September 20, 2005

Oh, That Tender Hard Drive

My iPod died this morning. I lost my grip on it and it fell from a height of about three feet. It was OK for about 10 minutes; it then began to skip. I tried to reset it to no avail. I am now greeted with a flashing folder and exclamation point. Evidently, the hard drive has gone on to its great reward. I will try to hook it up to my PC later this evening, but I am not hopeful.

It really didn’t hit me until a short time ago how much I had come to rely on the little gizmo. I subscribe to 30 or so podcasts, enough so that I have very little time to listen to music. I probably have my headphones on 3 hours a day. I listen while I’m doing dishes, walking, working around the house, etc. It’s probably not good for my hearing, but I have trouble doing anything in silence.

So I will buy a cheap flash drive until I can afford to buy, possibly, an iPod nano or something. The iPod line is, by far, the best line of mp3 players ever made. Next time, I’ll just have to be more careful.

Posted by Matthew at September 20, 2005 10:42 AM
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My Creative Zen is scarred from residing in the same pocket as keys, has been dropped on numerous occasions, and gets heavy use daily. Still, it soldiers on, only having issues on occasion. If it gets jarred too hard it tends to reset, but it's more or less in good shape considering the abuse it's gone through.

It may not have the looks of the family, but it's got it where it counts. :)

Posted by: Tony [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 20, 2005 05:43 PM

I'd recommend the Nano, simply because it can take a whoopin and keep on cookin. Check this link out to see what I mean:

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nano.ars/3

They put this thing through hell. In the end, after throwing it from a moving car, sitting on it, and dropping it while jogging, it only died after being dropped from a considerable height (roughly 9 feet).

Impressive ... most impressive.

Posted by: Ed at September 21, 2005 09:18 AM

I have a 256MB MuVo and it takes everything I can throw at it. An iPod might be a nice upgrade, but I can't afford that fancy stuff...

Posted by: Troy Overton [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 21, 2005 11:37 AM

Apple should have incorporated the "Sudden Motion Sensor" that exists in their powerbooks to park the hard drive head in iPods in the event of a fall. Of course, that would have added incremental cost, but it would have been a touch of class, and very "Apple" like.

Then again, who listens to Hash ?

:-p

Posted by: Hash [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 21, 2005 09:23 PM