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Hawkeye_a · May 30, 2002, 06:03 PM

it says 9.28GB ?!?!? is that correct ? could another 10GB iPod owner clarify this please. Also, was walking with it today and the UI just froze on the screen and only came back when i held the "play and menu" button down for 10secs. is this a software bug, has anyone else had this happen ?

Maneki Neko · May 30, 2002, 07:19 PM

As stated on <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html</a>

<blockquote>quote:<hr />(1) 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.<hr /></blockquote>10,000,000,000 / 1,073,741,824 (1024*1024*1024) is roughly 9.31 gigs, so yeah, that doesn't sound far off. The 5 gig iPod has a capacity of about 4.64 gigs.

The problem stems from 2 different definitions of gigabyte. The one quoted above (generally the marketing definition) and the definition used by the technical folks.

Edit: My 5gb iPod has frozen once. Had to reset it, as described on apple's web site. Has worked fine since.

[ 05-30-2002, 08:22 PM: Message edited by: Maneki Neko ]

Hawkeye_a · May 30, 2002, 08:58 PM

Thanks

Hawkeye_a · May 31, 2002, 09:31 AM

anyone notice that you can use the center button on the ipod to scroll ? has anyone used it ?

thePurpleGiant · May 31, 2002, 08:44 PM

Yeah that's because the centre button and the scroll wheel are actually the same control. They are not 2 separate pieces of plastic, pretty cool nonetheless