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prodcut was shipped quickly, so quickly they sent the wrong color. I ordered a blue one and they sent me a silver one. But everything seems to be working fine and I didn't feel like sending it back before xmas because it was a present.
And at this point, with the recent refresh of the iPod line, I feel like I should be eyeing the new nanos with the upgraded capacity, but I can't bring myself to ditch the mini for a player that won't fit all of my music anyway. Sometimes, you'll get something that works forever without any of the problems that other people have reported with the same model. We're starting to defy the laws of physics.Let me tell you another story about this iPod. I went back to the business of enjoying hitch-free music playback. It kind of sucked, so I returned it. I'm not even kidding. Occasionally, it's run out of power, but the battery, actually -- the battery it came with, which I've never replaced, and I feel like it must have clocked maybe a thousand load-cycles -- is awesome.
It's starting to seem supernatural. We're starting to defy all the rules about how batteries are supposed to work. It's been my experience with Apple products that sometimes -- and this is pretty much impossible to predict -- you'll get a dud that fails in every possible way and frustrates you and ruins your life (in my case, this was the iBook G4), and sometimes you'll get something perfect. In a way, the story that I'm telling you now is a ghost story. I stopped the car, opened the door, found the iPod, plugged it back into the cassette adaptor, and went back to business of driving. I have had to replace cassette adaptors, but the iPod itself is still going strong.So, a few months ago, I decided that four gigabytes could no longer be expected to accommodate any kind of cross-section of my 30-gigabyte music library, and I bought the iPod Classic. The iPod mini will outlive us all. Instead of the 4 gigabyte mini hard drive, I'll have a 32 gig flash hard drive.
I was not an early adopter of the iPod mini, but I've had it much longer than, for instance, any laptop or portable CD player I've owned, and I've used it almost every day, and it has never failed. I've gotten as far as looking at flash cards. Years ago, and more than once, this iPod hung outside the door of my moving car from the cord of the cassette adapter. Can you guess what happened. I've gotten as far as thinking that I might maybe disassemble the mini, and replace the mini hard drive. This one iPod mini will outlive us all.Maybe you'll get lucky like I got lucky.
I have the gorgeous blue, 2nd Generation Ipod Mini. The only parts I need are cords (if this one breaks, hasn't yet) or the FM Tuner.Thanks Apple for a great product. I paid $350.00 new for this Ipod Mini back in 2005, and it was the best $350.00 I've ever spent.
Many warned me when I purchased this unit back in 2005, that the battery would crash and burn. Unlike burning cds, it transfers them minus the skipping; so I basically get my cds on here in brand new condition again. She's sitting right next to me charging.
I've managed to upload cds, even cracked cds onto this Ipod. It's now 2008 and she's still running like new. I do not have a need for video, photo uploads, or other unnecessary technological advancements that Apple has to offer for the "new" Ipods.
Finding parts for my Mini are getting to be a bit of a hassle nowadays, but if I can find universal parts it works well. Beats the Zune by a mile, without unauthorized credit card charges for the Zune Pass, courtesy of Microsoft.
came with a charger and earbuds. The ipod is just like the one i use to have. its great. came just as it said in a few days. i did have it upgraded to quicker shipping, but it came faster than what was said.
Even after a year, the battery charge was terrible, lasting about 3 hours out of the advertised 8. I did buy this mini, and it is just terrible. I swear if I wasn't just getting my newer ipods as hand-me-downs from my brother I would never buy a single ipod ever again. As of now the thing just turns on, last about 40 seconds then the battery dies the second I select a song. I take fairly good care of my stuff (about as good as the above average consumer), and this piece of junk has only 2 working buttons after 1.5 years. I really wish electronics would last about 3 years, but with Apple and their line of Ipods, you get about 1 year of decent workability. When i received a newer ipod from my brother, i didnt even bother keeping my old mini ipod as a portable storage drive, much less a music player, and took a hammer to it. What a piece of junk.
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