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iPod Crash ...

It already happened in mid-November: My most-used technological device, my favorite gadget, my "old"
iPod 20GB (4th generation color display), with which I my car trips every day more bearable with podcasts (I have an ice> Link in the car), has given up his mind: When playing was suddenly out of the play, and you could not jump to another song. After a reset, was on display to see is this:

As you could hear after turning a no brainer, if you listen closely, it was assumed that the hard drive was defective, which is also in the diagnostic Menu could be confirmed. Relatively quickly became clear that a repair would not be worth: In portatronix.de
does a replacement drive (20GB!) 89 EUR (without installation). Apple itself offers a repair after
this table for a mere 267.35 EUR to. a new iPod (120GB, 6th generation) costs the 239 EUR ...
came to repair the old iPod that is not in question, especially considering that the 80GB "classic" version of the iPod (including 6th generation) on eBay for less than 150 EUR go away ... Consequently, I auctioned in late November about an old one year of such iPod for about 130 EUR. In principle, I would have an iPod nano or put touch ;-), but I wanted to be sure that it fits into the ice> Link ... well that ends well??

There are two things that have caught my iPod to the negative: (1) For my old 20GB iPod, I could still choose whether I click the "turning" the scroll wheel does not just want out of the device itself, or in addition, hear from the headphones. The new 80GB model, you can click the only one (then it can also be heard from the headphone and the line-out, and thus in the car from the speakers :-() or switch completely from ... Where is there your improvement throughout the product cycle? (2) Why do the playing mode ("You hear the writing ...") be so small on the display, even if no album art is stored? Is this really the case almost half the screen to display a non-existing album covers (including be reserved mirroring), although it will scroll horizontally out of space song title or album name be? I think not very well thought ...............