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Whether you want to buy
your first iPod or you want to replace your current one,
read on for some tips on choosing the iPod that’s best
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Things You don't want to
happen to your iPod
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Things You Don’t Want to Happen with
Your iPod
You may think
the iPod is the perfect gadget you simply cannot live without.
However, if you’re not cautious in handling this music player, your
iPod experience may turn from delight to disappointment, or worse,
to disaster. Below are some things you don’t want to happen with
your iPod, followed by suggestions on how to avoid and prevent them.
“Eternal
Flame”
Now this one
spells disaster. There have been a few cases of electronic gadgets
such as laptops and mobile phones suddenly erupting into flames and
your iPod is not immune to this. Why because almost all portable
electronic devices nowadays use the same culprit to spontaneous
combustion: lithium ion batteries. There was actually one report of
a man’s pants on fire because the iPod was on his pocket.
Researchers are now working on developing a battery that can replace
lithium-ion, a battery that couldn’t possibly put your pants on
fire. In the meantime, us, common people can only take simple steps
like not overcharging your battery or replacing it every couple
years or so.
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“Don’t Wanna Be a
Carbon Copy”
Unless you purposely wanted two copies of the same
song in your iPod – and I don’t know why you should
want that - it’s irritating to find them in
duplicate. For those who own iPods with a relatively
limited space, say the Nano or the Shuffle, the
duplicate songs take up space that could have been
taken by a different track. And even for those who
own iPods with a 160 GB capacity, duplicate songs
are like clutter in an otherwise organized menu.
iPodpedia author Michael Miller advises that for a
no fuss way to find duplicates just go to your
iTunes Library, select View and then select Show
Duplicates.
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“BUMP! Goes My Heart”
Imagine yourself listening to the beat of your
favorite tune while jogging for your daily routine or running for a
marathon, and then suddenly “THUG!” You hear this annoying sound of bumping
into something which can probably be a fellow runner, or worse, a tree. A
Reader’s Digest report in this month’s issue says that authorities in a
running competition have identified music players as the cause of why some
runners bump into others. So unless you really want to bump into things, pay
more attention to your surroundings even if your earphones are on. Or,
better yet, refrain from wearing them if you’re part of a big competition
that has a lot of runners you can accidentally bump into
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"Scratch me not" |
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“Scratch Me Not”
Scratches – you know you don’t like them, especially
not on your precious iPod. Good thing is protective
casings are available everywhere. Silicone, plastic,
knitted cloth – you name it, they have it, and in
your favorite color, too. Plus, there are now
downloadable skins that you can print onto adhesive
paper and cover onto your iPod. You get to give your
iPod a personalized touch while covering old
scratches.
“I Got a Disease”
Electronic gadgets are generally infected with
disease-like viruses and your treasured iPod is no
exception. There had been reports that plugging your
iPod to a Windows computer is not as safe as
plugging it into a Mac. Good thing is it was also
reported that iPods distributed from October 18,
2006 onwards are free of any dangerous bugs and
viruses. But prevention is better than cure. Most
anti-virus software and scanners are able to detect
these viruses and clean your machine.
So
run those regular PC scans for a worry-free iPod
entertainment. |
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