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tumbled
I don't understand how to save uploaded music to the account so that you can access it anywhere when you sign into iTunes. do you? I must be doing something wrong.

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KingmanBarstow

I think that the battery dies in an IPod, and then there is no replacing it.

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Irix

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KingmanBarstow

I think that the battery dies in an IPod, and then there is no replacing it.

The battery can be replaced - not quite easy, but it's possible: [www.ifixit.com] .

Maybe a good Repair Service can help.

It's also possible to replace the 1.8" HDD of the iPod Classic with a 1 TB mSATA-SSD via adapter. Some people have done it, reports are to find in the Internet via search engine: "ipod classic ssd mod".


[www.iflash.xyz]

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KingmanBarstow

I think that the battery dies in an IPod, and then there is no replacing it.

The battery can be replaced - not quite easy, but it's possible: [www.ifixit.com] .

Maybe a good Repair Service can help.

It's also possible to replace the 1.8" HDD of the iPod Classic with a 1 TB mSATA-SSD via adapter. Some people have done it, reports are to find in the Internet via search engine: "ipod classic ssd mod".


[www.iflash.xyz]

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jambay
Companies making electronic devices which require batteries (that will wear out) to operate, not allowing users to easily replace those batteries, are only renting those devices to users, and if they dream I will put my overly personal information on a rented device they are mistaken.

It is another one of those situations where I choose to stop doing business with a company or I choose to not do business with those companies to start with. But enough lemmings happily waddle along and "rent" the devices not caring that they will send their device loaded with very personal information for simple maintenance, that more and more companies will continue down this path of appearing to sell devices but actually retaining ownership of the devices and the information contained on them.

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jambay
Companies making electronic devices which require batteries (that will wear out) to operate, not allowing users to easily replace those batteries, are only renting those devices to users, and if they dream I will put my overly personal information on a rented device they are mistaken.

It is another one of those situations where I choose to stop doing business with a company or I choose to not do business with those companies to start with. But enough lemmings happily waddle along and "rent" the devices not caring that they will send their device loaded with very personal information for simple maintenance, that more and more companies will continue down this path of appearing to sell devices but actually retaining ownership of the devices and the information contained on them.

You have a good point. Not sure I like being referred to as a lemming, but I probably should not have given Apple my old iPod Classic with its run down battery for recycling (and my library on its HD). On the other hand, my iTunes library, they still have access to if they want. What you are saying is don't buy an iPod. I rarely buy songs from iTunes, so what is needed is a storage playable device that is personal and private.

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jambay
Companies making electronic devices which require batteries (that will wear out) to operate, not allowing users to easily replace those batteries, are only renting those devices to users, and if they dream I will put my overly personal information on a rented device they are mistaken.

It is another one of those situations where I choose to stop doing business with a company or I choose to not do business with those companies to start with. But enough lemmings happily waddle along and "rent" the devices not caring that they will send their device loaded with very personal information for simple maintenance, that more and more companies will continue down this path of appearing to sell devices but actually retaining ownership of the devices and the information contained on them.

You have a good point. Not sure I like being referred to as a lemming, but I probably should not have given Apple my old iPod Classic with its run down battery for recycling (and my library on its HD). On the other hand, my iTunes library, they still have access to if they want. What you are saying is don't buy an iPod. I rarely buy songs from iTunes, so what is needed is a storage playable device that is personal and private.

Maybe another word would be better... but if enough people said "sorry, either put an easily replaceable battery in your players and an easily serviceable/replaceable hard drive in them, or we are not doing business" then they would do it. But as long as people give them money (Billions) to rent devices there is no reason for them to do it.

I was anti apple Ftunes from the start when they claimed the spot as he legal napster.... and my attitude cost me a lot of A LOT OF a ton of money. I said fudge them and then I watched apple stock sky rocket as people lined up to give them Billions of Dollars. It cost me a ton of money... and I dont mind admitting it because it helps me remember to not have/make that attitude mistake again. It is important to realize that people are... somethings... and they will happily line up everyday to pay $4.50 of a cup of coffee (seriously they do)(happily). It is far more profitable to not give people credit for being smarter than that... best to just go with it and make a lot of money.

I have a huge collection of various electronic devices around here from radios to nightvision thingys to RC toys, boom boxes, kits and other things... and due to some issues I had recently I went through a bunch of boxes and saw a lot of this stuff again for the first time in years.

It is fun to simply stick a new battery in a RC car and run it around the house for a while. It would suck if it was all sealed up/enclosed and said on the bottom "send to Tyco to make work again"... although similarly (kind of) "they" have junked all of my cool old battery operated TVs and radios which are still in mint condition, but no longer work because of the switch from analog signals to digital signals. It used to be in a storm I was set... but not anymore.

As far which company mp3 device to buy with a easy replace battery, I dont know.

It may be that all of them have the non-replaceable batteries now.
That seems to be the profitable way to go... plus all of that glorious data collection.

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I've got tunes on CD's, on the computer, on an iPod, on my phone, and on vinyl. There's Rhapsody, I tunes, Pandora and YouTube. Lately, I've been listening to more stuff on SoundCloud.

If I think about it much, I get kinda overwhelmed by it all....so I just try to stick with listening.

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jambay
Companies making electronic devices which require batteries (that will wear out) to operate, not allowing users to easily replace those batteries, are only renting those devices to users, and if they dream I will put my overly personal information on a rented device they are mistaken.

It is another one of those situations where I choose to stop doing business with a company or I choose to not do business with those companies to start with. But enough lemmings happily waddle along and "rent" the devices not caring that they will send their device loaded with very personal information for simple maintenance, that more and more companies will continue down this path of appearing to sell devices but actually retaining ownership of the devices and the information contained on them.

You have a good point. Not sure I like being referred to as a lemming, but I probably should not have given Apple my old iPod Classic with its run down battery for recycling (and my library on its HD). On the other hand, my iTunes library, they still have access to if they want. What you are saying is don't buy an iPod. I rarely buy songs from iTunes, so what is needed is a storage playable device that is personal and private.

Maybe another word would be better... but if enough people said "sorry, either put an easily replaceable battery in your players and an easily serviceable/replaceable hard drive in them, or we are not doing business" then they would do it. But as long as people give them money (Billions) to rent devices there is no reason for them to do it.

I was anti apple Ftunes from the start when they claimed the spot as he legal napster.... and my attitude cost me a lot of A LOT OF a ton of money. I said fudge them and then I watched apple stock sky rocket as people lined up to give them Billions of Dollars. It cost me a ton of money... and I dont mind admitting it because it helps me remember to not have/make that attitude mistake again. It is important to realize that people are... somethings... and they will happily line up everyday to pay $4.50 of a cup of coffee (seriously they do)(happily). It is far more profitable to not give people credit for being smarter than that... best to just go with it and make a lot of money.

I have a huge collection of various electronic devices around here from radios to nightvision thingys to RC toys, boom boxes, kits and other things... and due to some issues I had recently I went through a bunch of boxes and saw a lot of this stuff again for the first time in years.

It is fun to simply stick a new battery in a RC car and run it around the house for a while. It would suck if it was all sealed up/enclosed and said on the bottom "send to Tyco to make work again"... although similarly (kind of) "they" have junked all of my cool old battery operated TVs and radios which are still in mint condition, but no longer work because of the switch from analog signals to digital signals. It used to be in a storm I was set... but not anymore.

As far which company mp3 device to buy with a easy replace battery, I dont know.

It may be that all of them have the non-replaceable batteries now.
That seems to be the profitable way to go... plus all of that glorious data collection.

I completely agree. What would be wrong with Apple allowing purchasers of the iPod Classic to buy a new battery and replace the original once it has died. Especially after spending $300 plus on the playable device in the first place. We all know the answer to that question.

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KingmanBarstow

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jambay
Companies making electronic devices which require batteries (that will wear out) to operate, not allowing users to easily replace those batteries, are only renting those devices to users, and if they dream I will put my overly personal information on a rented device they are mistaken.

It is another one of those situations where I choose to stop doing business with a company or I choose to not do business with those companies to start with. But enough lemmings happily waddle along and "rent" the devices not caring that they will send their device loaded with very personal information for simple maintenance, that more and more companies will continue down this path of appearing to sell devices but actually retaining ownership of the devices and the information contained on them.

You have a good point. Not sure I like being referred to as a lemming, but I probably should not have given Apple my old iPod Classic with its run down battery for recycling (and my library on its HD). On the other hand, my iTunes library, they still have access to if they want. What you are saying is don't buy an iPod. I rarely buy songs from iTunes, so what is needed is a storage playable device that is personal and private.

Maybe another word would be better... but if enough people said "sorry, either put an easily replaceable battery in your players and an easily serviceable/replaceable hard drive in them, or we are not doing business" then they would do it. But as long as people give them money (Billions) to rent devices there is no reason for them to do it.

I was anti apple Ftunes from the start when they claimed the spot as he legal napster.... and my attitude cost me a lot of A LOT OF a ton of money. I said fudge them and then I watched apple stock sky rocket as people lined up to give them Billions of Dollars. It cost me a ton of money... and I dont mind admitting it because it helps me remember to not have/make that attitude mistake again. It is important to realize that people are... somethings... and they will happily line up everyday to pay $4.50 of a cup of coffee (seriously they do)(happily). It is far more profitable to not give people credit for being smarter than that... best to just go with it and make a lot of money.

I have a huge collection of various electronic devices around here from radios to nightvision thingys to RC toys, boom boxes, kits and other things... and due to some issues I had recently I went through a bunch of boxes and saw a lot of this stuff again for the first time in years.

It is fun to simply stick a new battery in a RC car and run it around the house for a while. It would suck if it was all sealed up/enclosed and said on the bottom "send to Tyco to make work again"... although similarly (kind of) "they" have junked all of my cool old battery operated TVs and radios which are still in mint condition, but no longer work because of the switch from analog signals to digital signals. It used to be in a storm I was set... but not anymore.

As far which company mp3 device to buy with a easy replace battery, I dont know.

It may be that all of them have the non-replaceable batteries now.
That seems to be the profitable way to go... plus all of that glorious data collection.

I completely agree. What would be wrong with Apple allowing purchasers of the iPod Classic to buy a new battery and replace the original once it has died. Especially after spending $300 plus on the playable device in the first place. We all know the answer to that question.

I was (still am) perplexed that people would (will) put up with that when I first heard about it. I was sure there would be a back lash... but nope. It is like I was sure there would be, had to be a backlash against allowing strangers to fondle their boobs balls butts... simply to get on a airplane... but everyday people line up, hold their arms out and seemingly say... I'll put up no resistance... touch-A touch-A touch me... I wanna be.... creatures of the flight.

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Palace Revolution 2000

One can get 1TB into a Classic Ipod?

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Chacho
I do not know why anyone would have an iPod.

It has been scientifically proven that the Sansa Clip line of players are superior in 90% of the categories tested including sound quality.

Research the subject, or if you have the time to read a long technical article, then click HERE