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"iTalk and iPod"

Was just browsing for stuff to buy, and I came across this:

[URL]http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore?productLearnMore=T9635[/URL]

Was this inspired by Timmargh, by any chance?


Anyhow, I was looking at getting an iPod mini until I did an size count on my music storage; a gigabyte too much, so it looks like I won't be able to play music while wearing the player on my arm (using the armband thingy).

So, the iPod it is, and a question for those who own one - does it support transfer of ordinary data files in addition to music? I've seen a program called iOrganzier, which works on Macs, but what about for Windows?

Has anyone tried using the USB2 connector successfully?

And how are the headphones?

One more thing, has the iPod ever crashed while playing? My previous music players (the small, flash card ones) crashed now and again, and it was annoying having to take the battery out just to switch it off for a reset.

Well, my firewire does have a VIA chipset according to Dev Manager.

I don't know what's up then. It doesn't bother me, as iTunes does everything I need anyway.

Meh.

I'll try it.

BTW, it's a built-in firewire port, not a card, so anything required should be there already..

iTunes as soon as it came out, before I used Ephpod. No chance was Musicmatch ever going on my PC... *shudder*

Hmm... the only thing I can think of is whether or not your Firewire card has a VIA chipset, if it doesn't then that normally means there's going to be problems.

Can you see it in Device Manager when you plug it in?

Did you use itunes or did you just drap&drop all the time?

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Hmm, when I had my iPod synching with my PC (I use my iBook now), my iPod appeared in "My Computer" the whole time it was connected, and I used Firewire.

Hmm... what OS are you using?

My iPod only appears as an external HDD when iTunes is updating. As soon as that is complete, it seems to vanish :S

Is it cos I is using Firewire?

Yup, the iPod appears as an external HDD, and you can Drag-and-Drop files onto it.

Icarus mk2 wrote:
> Was this inspired by Timmargh, by any chance?

I did smile when I saw their company name a year or so ago. I might get one of these: [URL]http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/[/URL]


> Anyhow, I was looking at getting an iPod mini until I did an size count on my music
> storage; a gigabyte too much, so it looks like I won't be able to play music while
> wearing the player on my arm (using the armband thingy).

The iPod Mini is nice and dinky, but an extra £40 for five times as much storage is just too much of a temptation.


> So, the iPod it is, and a question for those who own one - does it support transfer of
> ordinary data files in addition to music? I've seen a program called iOrganzier, which
> works on Macs, but what about for Windows?

On the Mac the iPod appears on the desktop just like any external drive and files can be dragged and dropped on it the same way. Don't know about Windows though, but I'd assume it's the same.