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Third Party Repair Companies Disappointed With New Ipod Classic Case Design
The newly-released iPod classic has a serious design flaw that very few people are aware of: the metallic silver back half has been re-designed to prevent it from being removed. On earlier iPod models, like the previously-released 5th Generation Video iPod, one could separate the two halves using a do-it-yourself iPod battery replacement kit or, in a pinch, a metal screwdriver.
On the iPod classic, however, a series of small metal teeth have been added to the design. These teeth surround all four sides of the interior of the iPod classic and, once the two halves of the player are pressed together during assembly, the clips engage and that's it - the unit is sealed up like an Egyptian tomb. This makes it very challenging to replace an iPod classic battery.
With earlier iPods, if the LCD cracked, or the hard drive failed, or the battery stopped holding a charge, the average consumer could either perform the repair themselves or send it to a third party iPod service company like ipodjuice.com to do it for them. Now that these newer models are being designed with close-once-and-never-open-again cases, this drastically reduces the possibility that you will be able to repair your iPod on your own without having to engage Apple. And as most people know by know, iPods seem to fail or need service shortly after the warranty expires.
It will probably be a few months before this issue surfaces to the general public. It's quite likely that the saavy consumer will conclude that, in the long run, it may be better to keep their older model iPod up and running since they have self-service options available for them instead of upgrading to newer iPod model that can never be repaired.
There are a few iPod battery installation companies out there that are working on ways to open the new iPod classic without destroying the back half of the player in the process, but only time will tell if they will be successful or not.
About the Author
Anthony Magnabosco is the owner of www.ipodjuice.com and sells iPod batteries.
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Have you ever seen a classic Metal band in concert and if so who was it and how was your expirience?
Oh yes indeedy. Well, i've seen Metallica a number of times, of course Was just online last night sourcing tix for my next gig actually!
I say Slayer in '93. I was a massive Slayer fan then. They played my favourite venue in this country, a small, old-time concert hall. (Think it holds about 2500). DoA had just come out, they were fantastic, note perfect, mean and nasty. It was very awesome and i really enjoyed the music. Machine Head supported them and they invited me onto their bus afterwards...but that's a whole other story.
Also, saw Megadeth last year. I wasn't expecting much with the new lineup, cos i don't have much time for Mustaine, even if he has The Best Hair In Rock, but he was humble to the core, played a tiny tiny tiny venue, did all the hits, absolutely rocked the classics. You wanna seen him, he was up on the stage the entire time playing like a maniac, a complete professional (not what i remember Mustaine to be from the old days). The rest of the band went off and had little breaks and he was front and centre the whole time playing his ass off! I had massive new found respect for him, especially since i know how much hard work he must have put in to play a brutal set like that following his old injuries. Anyway, he was humble as anything, and i was like 9 feet away from him and was amazed that he's almost 50 and tearing up all these old thrash tunes like a 20 yr old. Very, Very cool. Especially since Megadeth used to be an arena band and there he was doing venues the size of my living room.
Plus the crowd was all kids, young kids, who came out to see Megadeth and i was so pleased to see the kids getting into proper metal, it was just an awesome night.