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Subject: Re: Please review Ipods?

Re: Please review Ipods?

From: Bryan Childs <godeater_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 13:16:32 +0000

The 5.5G ipod works fine if it's a 30GB model. Only the 80GB model is not
working currently.

On 1/4/07, Peter C. Gravelle <xoder83_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My 1 G Nano works great! Has a battery life of 8-9 hours instead of
> the stated 15, however.
>
> The 5.5 G iPod Videos are known not to work at this time, nor is it
> known when they will work.
>
> I can't personally speak to the 5 G iPod Videos, but I've heard
> nothing but good things, save the compromised battery life (slightly
> more than 50% reduction from Apple's firmware, as I recall).
>
> The funny thing is that Rockbox tends to use less power on most
> platforms, but the iPod has not been reverse-engineered enough yet to
> tell the developers what to shut off and how.
>
> -Peter
>
> On 1/4/07, Pop Eye <pop__eye_at_telus.net> wrote:
> > Could some people please tell me about their rockbox experiences with
> ipod
> > 1 G nano, 5 G and 5.5 G Ipod videos?
> >
> > Are there differences between the 5.5 G Ipod Video running rockbox and
> the
> > previous 5 G video alsorunning rockbox? I know Apple has done some
> > modifications to the 5.5 G, so are those noticible while running
> rockbox?
> >
> >
> > Reviews would be very much appreciated.
> >
> >
>
Received on 2007-01-04

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