iPad: Who gives a shit?

[Emmett The Crab]

I usually make sure they are well organized in the meta-tags.  Like I don't want compilation albums to get separated, so I fill in the "album artist" category with the name of the album--stuff like that.  You can do it in batches by group-selecting files and pasting in what you want.  I do it with album art often, when iTunes can't find the cover art, or it's something I recorded from a bootleg vinyl.

How did you get so much, is it all your CD's and online purchases?  If they were bit-torrents with bad meta-data, then you would have a rough time organizing them.  If you import them from CDs, iTunes does most of the work, then I just do a little tweaking to make sure they get put where I want them.

[George]

about 40% are cds, 30% digital back up of vinyls and the other 20% are pirating, last 10% are purchasing digitally.

Not too bad.

[crackdude]

Wow George, that's an impressive amount of music.

I know of ways of overcoming the concerns you're describing, but you probably wouldn't give a shit anyway lol
I do think iTunes is getting old. It definitely needs some more organization options, instead of almost forcing you to do it it's way.

My collection is about 50/50 CDs and torrents, I started it about 2 years ago. I must add that I HATE downloading music. The sound quality is not good enough.
So I don't know if I should get into the whole digital purchasing thing. I can get CD's for a corresponding price.. I do have some 40 bucks in coupons to buy music online. But it's from the Nokia Store. It sounds really lame and I wonder if I can put the songs in my iPod.

[Emmett The Crab]

To get back on topic, I only got to use my iPad for 1 night.  The next day the wireless network function turned gray and stopped working permanently.  There's no Apple Store here, so I brought it in to a local reseller, and they are shipping it off to Apple for Warrantee replacement.  I'm afraid I won't get it back in time for my Washington DC trip (it would have to come back tomorrow).  

I went through Apple's Support forums, and no one else has had this problem.  Some people complain about poor reception, that's it.  The advice I got from other users was terrible.  One told me to drive it over to an Apple Store.  (2000+ miles) Someone else told me to turn off Airplane mode.

 I think I'll get along okay with books, ipod, iPhone, DS and PSP.  My Macbook's battery is no good anymore, so I'll probably just put it in my suitcase.

[crackdude]

Did you call apple support? They usually help.. That is something strange to happen to your iPad.

[Emmett The Crab]

No, I just took it in to our Mac reseller that also repairs Apple stuff.  of course repairing this thing really means sending it back to Apple and getting me a new one.

[George]

Apple is really good with exchanging stuff. My brother, out of warranty, took his iphone in to the store and they just gave him a new one when they could not fix it. No questions asked.

They replaced one of my old old ipods too via mail, though it was a battery issue and i heard they were getting sued for it. SO i guess not bad either way.

[crackdude]

I love how they say that it will take one month to repair, and it always takes exactly 30 days to come back to me.

I've been rather unlucky with iPods. I guess carrying them around every single day for 2 years may have something to do with it. Still, Apple always gets it fixed/replaced so it's great.

[Emmett The Crab]

I turn my iPod on "Manually Manage", then I play the songs from the iPod through the computer at work, even though it is synced at home.  So I play mine sometimes 8 hours per day or more.  It's been a pretty good work horse.  I also back up my documents on it, in addition to a couple of external hard drives.

[MadeManG74]

I read that first as 'Manually Massage'. That would be a pretty cool feature.

[crackdude]

Yes, but my malfunctions are always hardware related. I usually have the iPod in my pocket/backpack at all times. So it gets wet/dirty/hit quite often. So 2 years of full functionality actually sounds a rather long time to me.

I'm for 'Manually Massage' on the next iPod.

[Barry the Nomad]

Give the iPad a vibrate feature and then slip it under your shirt.

[Monkeroony]

After owning my iPhone for about 4 months, one day I turned it on silent and the button flew off. I took it to o2 and they sent it off to be replaced. Took about 2 weeks if I recall.

[Emmett The Crab]

The replacement is supposed to arrive Monday.  I leave Sunday, though.

[Autosaver]

Give the iPad a vibrate feature and then slip it under your shirt.

How about in your zipper?