I thought I saw on here yesterday someone posted that you could buy an i pod nano for under 200....like 175, if you had a student discount or something. Anyone Know about that?

9/27/2005 2:01:00 AM

Go to apple.com and there's a section for their educational store. Easy to figure out from there.

The discounts are usually fairly substantial, but i cant comment on that particular price.

9/27/2005 7:31:42 AM

http://store.apple.com/1-800-780-5009/WebObjects/EducationIndividual?type=higherEd (select "standard store for education" and you won't have to log in)

$179 and $229

or go to the Apple Store at Southpoint Mall and show them your student ID

9/27/2005 8:50:37 AM

Thank you

9/27/2005 10:01:33 PM

or you could just walk into the bookstore and buy one, they have them in stock last I checked. or you could drve out to southpoint and get one there too. if you show your university ID (if you're still a senior like your profile says) you'll get one. you pay tax either way though, since apple has a presence in NC.

9/27/2005 10:03:39 PM

I wouldnt buy one yet...they scratch unbelivably easy

9/27/2005 10:19:09 PM

omfg i got a scratch on my ipod, im going to whine about it on apple's forums to no end and then commit suicide

9/27/2005 10:48:57 PM

^^ and not buying one now is going to lower the chance of scratching it when you get one later...?

9/27/2005 10:59:11 PM

^they might fix the defect. Also, you can just get an ipod condom.

9/27/2005 11:03:37 PM

http://www.theinvisibleshield.com/invisibleshield_demo_videos.html

9/27/2005 11:11:55 PM

^ seems like a good way to deal with the nano's cosmetic durability.

after reading this review:

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nano.ars

I think that's the only thing you could really worry about.



[Edited on September 27, 2005 at 11:30 PM. Reason : I realize I've posted this link before, but I like it]

9/27/2005 11:29:00 PM

instead of making another ipod thread, ill ask here. where can you buy the regualr headphones that come with the ipod. i dont want anything special, i lost mine and want to buy a new pair.

9/27/2005 11:34:47 PM

ebay. the regular ones that come with the ipod aren't for sale. you can normally only get the contoured ones or the ones that come with the inline remote.

9/27/2005 11:40:50 PM

^^i've got a pair you can have, somebody stole the ipod

[Edited on September 27, 2005 at 11:53 PM. Reason : used like twice, PM me]

9/27/2005 11:51:41 PM

why would you want more ipod headphones puck?

they suck ass

9/28/2005 12:08:24 AM

yeah, get some sennheiser's (mx500?) or even high end sony's if you want decent earbuds. otherwise go for the sennheiser px200's or something.

9/28/2005 12:09:36 AM

well, whatever, if somebody wants some of the ones that come with an ipod, they're here for free...and if anybody saw my ipod get up and walk out the door, it'd be wonderful if you'd return some of the data on it...you can keep the ipod tho, thanks.

[Edited on September 28, 2005 at 12:15 AM. Reason : spellllll]

9/28/2005 12:14:48 AM

also got the stand/base/dock thing that ipods come with if anybody wants it for free

9/28/2005 12:24:46 AM

anyone actually have one of those invisibleshields?

9/28/2005 12:26:01 AM

I bought my wife one online and it should get here sometime next week.

9/28/2005 1:06:34 AM

Reminds me of the "Intergalactic Prophylactic"

9/28/2005 9:14:53 AM

hot - http://www.macally.com/spec/ipod/mtunen.html

11/8/2005 9:58:54 AM

yeah yeah ill get flamed but help me out darnit
http://ipodnanos.freepay.com/?r=22589367


ill buy you a beer or something

11/8/2005 10:51:15 AM

a beer for a massive amount of unsolicited email...

SIGN ME UP!

11/8/2005 12:10:16 PM

My nano does scratch... very easily. But I use it to work out with, not to impress people with my impeccable looking ipod nano. I bought it because of it's size... I can put it in my shorts pocket and run and it won't drag my shorts down.

11/8/2005 12:11:30 PM

yeah but it does make it harder for the user to read the screen. easy scratching isn't something you can just shrug off just b/c you're not showing it off to others.

11/8/2005 1:08:34 PM

I bought the Invisible Shield for my nano, and it was an awful bitch to get it on properly. You have to get the film slightly wet with a soapy solution, and apply it to your iPod like a decal. Once it is in place, you have to squeegie it with a credit card to get the excess water from underneath (a very SMALL amount of water mind you)

during the squeegie process, the decal tends to slide a little, and when its not ligned up exactly right you have to peel it back off immediatly and start over

The good part of it is that my nano successfully survived a 12-day trip through Europe in my pocket, and daily use without a single scratch. And in addition to the invisible shield, you can buy any iPod cover/case/holster/etc to further protect your iPod

11/8/2005 1:12:40 PM

My big complaint with the damn thing is that when I plug it in to sync with iTunes sometimes it will sometimes it won't. I end up messing with it for half an hour to get the damn thing to work.

You can see the scratches when the thing is off. When the color screen is on, you can see what you need to. The scratching isn't a big deal.

11/8/2005 1:13:11 PM

wow half you guys are fucking complete idiots. the defect is substantial. after about 2 months of use the screen is basically unreadable. that is something to whine and complain about dumb fuckers. as far as the dumbass said:

Quote :

"^^ and not buying one now is going to lower the chance of scratching it when you get one later...? "

how many generations of ipods did they do for there first model? you think they are going to leave a defect like this in there next generation nano? NO.

11/8/2005 5:47:53 PM

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/11/08/apple_nano_lawsuit/

there's no denying the nano scratches beyond usability... funny thing is i went to the apple store to check it out and ALL their on-display nano's were scratched so bad you could barely see the text on screen

11/8/2005 6:55:37 PM

sad thing is a slightly different material, or just a polymer coating of some sort would solve it for pennies a unit. I find it hard to beleive that apple did not test it enough to realize it would have this problem. I also find it hard to beleive they knowingly shipped it with the defect when the fix would seem so simple and inexpensive. Probably some middle level VP really fucked up and got lazy and is on his way to being tossed out.

11/8/2005 9:19:40 PM