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The Death of an iPod

Just over eighteen months ago I purchased my second iPod, this one with video. It was to replace my ailing iPod Mini that only held a 5 hour charge, had a faulty click wheel and had trouble syncing. The Mini lasted 30 months before reaching this state. Shortly after buying my iPod with video, I started noticing skipping in the middle of my songs. Sometimes it would skip places in the song, but more often it would jump to another song. The tracks played fine in iTunes so I returned to the Apple Store and the Geniuses there look at it. Apple promptly replaced it and claimed it was a hard drive about to fail that was causing the issues. I continued to have periodic issues with the new iPod but mostly on tracks that had skipped previous to the replacement. more »

Me Time - My Experience So Far With MobileMe

Apple’s update of their .Mac online presence and syncing software has received numerous critiques since it’s launch earlier this month. People have struggled with the service being up and lost mail. I struggled with getting it to work for a few days until I stumbled across a solution in the forums that even the Apple techs didn’t have me try. Since then things have been pretty smooth with the exception of calendars.
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Don’t Wash Your Bluetooth Headset With Your Laundry

Sunday my phone needed a charge. When this happens I plug my iPhone into the computer and put on my headset so I can walk around my house and still talk. The headset was bugging me that day so I put it in my shirt pocket. I proceeded to eat lunch and naturally spilled on my shirt. Since Sunday is a laundry day in my house, I dropped the shirt into the washing machine with the next load.
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Has Apple Influenced AT&T’s Customer Service?

I have been a fan of Apple for a while. I don’t consider myself a fan boy as while I do get wrapped up when Steve Jobs is pitching new wares, I easily see through the RDF after his presentations. But one of the reasons I like Apple so much is that when something goes wrong they are ready and willing to help fix it. I haven’t had any major calamities requiring losing a computer for weeks to a repair facility, but I have had a number of issues requiring Genius Bar attention and it has been easy to deal with.
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