Quote: Originally Posted by Montanan So has anyone yet received a shipment notice for an iPod with engraving? I'm beginning to regret my desire for personalization ... …

Quote: Originally Posted by alligator Got mine today - it's currently filling. How do you check for the bidirectional headphone jack? Just try Extras -> Voice Memo and se…

Quote: Originally Posted by CharlesS Just try Extras -> Voice Memo and see if you even have the option. If you do, see if it works with a microphone or something plugged into…

Drat. Probably we'll have to wait for a new version of the iTalk or something. Grr... Oh well, guess I have to delay my purchase a bit. I'm not buying this until I know I can make…

Quote: Originally Posted by IFLY2HIGH Yep mines on it's way and it was engraved... Shipped Yesterday... (Tues) Woo hoo! My order just entered the "preparing shipment" phase…

Microphone Guys, ran across "Belkin iPod Microphone Adapter" in the apple strore and says it works with the 5g pods.

Quote: Originally Posted by Montanan Woo hoo! My order just entered the "preparing shipment" phase ... so I guess there's hope. Mine too.

Quote: Originally Posted by IFLY2HIGH Microphone Guys, ran across "Belkin iPod Microphone Adapter" in the apple strore and says it works with the 5g pods. It doesn't work w…

My 60 gig white, from Amazon.com, is now "shipping soon." I have overnight delivery, so I might get it on Monday. Amazon has the white 60 gig in stock right now, if you get one, …

I was suppose to get mine 2 days ago but Fed Ex sucks balls. Last night I go home on the already late delivery day only to find out they had rescheduled it to today, called them up…

I received mine yesterday. Custom engraved. Ordered as soon as the Apple Store came back up after the announcement. -Michael

What has me stunned about these iPods is the removal of firewire to sync only USB. Why not Bluetooth?

You want to sync via Bluetooth? Now *that* would be slow...

Quote: Originally Posted by powerbook911 My 60 gig white, from Amazon.com, is now "shipping soon." I have overnight delivery, so I might get it on Monday. Amazon has the white…

Bluetooth 2.0 isn't that slow is it? I am aware that it isn't as fast as USB 2.0, but being completely wireless and dockless would be *sweet*.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sr Speedy Bluetooth 2.0 isn't that slow is it? I am aware that it isn't as fast as USB 2.0, but being completely wireless and dockless would be *swe…

I just did a little quick googling, so I'm not going stand by these numbers 100% (and of course these are theoretical maximums, not what you would actually get in everyday use) but…

Good question. I think at least some of the examples you list probably are just failures to update the web pages, but it is true that dock connector accessories aren't universally …

You might not need one. I've only had my iPod video for a few hours but I'm 99% sure that Apple covered the whole front of it with a hard clear plastic shell. It seems to me to b…

get for 20$ the <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/">Apple mpeg2 plugin </a> and for free the tool <a href="http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mp…

Quote: Originally Posted by k_munic get for 20$ the <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/">Apple mpeg2 plugin </a> and for free the tool <a href="http://…

I'll third it for the MPEGstreamclip solution FFMpegX is shareware and worth paying for if you are using it a lot. I've you've got Toast6+ you can extract .dv files with that

Quote: Originally Posted by ism I'll third it for the MPEGstreamclip solution FFMpegX is shareware and worth paying for if you are using it a lot. I've you've got Toast6+ you …

You might want to try Handbrake. It's free and works well. http://handbrake.m0k.org/index.php

I tried Handbrake to create an Ipod Video movie and was very impressed with how easy it can rip a DVD. You can do it all in one step, very sweet.