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iPod complaints
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Mar 11, 2010
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The iPod is a wonderful piece of machinery. I was a late adopter, but I'm a full convert now. I've used some other mp3 and video players, and nothing is quite as sexy as the iPod. My only complaints are the following: - Navigation. The clickwheel was a novel concept, and it's good for moving quickly through long lists of albums and songs. But it doesn't have fine-tuned control, and that's a problem. Pretty much every time I try to navigate to a specific item in a list, I accidentally overshoot it by one, then I overshoot it again on the way back. A solution would be to give the user some tactile feedback so he/she could "feel" each item in a list, kind of like the volume dials on many car radios.
- Scratches. The screen gets scratched easily, but oh well. The more easily-fixable scratchable surface is the beautiful stainless steel on the back of the device. I realize a scratched back surface doesn't affect the functionality of the iPod, but it's the thought that counts. One solution would be to use titanium, or some other light, hard metal. I would say tungsten, but it's heavy (unless that's what you're going for).
- Podcast sorting. Podcasts are essentially recorded radio programs, and they're broadcast in chronological order. So why would I want to listen to the newest one first? That's how the iPod does things, and I would at least like the option to do things my way.
That's really it. Otherwise it's the best device ever invented, besides the Xlerator. #technology
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