On the corner of 6th Avenue and Broome Street in SoHo there is a car wash that is closed, it’s under renovation. Towering above the car wash is an enormous ad for Apple’s iPod. Around the car wash is a make-shift plywood wall that, from beginning to end, is plastered with the same ads. With graffiti stenciled on the ads, a bitter former customer gets his revenge.
Is that true????
everything but the last line. In the last line i was theorizing about who sprayed the graffiti on all of the ipod ads.
wait, did you mean the part about the ipod battery? i guess i’ll find out…
Ross Notes // Nov 11, 2003 at 10:59 pm
Advertising Adjustment
Nice….
On /.
[ iPod battery discuss ]
On forums.macrumors
[ batt lasts TWO days?! ]
(helpful) hints @
[ ipoding ]
OH!
“If your iPod’s battery dies, or becomes faulty, it is not a user serviceable part.” - Aussie IT article
Sheds light on the whole iPod batt snafu… Previously I thought that iPod users would be stuck with dead firmware – something about a non-user-serviceable batt stinks though. Should be the easiest thing with portables, don’t you think?
Pet
Rachelle reports. You decide.
Wow, I guess I’ll just have to buy a regular old mp3 player instead!! They use reliable NiCd’s or NiMH rechargeable batteries for only pennies a day!
don’t both NiCd and NiMH both have battery memory?
i meant about the battery life. i guess you’ll have to keep me informed. i’m sure if the battery starts sucking, you can get something from the apple folks.
NiMH have no battery memory like old NiCd’s. But who cares; they are cheaply and easily replaced. Who need Apple’s proprietary battery issues?!!
Plus, in a pinch, regular ol’ batteries will work!
mike! i could never marry a guy who is anti-ipod!
And I could never marry a girl who goes for status over functionality!
And I could never marry a girl who goes for name brand recognition status over functionality & practicality!
yes, that’s me.. status monger! why cant you just say you like the ipod a little? When Tien told me he didnt like Mexican food I told him he wasn’t my friend any more. Low and behold a few days later he told me he *did* like it, but just not beans.
Well, I’ve read much about the battery debate:
Replacement battery for ipods:
http://www.ipodbattery.com/
Discussion on the replacement batter:
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12452
way to drag me into this bitter love quarrel.
so the batteries ARE NOT unreplaceable? nice! Thanks for the info technofreak & petrol. btw, a guy I work with has an old skool 1st generation ipod.. he says he’s had it 3 years and has had no problem with the battery.
there’s much, much more to the iPod than “status” or “brand recognition.” there is convenience, portability, quality, storage and compatibility, to name a few.
mike, do you eat bran flakes and drive an K-car?
I don’t have an iPod (would like one), but can speak as a longtime Apple computer user that their products are far superior to anything else I’ve used. Still, like any other product, nothing is perfect and things will eventually go wrong. I’ve heard the earlier iPods were subject to a few snafus just as any new product that comes to market. But to each his or her own!
And I could never marry a girl who goes for status over functionality!
OH SNAP!!
And I could never marry a girl who goes for name brand recognition status over functionality & practicality!
OH NO HE DI’IN’T!!!!!
joel – your comments always crack me up!!!! keep’em comin’!
haha … glad I can be of service
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oh, and my previous comment is a LOT funnier when I say it out loud!
by the way – I really have wondered how peer reaction would be if I got something LIKE the iPod instead of a real iPod. Would people hate me? Insult me? Call me “ghetto”? chase me out of town with torches and pitchforks?
Seriously.
if you’re not going to get the ipod then dont get something sorta like it. go completely different. it’s like those people who make us cringe by driving trackers instead of wranglers.
re: Trackers instead of Wranglers.
ew.
just … ewwwww.
i think i am kind of anti-apple. a little bit. (although i was a mac user from the age of 9 until the end of college. i think this has to do with the fact that apple led the field for a long time. and that my dad paid for all my computer gear.)
chuck, to respond to your statement: “there’s much, much more to the iPod than “status” or “brand recognition.” there is convenience, portability, quality, storage and compatibility, to name a few.”
i think a non-ipod mp3 player can provide all of the qualities you list for an ipod, at a lower cost. does the ipod add that much value for that extra money? i would say it’s more about design than any actual added features (extra memory, better battery life, etc.). my 20g archos jukebox mp3 player cost around $300 a few years ago when the 20g ipod cost something exorbitant. nowadays, i think it’s $250 vs. $400.
(what is a k-car?)
k-car. for you koreans…silly!
I’ve the netMD-n707. True, it’s little more than a glorified cassette player, but the pc-MD transfer makes up for it not being an iPod. It was really cheap when I got it, 200$ or so. I’d wait til the iPod’s in its third or 4th generation hardware (c. 2006? maybe) and nth revision software just to be on the safe side. (iT4W also needs a bit of work.) Plus at that point, the original 5GB units would be selling for absolutely next-to-nothing.
(Trying REALLY hard to not get involved in this debate)
Chuckles:
Brand flakes make for a healthy colon. You’ll be regretting your statement when yours rots and falls out on your 55th birthday.
what’s a k car? are you kidding? i used to ride in one in an almost daily basis in high school. heres a photo of one
That’s a little scary. That K-car looks suspiciously like my old K-car. Ed Rooney drove the K too.
jeannette, i agree with you that other mp3 players share many of those same qualities as the iPod, but for me, someone who uses a mac at work, a different one at home, and who has a .mac account, the iPod is the only one that synchronizes all three. my contacts and calendar are automatically synched. (and it has a calendar and contact functino.) i can seamlessly transfer files other than music back and forth.
and i feel that because i bought a new generation oen, i’m guaranteed to benefit from some new programs coming down the line. also, as a stockholder in apple corp, i want to support their product line. and lastly, the iPod is just plain fucking cool, or, perhaps more importantly, is cooler than anything else. this is new york city, after all, where you pay $1800/mo for a small studio apartment.
joel,
I agree with Rachel, you have to go against the grain, and get the “Anti-Ipod”, so to speak.
How about this?(maybe u can inspire a comeback **shudder**)
the Ultimate Anti-Ipod
chuck – i agree with much of what you are saying, but what you are really proving is that apple really is a cult!
but it’s the best damn cult out there! and maybe the 2nd most expensive one after scientology…
LOL @ pic of Kcar! XD
Great photos as always, Rachelle! You’re the best gal-pal ever!
This ought to cork your cry-holes.
cool, thanks for the that link, walt!
and thanks, anthony. glad you like the photos.
http://www.ipodrocks.com
Check the “Convince your parents” section.
okay, that might be the coolest site ever. right ahead of that how legos are made one (which is right here).
that’s an awesome site. is it an official apple site or is someone else trying to convince parents to buy ipods for their kids?
It’s official.
The dude is pissed. =-)
Aww, you beat me to it, Walt! I thought I was going to be brilliant by linking to that video, on this site. Oh well. Next time!
nice! how did you come across that? this is totally the guy & the last location is where i took the photo. he seems bitter, but not a “former” customer.. the part at the end made me laugh.. “edited on a mac with imovie”. i still argue that the battery is not “irreplaceable” if you can buy a new one.
wow – what a find! that movie cracks me up.