used in the new ipods.” his answer “because apple wants you to buy a new one.” Apple is a lame company, they show no loyalty to their customers, they never have.

Posted by bunnycake in san francisco on May 14, 2003 at 12:49 PM (PST)

Windows: MUSICMATCH Jukebox 8 Released

And they can shove it up right next to the older versions.

Posted by Pbox on May 14, 2003 at 12:27 PM (PST)

Mac: PodWorks 2.8.3 released

Oh rite.

Posted by Billy Sardar on May 14, 2003 at 11:24 AM (PST)

Apple: iTunes Music Store Tops Two Million Song Downloads

Where can I send Apple something to tell them I want this on Windows SOON!

Posted by Max in Montreal Canada on May 14, 2003 at 9:53 AM (PST)

"Pop" between tracks exists on all iPods?

Hey Mp3 is not a gapless format Mike ! Ok the click’s are bad, but you will never get a live album to play gapless!

CYa Ede

Posted by Ede on May 14, 2003 at 9:00 AM (PST)

Mac: AAChoo 1.2 Released

Also,  why would anyone pay $15 to do this, when you can just use iTunes for free?

-Jason

Posted by jerseyfreeze on May 14, 2003 at 5:52 AM (PST)

Mac: PodWorks 2.8.3 released

Billy,
You can, but the folder containing the music folder is hidden, preventing you from easily copying songs off your iPod.

Posted by Buzz Andersen in Denver, CO on May 14, 2003 at 4:47 AM (PST)

Mac: AAChoo 1.2 Released

Is it actually wise to convert your mp3s to AAC?  Seems like you’re just asking for poor quality audio.

-Jason

Posted by jerseyfreeze on May 14, 2003 at 2:44 AM (PST)

Update: iPod Software 1.3 vs. 2.0

I have a new 15gb ipod that I use with Windows.  Does anyone know how to make the alarm go off to music instead of the “beep”.  I can find no reference of it anywhere, and the Apple documentation is entirely too simplistic.

Posted by mike on May 13, 2003 at 4:04 PM (PST)

Toshiba posts information on new 15 and 30GB drives

It would be interesting to see someone update their old ipods with 30G drives and make it work.  I can’t see how it can’t be done if you get a hold of one of these drives.

Posted by serpico on May 13, 2003 at 12:18 PM (PST)

CNET: Hackers: iTunes can be shared over Net

This sounds like what we used to do back in the day, when we could hear a song on the radio and record it to tape.  It wasn’t the greatest quality, but I can’t imagine a stream being better than the original too.

I don’t use the feature, but it’s nice that it’s there. This is part of the Rendesvouz magic, is it not?  It’s not hacking!!!

Posted by serpico on May 13, 2003 at 12:06 PM (PST)

Mac: PodWorks 2.8.3 released

I thought that you could use the Ipod as a hard drive on Macs as well as PCs…

Posted by Billy Sardar on May 13, 2003 at 9:43 AM (PST)

CNET: Hackers: iTunes can be shared over Net

What I don’t understand is all the hubub about “hacking” and “hidden” or “secret” features in iTunes.  While the SpyMac search function definitely takes things a few steps into this realm, let’s please not get too in awe of the people who merely stream iTunes libraries over the Internet.  Keep in mind that the iTunes “Advanced” menu has a “Connect to shared music…” option built right into it which allows anyone the full capability to stream another Mac’s music without the need for any “hacking” or poking around.  Apple clearly had no intention of “hiding” this feature.

All that most of these sites do is collect IP addresses and preface the URLs with a “daap:/”.  That’s not hacking.

Posted by Dave in MPLS on May 13, 2003 at 9:07 AM (PST)

iTrip Hacked

You had better hook me and the rest of the guys that ordered on for our original pods first buddy, i’m waiting and waiting here!!!!!

on another note, maybe only members posting replys was a good thing (see post 2)

Posted by Dean on May 13, 2003 at 7:32 AM (PST)

CNET: Hackers: iTunes can be shared over Net

Unfortunately, even streaming requires a license from the copyright holder.  It makes no difference that the file is not actually saved on the recipient’s computer. Any “broadcast” of copyrighted music would be a copyright violation.

Posted by Warlock on May 13, 2003 at 7:14 AM (PST)

ShareiTunes.com is launched

There seems to be a new similar site at [url=http://www.ituneshare.org]http://www.ituneshare.org[/url]  Can bookmark sites and search by location and connection speeds.

Posted by Ben on May 13, 2003 at 4:08 AM (PST)

Audible: Free month trial and more for new iPod owners

Kudos to Apple for supporting Audible.com. I’ve been a happy Audible member for two+ years, and it was the Audible.com support that finally got me to shell out the $$ for an iPod.

Posted by dacloutier in Brookfield on May 13, 2003 at 3:35 AM (PST)

Apple: iPod (with Dock Connector) Manuals Posted

I found something interesting…One the manual it says to charge iPod, but says on the Mac you can just plug it into your computer because the computer charges it…but the Windows computers do that to…
Also I love how they don’t call it “the iPod” , but just “iPod”.

Posted by mongoos150 in Tucson, AZ on May 13, 2003 at 3:24 AM (PST)

Windows: DeviceLink 1.0 for MoodLogic Released

I don’t know about limitations with the trial, but I used the devicelink to transfer all of my songs to the new iPOD, not just playlists.  It worked perfectly.

Posted by NelBar on May 13, 2003 at 3:15 AM (PST)

CNET: Hackers: iTunes can be shared over Net

Well, i remember to recall people streaming files and other people just converting that stream to a file on their disk. Depending on the ‘quality’ of you stream, i suppose you could be ‘downloading’ the file through the stream ...

Correct me if i am wrong too

Posted by Oenie in Belgium on May 13, 2003 at 3:03 AM (PST)

Windows: DeviceLink 1.0 for MoodLogic Released

I have used the devicelink trial.  For one thing, it’s buggy as hell.  the other thing is it’s pretty bloody expensive (20 bucks) for something that simply loads playlists onto the ipod.  No option to add songs.  Money better spent on Xplay.

Posted by AJ in NYC on May 13, 2003 at 3:02 AM (PST)

Windows: DeviceLink 1.0 for MoodLogic Released

I have used Moodlogic for about 6 months, and I find it very usefull.  It does have a few bugs.  I have about 1375 ripped CD songs, and Moodlogic has “activated” 98% of them.  I have a fairly broad variety of music, from Beethoven. to Hank Williams, to The White Stripes.  The “activation” percentage has gone up dramatically over the time I have subscribed, particularly in the past couple of months.  I recently bought the new iPOD and transferred all my music to it using Moodlogic’s Devicelink. 

Posted by NelBar on May 13, 2003 at 2:57 AM (PST)

CNET: Hackers: iTunes can be shared over Net

I believe that it only is sharing, not copying. So if you’re just sharing music (streaming it) then you’re fine. Correct me if I’m wrong though.

Posted by kainjow on May 13, 2003 at 2:26 AM (PST)

Windows: DeviceLink 1.0 for MoodLogic Released

Actually, I just finished trying it out, and I have to recant my previous statement.  The program does not look great at first glance.  It is heavily dependent on what seems to be a very invasive subscription service.

The “free trial” program will first find your music files, and then it spends about 3-5 minutes “activating” about 100 of your songs.  This activation process is crucial - only activated files are eligible for the program’s features.  You have to spend more money for “song credits” if you want more than the allotted number activated.

Before using any of the program’s touted features, including automatic file renaming and auto playlisting, you have to pay at least $29.99.  And then, you can only use their features on your “activated music” if you are connected to the internet.

Also, it seems that only certain songs are in their database (naturally), and presumably this database is what allows for automatic file tagging and other features to work.  Of the songs that were selected for activation in my trial version, more than half of them did not have automatic information available for them.

Although it looks as though the program’s advertised features might be nice, I am unwilling to spend the $30 to give it a real try.  Musicmatch’s SuperTagging feature, flawed though it is, will be my auto-tagger of choice for now.

If anyone does subscribe, please let us know your results.

Posted by Erik in Japan on May 12, 2003 at 11:39 PM (PST)

Windows: DeviceLink 1.0 for MoodLogic Released

The “More Info” link is broken.  Try [url=http://www.moodlogic.com]http://www.moodlogic.com[/url] for more info.  Program looks great at first glance!

Posted by Erik in Japan on May 12, 2003 at 7:45 PM (PST)