iPod Stasis

After several weeks with two busted iPods, we have finally restored iPod stasis this weekend. On Saturday, I bought a new 30 Gig iPod Video to replace the one that went through the wash. I was originally entertaining the idea of getting one of the new iPhone's but I just couldn't talk myself into the $600 price tag or the monthly fee for AT&T cellular service. Although, after seeing one in person on Sunday I'm beginning to have second thoughts :) Maybe next month.

Rosey's iPod has had a dead clickwheel for the last several weeks. It would sync, charge and was probably even capable of playing music if it weren't for the fact that there was no way for you fingers to send signals of the brain of the iPod to do anything. Luckily, the nano was still covered under Apple's one year warranty. I thought it was neat that they have a spot on their website where you can just type in your serial number and they will tell you whether or not it's still covered.

So, we dropped by the Apple Store at the Gateway in Salt Lake City and intended to drop the unit off for service. But, it turns out that they don't service iPods at the store... they just outright replace them. So, we walked out of the Apple Store with a brand spanking new iPod nano to replace the one with the bad clickwheel. I have to say that I'm terribly impressed with how Apple does business. It was so easy to get this thing replaced. Granted, I did have to pay $30 processing fee since it was past the first 6 months of the warranty, but that's nothing compared to the price of a new unit.