I noticed people talked about this no remote issue within other topics. Sorry.

The original iPod remote should still work.

No it won't. The original iPod had a "ring" around the headphone jack that conveyed the signals from the remote. Unless I'm very much mistaken, the new iPod has no such thing. And …

I never used mine anyway - did you guys really use it? I thought it made the cord too long.

It did make the cord too long, because of Apple's decision to only make full-length cords for the iPod. MiniDisc players and other devices that come with in-line remotes usually us…

I use the remote on my 3G iPod. I usually put the iPod in my pocket, coil up the remote cord and stuff it into the pocket, and clip the remote to the top of the pocket. that way th…

Thank god, it sucked and the cable was to damn long.

Why are some people incapable of understanding that others may have different needs than their own? "Thank god?" The remote's very existence offended you somehow?

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise Why are some people incapable of understanding that others may have different needs than their own? "Thank god?" The remote's very existence …

It wasn't the greatest remote in the world, and Apple's handling of it visa-vie the cord length was pretty half-assed. But there are all sorts of situations where it is convenient …

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise Why are some people incapable of understanding that others may have different needs than their own? "Thank god?" The remote's very existence …

To slightly divert the topic, it now looks like any in-line remotes for any iPod generation are going the way of the dodo. If I want to pick one up for my iPod photo, should I get…

I only know of one third party remote, but there are probably more. I bought one of these a while ago. It's very cheap feeling (very light and the buttons are kind of crappy) but i…

I actually liked the remote. I had the SP style inner ear headphones from sony so the cord was really short. The apple remote plus those were a great length.

The iFM might be a possible remote alternative for the new iPods. It is an FM radio tuner, but also acts as a remote control that plugs into the dock connector. Apparently you have…

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise Why are some people incapable of understanding that others may have different needs than their own? "Thank god?" The remote's very existence …

Quote: Originally Posted by mathew_m Remember you're talking about the Star Wars dude. His relevance resides solely in the MacNN forums. Regarding the remote, they probably cu…

Although I never really used the remote that much, I think they should have kept it. At least they should have kept the connector and made the remote an option. Apparently, Apple t…

Quote: Originally Posted by mathew_m Regarding the remote, they probably cut it out of the package for the same reasons that they left out the charger because it costs money. …

Icruise, thank you for posting that alternative and wish I had saw that a few months ago. Although I now have the logitech wi-fi headphones, I will definitely recommend this remote…

hiya, I recently sold my 4th gen b/w 40gb ipod for $300 to someone at work to go towards a 60g 5th gen black video (drool). Anyway, im a mac user and the person i sold the ipod to…

He has to load iTunes on his PC to get it to be seen as anything other than a generic USB-connected disk drive. There seems to be a version of iTunes for all the current versions …

with the ipod updater does he click on update or restore? is there anyway to do this w/out losing the content thats in the ipod itself??

So, My friend bought an iPod 20GB Click Wheel in May but hadn't used it because he had purchased a shuffle. In September I bought it off of him brand new (not even out of the box)…

If it's under warranty they will fix it.