buying an iPod today...

[wsuffa]

Re: Verizon Wireless

Kent,

I dumped my old AT&T/Cingular TDMA service for Verizon because Cingular is pushing everybody to GSM and crippling the TDMA network. That leaves only Verizon and Sprint as network providers that allow analog roaming. And Sprint just changed their plans to force you into a two year contract. So Verizon it was.

Verizon is lying if they stand up and say that "customer pressure" and "competition" will ensure that broadband providers don't block off-network internet services. They've proved it with their wireless system.

 

[PoAdeleted5]

My nephew is sitting next to me with his new out of the box ibook G4 and is trying to load all of his songs from his ipod onto the new computer but "it won't".

Is there a way?

I say the songs are protected to reduce sharing, what do you think?

Yup. That's exactly what it is. You can put the songs on YOUR iPod, but you can't use the iPod as a vehicle to pirate songs around from computer to computer.

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

Yup. That's exactly what it is. You can put the songs on YOUR iPod, but you can't use the iPod as a vehicle to pirate songs around from computer to computer.

and as usual there is a way around it...I found some freeware/shareware that will do it.
He doesn't want to pirate songs, he paid for these and they are on his old computer, his ipod but now he has a new computer.

 

[PoAdeleted5]

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[Let'sgoflying!]

thks lar.

 

[SkyHog]

well if you have the originals on CD, you just burn the CD using iTunes, then transfer it to your iPod...

I don't use an iPod, I use a rip off version that wasn't made by apple, so I don't have the option of iTunes, unfortunately. The other problem I had is that all of my Fat Boys songs are on vinyl, and my record player doesn't have any kind of outputs.

I do - however, since I chose not to use the actual iPod, have a very large amount of storage space, a lifetime warranty, and paid about 1/3 the price of the iPod.

I think its worth it - since I have full access to the new, legal Napster, which is cheaper than getting the songs through the iPod service (I forget what its called), and rip cds easily using software that I've had for ages anyways.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

There is a way to legally deauthorize the songs on the old computer, move them to the new and reauthorize them. No hacks required.

Just fire up help in iTunes and search for "authorization and deauthorization."

It will tell you all about how it works, how many computers can play your purchased songs and how to authorize and deauthorize the computer.

Larry,

What you're talking about is moving songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store from computer to computer. You still can't pull the songs back off an iPod through iTunes. There are several programs available for download that can, however.