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i'm looking at getting an ipod or a creative zen, around 30 or 40gb, but i've been getting reports from my friends that the batteries in theirs run out after about 2 or 3 hours of use (whereas 8 hour life is reported on the ipod site, 12 on the creative site).. These are brand new (christmas) and have been this way since they got them. Does anyone else experience this? Just want to know if it's something they're doing wrong or if it's an across-the-board problem; this, coupled with www.ipodsdirtysecret.com kinda makes me uneasy about investing in one of these mofos. |
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"www.ipodsdirtysecret.com" i wouldn't worry about that if i were you, they now have a battery replacement scheme which is really cheap, even cheaper if you do it yourself. As for 2-3 hours, its definately more than that, I used to own one, I got about 6 hours. |
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My new iPod (20g) gets about 7-8hrs. I'm never away from a power source more than that so it doesn't bother me. |
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7-8 hours.. fine.. as long as it's not the 2 hours they're reporting. my friend has one of the new 10gb ones and the other has a 30gb zen, they both experience the same problem. perhaps they're exaggerating and not noticing how much they're using it or how little they're charging it. |
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Well one problem is the battery indicator isn't accurate. Apple has to fix this soon. You can charge it full and within 2-3 hours the icon will say it's almost empty. But it isn't. Hopefully they'll have a update for this soon. |
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ah that's the problem they're experiencing. |
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Wasn't there a problem with the iPOD's battery pack. I'm sure someone posted it a few weeks back. |
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i have an ipod i enjoy everything about it the battery is 8 hours but there is a catch to it..ie you dont use EQ and the back light if you are spending the money go ahead and get the 40 Gb if you can afford it if you cant borrow money and get the 40 GB |
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My ipod lasts pretty long. Way more than 3 hours. I use backlight sparingly, and I dont ever use the built in clock/calender (i keep them turned off by not initially setting the clock or date). I dont use the EQ either, and so far i'm pleased with it. |
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i can the battery at least 7 hours! |
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cool that helps a lot - just one more question guys: Does the ipod/zen feature gap elimination between tracks? I mean, with a mix like 2manydjs for example will songs slide into each other without *any* click or gap? |
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gap |
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* counts for the iPod, I don't know nothing about the zen |
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the only option is to edit the songs into one piece |
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oh dear :/ that would piss me off a huge amount. thanks for letting me know; I suspect it's the same with the zen though - i mean you need a plugin for winamp to remove the gaps, i doubt there'll be gapless mp3 players for a while yet. by the way, aesthetics, what's that font/what're the symbols in your location 'lowlands' ? |
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I do hope apple will make it possible with the next update version, I know it is possible because it is all matter of changing the software. I will do a search for it, maybe some wizkid made it btw, try to find it out ;) |
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software updates - can these be applied by the user, yes? |
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I think it is possible, and ofcourse apple could make it if they want to |
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mine gets 7 hours i think |
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you can join the tracks with the ipod if you use itune, i didnt use musicmatch with it and you can enjoy those ministry of sound mixes |
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