[fjdouse]

I took it to a fellow iPod users house last night, it was also the first proper test of it I'd made, it seems the battery is great for playing music, I went out at 2pm and came home at 10pm with the battery hardly dented. So I guess it's ok.

The clickwheel is correct, it's just me, I think it's fiddly but I've been assured it's because it's new to me and it may take a little getting used to.

As for the power-off thing, google is thy friend, I'm not the only one, it appears to be an 'issue' for some.

Also, I appreciate all the comments but when giving your account of battery life, I am talking about video on a 5G not an older device playing just music.

I have now fixed the iCal thing, the fix was SO simple. I just had to delete EVERYTHING and then enter the whole friggin lot all over again, but now it works. Not good, especially if I'd had hundreds of entries.

Battery life for VIDEO playback though is unacceptable, a little googling shows there are some concerns with other users that the 2 hr claim (which I DIDN'T know) is a bit of a stretch, some aren't getting much more than an hour. Even so, 2hrs is unacceptable and I'm going to challenge some points raised by a previous poster though..

but no device will play high quality video for long on a battery, not at that quailty anyway

That's just bull. I've been using a cheap Acer PDA for watching DivX's on the train/coach from York to London with heaps of power left. I've also got a cheapo Chinese-import camera/mp3/video recorder/video player thingy which runs off semi-standard NP60s, you can watch a WHOLE movie with no problem. Don't get me wrong, I've had a few lame machines like the Goodmans/Mustek PVR doodah, which was even more useless than video on this iPod.

it's decoding perfect quality (ie no visible compression) 30fps video.

That's purely a bitrate issue, mate. Both devices I just referred to had erm.. 'perfect' decoding quality.

it's not a Video iPod, it's a normal regular ipod that also plays video, to silence their critics who said they were behind the times.

No, Apple are actively marketing this as a video device. You may see it like that, but I can tell you that people who don't have one and are looking at the iPod for the first time see it as a VIDEO IPOD.

technology isn't good enough just yet for that type of device to be any good.

That's just codswallop, the technology has been there for years, I was watching the whole of Star Wars on a Sony Clie years ago off a battery, also done the same with the two devices I've previously mentioned as well as on a Sharp Zaurus. The battery technology exists, Apple have just COMPROMISED PERFORMANCE to make the thing smaller. I'd settle for the thing being an inch thick, if the battery was up to standard.

I'm not picking an arguement with you, you raised valid points and I'll concede those but on video, you're just wrong.


As for things like charger, dock etc. Well, I told this to a friend last night who owns a previous model and they too were disgusted that they weren't included, don't insult my intelligence by coming up with excuses for them, a AC adaptor would cost them less than $1. They just wanted to make a small and trendy box and to make more money at the till by FORCING people to buy the items NEEDED.. I cannot use this device to watch a movie while travelling long-distance, I would have to book a seat with an AC outlet and BUY a charger to run it off. It's a bit of a rip-off.


The comments about the headphones are funny, really funny. But after having a shuffle, I'd come to the conclusion they (headphones) were crap and the first thing I did was swap them for some Sony ones.