Re: In Case You Were Wondering...

On Jul 26, 6:10 pm, Edwin <thorn...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 26, 4:06 pm, Alan Baker <alangba...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



In article <1185483608.774147.134...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Mayor Of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rl...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jul 26, 5:43 am, Jim <j...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <jjfda359rasmomqtd01ndi717eoq02q...@xxxxxxx>,
Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rl...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:21:20 -0600, Oxford <colalovesm...@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

Mayor Of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rl...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You don't ignore all the use you get from a device just because you
don't get use of it all of the time you might want. It's still been
useful to you all the previous part of the day, right?

If I can't use it when I want to then its useless to me. If you had a
car that only started half the times you wanted it to would you call
it useful because you were able to use it half the time?

the iPod is not like a car battery, there is no "starter" in an iPod
Mayor.

That wooshing sound you heard was the point sailing over your head.

The ipod will still run for 4-8 years without replacement, it's
just the "LEGNTH" of time will be shortened over time since Apple is
smart about using the least amount of batteries for the longest life.

And AAA will run forever because I can effortlessly replace a worn out
one with a fresh one.

Provided that you 1) are near a store that has them

Every 24 hour convenience store I've ever been in carries batteries.

Hmmmm...

How many cell phones use standard batteries found in "every 24 hour
convenience store" and why aren't you railing against all those other
cell phone manufacturers?

The Mayor's thread is about the Zune versus the iPod.

Actually my original point doesn't involve the iPod at all. The Zune
met its stated sales goals. Its not the failure that Maccie Lore has
it to be.

Why are you
asking him about cell phone batteries, or why he isn't "railing about
all those other cell phone manufacturers? " You could have avoided
your embarrassment by not shooting from the hip and by checking your
facts before you post.

Alan didn't read my original point in this sub thread either. If he
had he would have seen that my first rule for portable electronics is
'Whenever possible it should use a standard, user replaceable
battery.'
If Alan knows of a cellphone that uses a standard, user replaceable
battery I wish he'd let me know about it. As far as I know there are
none.
And this extends beyond mp3 players. Take for example my new camera.
Its a Canon Powershot 570 IS. When I looked cameras there were several
that had the features I wanted but only the 570 IS had all of that and
used AA batteries. Despite all of the Maccie attempts to turn it into
one my first rule of portable electronics isn't some covert bit of
anti-iPod bile.


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