iPod Mini Autopsy 421
tritone writes "Some fearless soul has disassembled his iPod mini and provided pictures and commentary about the process. This really does seem to be an autopsy since he managed to kill it in the process. That's $249 well spent in the pursuit of knowledge. See the full report at www.ipodlounge.com."
$249? (Score:1, Interesting)
i think the mini-ipod will be a complete flop, too price for too little.
Auto Applications (Score:5, Interesting)
Consider it buying the microdrive. (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:We Need Help... (Score:5, Interesting)
http://classes.engr.oregonstate.edu/eecs/fall20
If you have more questions, send me an email (also listed on the web page)
Bob
4 GB CF extraction.. (Score:5, Interesting)
It sounds like extracting the 4GB CF isn't much of a problem.
People have been able to put it in a CF reader and get it working fine on their computers.
A number of people have reported problems getting the CF to work with their cameras or other CF devices working in the iPod. I suspect that this has something to do with how apple formatted the disk and will eventually be solved.
For those of you laughing at iPod mini buyers -- they could probably sell the 4GB CF cards for a profit.
Re:all that work and no 4gb camera friendly CF (Score:4, Interesting)
I took one apart also... The Hitachi drive works fine in my Sandisk USB reader. I can delete partitions and reformat it, etc. However, my Digital Rebel just turns the Red CF light on and sits there.
By Kent Marshall on Feb 23, 04 4:17 am
It looks like you can get the 4gb microdrive for $249 afterall.
Site slashdotted (Score:3, Interesting)
Site is brought to its knees.
Now - how about a slashdot-cache like google cache? It's not fair to punish the guys that post interesting stuff on their website like this story.
All links in the story would then link to the slashdot-cache and leave the original site alive.
And - aside from saving the sites some trouble, it would enable those of us who came in late to see how he dismantled that ipod.
Re:4 GB CF extraction.. (Score:5, Interesting)
Maybe someone in the slashdot community could contribute to the thread over there with some ideas on how to get it to work?
Replace that microdrive? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:We Need Help... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:We Need Help... (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:We Need Help... (Score:5, Interesting)
bob
Re:Well... (Score:5, Interesting)
Dennis Lloyd
Publisher/owner
iPodlounge.com
Re:More like murder (Score:5, Interesting)
>But, yeah, you can call that murder.
Actually, murder is intentional. I'm sure the accused didn't intend to end the life of his iPod. Therefore I think this would qualify as negligent homicide or involuntary manslaughter.
Somewhat related question (Score:5, Interesting)
For those iPod owners out there: What has been your experience with the device as far as strength/stability goes? As in... Does a drop off a table crash the heads? I am looking into purchasing one possibly, but my main use will be for snowboarding and if it's not gonna be able to take some abuse (obviously it will be in my jacket but still subject to vibration and the occassional wipeouts), I would rather go with a solid-state one. Any feedback would be most useful.
$249 for a $500 $ GB CF card (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:More like murder (Score:5, Interesting)
If you are going to kill an iPod just to show how '1337 you are, please do something useful: Reverse engineer the iPod Docking Connector!
I really want to know what all the pin-outs are on that thing. For example, I'm convinced that some of them double the functions of the remote-control interface on the top of the iPod, but I don't want to send current through random pins on the base of my preciousssssss just to figure it out. A lot of us would like to build our own iPod accessories, but need the data from such an experiment to do it. (Apple will not tell you jack if you are not Belkin Technology, Inc. I'm far from the only one who has asked and been shot down.)
Comment removed (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Site slashdotted (Score:2, Interesting)
The valid reason against caching is that a page could contain highly dynamic content. The less valid reason is that it involves making a copy of the information {as does everyone else who views it}.
Perhaps the solution is a meta-tag that page creators can use, which would permit Slashdot {and others, if they so desired} to cache their site? This would require a deliberate act on the part of the cache-ee, and thus amount to explicit consent; but precisely by virtue of that requirement, it would nullify its own effectiveness. It's your classic paradox situation
Re:Somewhat related question (Score:4, Interesting)
Just make sure to get a case which will offer some shock protection, the standard case which ships with the iPod wasn't really meant for any contact sports.