Comments on: What to do with a busted MP3 player http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: vogueboy http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html/comment-page-1#comment-14601 vogueboy Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:04:36 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html#comment-14601 <p>alan is correct in the meantime or 'working life' of the product being only 6 to 12 months. By that time, companies launch the next generation of the device. Manufacturing companies know this. That's how they make money... Through sales, not warranty service.</p> <p>Even Marc suggested, keeping the device as a back-up. Even he knows it's not worth it to repair it.</p> alan is correct in the meantime or 'working life' of the product being only 6 to 12 months. By that time, companies launch the next generation of the device. Manufacturing companies know this. That's how they make money… Through sales, not warranty service.

Even Marc suggested, keeping the device as a back-up. Even he knows it's not worth it to repair it.

]]> By: Steve http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html/comment-page-1#comment-14600 Steve Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:01:43 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html#comment-14600 <p>Yes ben that's right....dropping technology prices and user ADD causes ipod batteries to crap out after a few months.</p> Yes ben that's right….dropping technology prices and user ADD causes ipod batteries to crap out after a few months.

]]> By: Ben http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html/comment-page-1#comment-14599 Ben Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:49:41 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html#comment-14599 <p>Agreed; there may be more attractive MP3 players out there for those who know how to look, but the average iPod, while slightly over priced, is a pretty respectable product in and of itself. Repair by upgrade is, sadly enough, more a product of dropping technology prices, increasing device capacities and user ADD then some sinister Apple plot.</p> Agreed; there may be more attractive MP3 players out there for those who know how to look, but the average iPod, while slightly over priced, is a pretty respectable product in and of itself. Repair by upgrade is, sadly enough, more a product of dropping technology prices, increasing device capacities and user ADD then some sinister Apple plot.

]]> By: J Marshall http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html/comment-page-1#comment-14598 J Marshall Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:16:11 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html#comment-14598 <p>to 'anon' who said "<br /> "apple is a terrible company. they make money on a retard proff system." </p> <p>The point of technology is to make things easier. Creating an 'easy to use system' is not a bad thing. </p> to 'anon' who said "
"apple is a terrible company. they make money on a retard proff system."

The point of technology is to make things easier. Creating an 'easy to use system' is not a bad thing.

]]> By: david mitchell http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html/comment-page-1#comment-14597 david mitchell Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:12:33 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html#comment-14597 <p>hey! anyone know how I can add mp3s to my old version creative zen player. It isn't recognized by vista when i try to connect it to my laptop and the software disc freezes at the beginning of the install when I put it in my drive??? Thanks, david. </p> hey! anyone know how I can add mp3s to my old version creative zen player. It isn't recognized by vista when i try to connect it to my laptop and the software disc freezes at the beginning of the install when I put it in my drive??? Thanks, david.

]]> By: alan wiliams http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html/comment-page-1#comment-14596 alan wiliams Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:20:59 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html#comment-14596 <p>If IPOD was any other product ie., car, stereo,dishwasher, they would be thrown out of the market place... repair by upgrade is criminal.. these things have a meantime between failure of what 6-12 months, no quality control, only one repair depot, terrible statistics.. if you are going to repair by upgrade and replacement you might as well by a no name product. and now the capabilities are in cell phones IPODs are fully redundant and waste of space.</p> If IPOD was any other product ie., car, stereo,dishwasher, they would be thrown out of the market place… repair by upgrade is criminal.. these things have a meantime between failure of what 6-12 months, no quality control, only one repair depot, terrible statistics.. if you are going to repair by upgrade and replacement you might as well by a no name product. and now the capabilities are in cell phones IPODs are fully redundant and waste of space.

]]> By: alan wiliams http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html/comment-page-1#comment-14595 alan wiliams Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:20:48 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html#comment-14595 <p>If IPOD was any other product ie., car, stereo,dishwasher, they would be thrown out of the market place... repair by upgrade is criminal.. these things have a meantime between failure of what 6-12 months, no quality control, only one repair depot, terrible statistics.. if you are going to repair by upgrade and replacement you might as well by a no name product. and now the capabilities are in cell phones IPODs are fully redundant and waste of space.</p> If IPOD was any other product ie., car, stereo,dishwasher, they would be thrown out of the market place… repair by upgrade is criminal.. these things have a meantime between failure of what 6-12 months, no quality control, only one repair depot, terrible statistics.. if you are going to repair by upgrade and replacement you might as well by a no name product. and now the capabilities are in cell phones IPODs are fully redundant and waste of space.

]]> By: anon http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html/comment-page-1#comment-14594 anon Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:54:54 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html#comment-14594 <p>dude apple is a terrible company. they make money on a retard proff system. keep as storage. dont listen to this dill hole</p> dude apple is a terrible company. they make money on a retard proff system. keep as storage. dont listen to this dill hole

]]> By: Technoratti 2008 http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html/comment-page-1#comment-14593 Technoratti 2008 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:29:47 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html#comment-14593 <p>Get an iPod remember iPod is an Apple product thus not Microsoft, awesome hey! However iPods are backwards compatable and will work with MS Millenium or Vista as its now known and XP. </p> Get an iPod remember iPod is an Apple product thus not Microsoft, awesome hey! However iPods are backwards compatable and will work with MS Millenium or Vista as its now known and XP.

]]> By: harry http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html/comment-page-1#comment-14592 harry Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:53:08 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/12/what-to-do-with.html#comment-14592 <p>you could alwayz give it to me</p> you could alwayz give it to me

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