Rachel's 1st gen Ipod Nano crapped out a couple of weeks ago. She's had it for about 20 months and it just stopped working. Recharging didn't help, resetting didn't help. The unit was just completely unresponsive. Since the Ipod is apparently surgically attached to Rachel's head, she didn't take its demise very well.
Consequently, she's been bugging me to get her a new Ipod. Unfortunately (for a cheapskate like me), the squarish 3rd generation Nanos just came out and Rachel doesn't want one. She wants the 8 Gig Ipod Touch which costs $300. Urk.
Last night we went out to eat with my first cousin (once removed) and his wife (not removed). Turns out that my cousin's wife had a similar issue with her Ipod. My cousin said he read that one possible remedy is to slap the Ipod down onto a hard surface. It hadn't worked for them, but, as I pointed out to Rachel, her Ipod is currently a really expensive bookmark. So why not try it?
When we got home I picked up Rachel's Ipod and slapped it down onto the counter. I pushed the On button and HOLY CRAP it worked! For the first time in weeks, the Ipod came on. One reset later and the Ipod seems to be completely functional.
Rachel, who has been mourning her dead Ipod for weeks, was suddenly confronted with the prospect of not getting an ultra-cool Ipod Touch complete with wireless Internet access. The realization was humorous to watch but raised some disturbing possibilities.
Now I have to watch carefully to make sure her resurrected Nano doesn't have an "accident".
2 comments:
About that... you know people should really not have elephants lying around. And who new it would just happen to land on my ipod. I mean who could have guessed that. Oh well. Guess I have to get new one.
Mwhahahaha!! erm yess.
-Rachel
Wow. We have a similar issue with Zoe's two-year-old Shuffle. I can't wait to get home and slap the hell out of it.
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