Nope. No more than having text displayed on the screen at any given time. Battery power is affected by HD spins (switching lots of tracks), sound check, and the backlight. W…

I just got a 60 gig iPod photo and im actually leery on usin the photo feature much cus it accesses the hardrive so much, it seems that it starts spinning every time i want to view…

Don't worry, the HDs in newer iPods are rated to last almost as long as laptop drives, as opposed to the much fewer hours for the ones in the first iPods.

oh cool, i didn't know, i though theh hadn't changed much and i remmeber hearin how the old drives won't take as much constant access. My 5 gig did me proud for 3 years. Too bad…

My current 3G does it every once in a while, the loud noise, but I've dealt with it and I hardly notice it anymore. It's supposedly 100% normal. So don't worry, go crazy using your…

oh i didnt hear any loud noise i just felt the hardrive startup as i was scrollin thru my pictures and thought it was odd that it cant just store a folder of pix in its ram when th…

I ordered 1GB shuffle on 12th Jan from UK online store, and today I got a notice that they finally shipped mine. Wonder it was shipped from where? From China or Apple UK store? …

Mine was shipped from Canada (I'm in NYC).

Quote: Originally posted by sungwoo: Still I have to wait a long way to receive it. Boo hoo. Some people have a much longer wait than you do.

Quote: Originally posted by lavar78: Boo hoo. Some people have a much longer wait than you do. You are right. I shouldn't complain. But still, it is hard to w…

Mine should be here on Wednesday!

Quote: Originally posted by hyperlucid: Mine was shipped from Canada (I'm in NYC). Why would it come from Canada?

Quote: Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker: Why would it come from Canada? It's where we get all our cheap drugs.

I'm probably gonna get mine as an Impulse buy when I go to pick up my Mini.

Quote: Originally posted by Jasoco: I'm probably gonna get mine as an Impulse buy when I go to pick up my Mini. Don't forget that USB hub at the same time then.

Quote: Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO: Don't forget that USB hub at the same time then. I'll get a Dock for it too.

Finally mine arrived. I am busy to digging it.

Quote: Originally posted by sungwoo: Finally mine arrived. I am busy to digging it. And too busy to type straight!

Quote: Originally posted by hyperlucid: Mine was shipped from Canada (I'm in NYC). Are you sure about that? Mine was shipped from 'Ontario, CA'. That would be Onta…

Canada, California - same difference

Quote: Originally posted by kman42: Are you sure about that? Mine was shipped from 'Ontario, CA'. That would be Ontario, California, not Canada. kman It still sc…

I ordered my 1GB iPod Shuffle probably 2 days after the keynote and though I had a quoted date of the 28th, it arrived just moments ago (it was shipped out yesterday FedEx overnigh…

I was also surprised at how small it is - the pictures don't so it justice - the mini had the same effect, until I held one I didn't know what the big deal was- Lee

Quote: Originally posted by LeeG: I was also surprised at how small it is - the pictures don't so it justice - the mini had the same effect, until I held one I didn't kn…

Just got an e-mail from Apple that mine shipped out this morning at 1:30 a.m. Got those poor buggers running 24/7 to pump out the shipments. Waterproof case still waiting to ship (…