[Gllug] Apple Ipod Help

[david at gbenet.com]

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David Damerell wrote:
> On Wednesday, 11 May 2011, david at gbenet.com wrote:
>> I've discovered that my ipod is a blue 2Gb "Shuffle" like a 2Gb
>> memory stick but able to play tunes - 39 quid from Tesco. I will give
>> all your suggestions a go. 
> 
> If it's a new Shuffle, you're out of luck, last I checked; the good
> guys haven't cracked those yet.
> 
> Sell it to someone who does drink the Kool-Aid and get a device from
> practically any other manufacturer, which will just act as an ordinary
> USB device and play files you put on it.
> 
> At the very low end of the market (Alba, which is Argos with a
> different hat on) you can still get devices that run off ordinary AAA
> batteries instead of pointless internal batteries. 
> 
> I have one of those which lives (in a plastic bag) in the back pocket
> of my cycling jacket; I clock circa 4,000 miles a year and it hasn't
> broken in the months I have owned it, so it's not that fragile,
> either.
> 
Thanks David - it's the new "Shuffle." From what I read on the net I guessed I was out of luck.

David


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