September 2005 Archives

Yes - my favorite music device (outside of iTunes and my iPod) can't fastforward. Apparently this is a known issue and is not easy to fix. I'll make my disappointment simple: an 8-track could fastforward. Get it?
Update: If you don't get it - I have gotten in the habit of listening to podcasts in the mornings or at lunch and rarely get through them without having to stop. How nice is it to have listened to 30 min. of a 60 min. podcast only to be forced to listen to the whole set and not start where you left off. This is a serious problem in my book and will prevent me from considering another two or three of these devices for my house - regardless of how much more expensive their nearest competitor is (hint: Sonos).

We've been waiting for it. I've been waiting for it. But, wait! 100 songs??? That's it??? (This piece isn't an English grammar delight - I know.) SoB! Sorry, this simply doesn't make sense. The Shuffle is at the lower end of what I would accept regarding total amount of songs you can put on an iTunes compatible device (and even considering my complaint that the lack of screen makes it oft worthless, I like the Shuffle better than what I have learned of the ROKR). From the reading I've done, even if you are to give the ROKR more memory, it won't allow you to go above the 100 song limit. To take a line from perl: this is an unnecessary limit. I can't conceive of who is behind this other than perhaps Apple not wanting a non-Apple device cutting into their iPod revenue. As a consumer, I could care less what the reasons are. Given today's storage capacities and prices, this is the definition of an unnecessary limit.