Comments on: Desperately seeking iPod insight

By: Ale

Ale — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:58:05 +0000

Best solution: don’t use an iPod.

By: Davos Newbies » Blog Archive » Markets in everything: iPod meets the Torah

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:58:26 +0000

[...] In my quest to figure out how to preload lots of iPods I’ve come across some strange things. Top of the list at the moment is ShmuzPod: “Just because your car isn’t up to date doesn’t mean your Torah study can’t be!” [...]

By: mal

mal — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:20:48 +0000

There’s a couple other things I thought of too since my first knee-jerk post. iTunes 7 allows you to utilize multiple libraries now. Although getting users to do that would be tricky. And also Newsgator/Feeddemon’s potcatcher FeedStation has promise (http://nick.typepad.com/blog/2005/06/ann_feedstation.html). If you got them an account on that in addition to the ipod you could concieveably, potentially give them an iPod and a link to your content as a podcast… It sounds like some people are downloading content to their home computer while accessing Newsgator over the web from elsewhere. I haven’t tried this personally yet so I can’t speak to the feasibility. I just intuitively think the solution lies somewhat in a pie- in-the-sky solution.

By: Ray Edwards

Ray Edwards — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:21:27 +0000

Take a look at this site — they do exactly what you’re talking about for a very reasonable price:

>> http://logoyouraudio.com/

They make custom, pre-loaded iPods and you can also use other MP3 players (fewer DRM issues, but not as much “wow factor”).

By: Paul Guinnessy

Paul Guinnessy — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:25:20 +0000

The U2 ipod came with their entire album collection on the ipod, so Apple must know how to do it without wiping all your files automatically. I think this is one reason why iTunes 7 allows you to sync various computers with an ipod. However, I don’t know if it works with non copyrighted material.

By: Adolph

Adolph — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:23:33 +0000

I second the double-load suggestion. Load music w/ iTunes and also as files w/ instructions for importing into their own iTunes library. To make it work across several hundred, use SuperDuper (if on Mac OS X) or other backup software to make an image of the iPod and restore it to the rest. You should be able to set it up to do many at once. Apple also has a "Corporate Gifting" program. Maybe they would work out a deal to do this for you?

By: Davos Newbies » Blog Archive » Whooosh… look at the answers flowing in

Davos Newbies » Blog Archive » Whooosh… look at the answers flowing in — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:23:13 +0000

[...] I asked a couple of questions about iPods this morning. My friend Dave Winer kindly linked to my question and, voilà! Thanks everyone. I’ve moved further on these questions through a blog post than through any amount of Google searching. [...]

By: Dave Winer

Dave Winer — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:08:42 +0000

Lance, the Scripting News readers should know the answer to this one. My guess is that you’ll do better with another kind of MP3 player, possibly one of the Sansa products. They don’t synch, it’s a simpler design, still easy to use. Intriguing project.

By: steven v

steven v — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:47:29 +0000

if the recipients use iTunes version 7, and don’t already have iTunes and an iPod, then when they first connect it they’ll be asked to reverse-sync – i.e. from the iPod into iTunes – which means the iPod won’t get wiped. It means that you’ll need to give the recipients real clear instructions (and hope they follow them).

By: Michael G

Michael G — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:44:50 +0000

I believe this is what is keeping anyone from selling flash based players in a kiosk. It would be a one time listen, or till the battery dies and you have to charge it.