# Fuck Apple and their fucking iPod **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 19, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple-and-their-fucking-ipod/357368 "2006-05-19T03:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple-and-their-fucking-ipod/357368/61 "2006-05-23T14:15:53Z")
> [@Twotwofive](#): > > Work required me to spend 48 hours in LA, which is a very long way from my home in London. Of course, I knew that my iPod battery would never last the whole journey out, but I nonetheless made sure to charge the thing a week or so before I left, in the hope that it would at least survive the time I would be spending in departures at LHR. Unfortunately, as other “pod people” will attest, the battery runs flat just as quickly when the iPod is turned off as it does when it’s playing, so I was already out of power by the time I got to the airport. I charged my 4g 20 GB ipod on Friday morning, and right now the battery icon is more than half full. Now maybe I’m just lucky, but mine never discharges that fast if it’s not getting use. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple-and-their-fucking-ipod/357368/62 "2006-05-23T14:18:03Z")
> [@Twotwofive](#): > > Forgot to mention - if I try to jog with my iPod, the jogging motion causes it to cut out within about 5 minutes. I know that this is not supposed to be the case, but unfortunately I’m a fairly recent convert to jogging, and I didn’t discover this failure until I was out of warranty. Don’t know what kind you have, but I put in quite a few miles of running every week with my Nano, and it has never cut out. I was anti-Ipod. Got my nano as a gift. Love it. I’m sure there are players that are just as good though. ---
**Author:** ![Twotwofive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Twotwofive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twotwofive)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple-and-their-fucking-ipod/357368/63 "2006-05-23T14:52:21Z")
> [@wm--](#): > > On the other hand I don’t really know what to say to someone who gets angry that the battery ran out after they accidentally left it on and playing all day long. Are you also disappointed that it won’t do your taxes and walk your dog? To clarify: I charged it; **ensured it was switched off** ; applied the switch that (supposedly) locks the keys off, in order to avoid the risk of accidentally turning it on; and put the iPod in my bag. Hey presto, 12 hours later I discover that the “hold” switch has become purely decorative at some point, and the damn thing has been on and playing all day. Well not _all_ day obviously, as the battery only lasts about an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple-and-their-fucking-ipod/357368/64 "2006-05-23T15:54:41Z")
> [@Twotwofive](#): > > To clarify: I charged it; **ensured it was switched off** ; applied the switch that (supposedly) locks the keys off, in order to avoid the risk of accidentally turning it on; and put the iPod in my bag. Hey presto, 12 hours later I discover that the “hold” switch has become purely decorative at some point, and the damn thing has been on and playing all day. Well not _all_ day obviously, as the battery only lasts about an hour. Well, if the Hold button on your unit is defective, that’s a legitimate gripe and I withdraw my sarcasm. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple-and-their-fucking-ipod/357368/65 "2006-05-23T18:04:51Z")
A nano won’t have problems with jogging because it’s in solid-state storage. (say that three times fast!) A HD-based iPod… well, it’s like trying to jog while using your laptop. There’s delicate moving parts inside, and rhythmic bouncing is not conducive to their flawless working. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple-and-their-fucking-ipod/357368/66 "2006-05-23T19:34:06Z")
> [@Little Plastic Ninja](#): > > A nano won’t have problems with jogging because it’s in solid-state storage. (say that three times fast!) A HD-based iPod… well, it’s like trying to jog while using your laptop. There’s delicate moving parts inside, and rhythmic bouncing is not conducive to their flawless working. Don’t iPods have pretty ample “skip protection” (i.e., a solid state buffer) to protect against bumping? I thought it was at least 9-10 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple-and-their-fucking-ipod/357368/67 "2006-05-23T19:59:40Z")
> [@wm--](#): > > Don’t iPods have pretty ample “skip protection” (i.e., a solid state buffer) to protect against bumping? I thought it was at least 9-10 minutes. Well, a buffer gives you uninterrupted _playback_, assuming the buffer doesn’t run out before you can start reading from the disk again. But that’s just mitigating the effects; the bumping being bad for the hard disk is a different matter. While a lot of the new drives have funky protection systems that put the read heads in a safe place when they detect bumps, it’s still far from ideal, and if you constantly subject a hard disk to changes of acceleration over its lifetime, it’s likely to fail a lot sooner. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple-and-their-fucking-ipod/357368/68 "2006-05-23T20:04:32Z")
> [@Dead Badger](#): > > Well, a buffer gives you uninterrupted _playback_, Yes, that’s all I meant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple-and-their-fucking-ipod/357368.md?page=3)