[Lancer409]

seems to be captured spring loaded ball bearings that click into the holes in drilled into the usb. it is secure (as in - it wont fall off or slide off accidentally) BUT i would not trust the lanyard. sure it wont fall off in normal usage, but if it swings and gets caught on something, or you accidentally hit it at the right angle, with the right ammount of force, it might dislodge. that being said, it's not very heavy so it wont fall off the lanyard by gravity alone. still .. if you are going to jog, get the armband, or make your own out of gauze, bandage, cloth .. etc.


i'm still curious how the ipod shuffle attaches to the armband itself. i hope it isnt another "cap" that attaches it to the fabric. cant tell in the pictures

[spiky_dog]

it's nice to see pictures that are actually focused on the proper area for once, instead of on the background leaving the subject way out of the region of acceptable sharpness...

[Lancer409]

Originally posted by spiky_dog:
it's nice to see pictures that are actually focused on the proper area for once, instead of on the background leaving the subject way out of the region of acceptable sharpness...

where have you seen pics posted? i hear people asking for 'em but i havent seen it.

[Rev-O]

Originally posted by Lancer409:
where have you seen pics posted? i hear people asking for 'em but i havent seen it.

I think spiky_dog is refering to the general quality of 'informative' photos that people take. Either too small, out of focus, no reference points, no freaking rhyme or reason.

Nice job on the pics. Much appreciated!

[Lancer409]

Originally posted by Rev-O:
I think spiky_dog is refering to the general quality of 'informative' photos that people take. Either too small, out of focus, no reference points, no freaking rhyme or reason.

Nice job on the pics. Much appreciated!

thanks

[zakmac]

Where did you get a 1GB Shuffle? I thought only 512s were in some random stores.I an in NYC, waiting to buy in Soho Apple store. I would order online, but the store told me they would have them in a week, while the online store now has a 3-4 week wait. I don't wanna wait no mo' ;-)

[stevesnj]

they look like 'detent' balls similar to those on socket wrench drives. Good idea actually and very strong.

[brapper]

Thanks.
I'm still on the fence about buying one, but this helps.

[brapper]

Thanks.
I'm still on the fence about buying one, but this helps.

[turtle777]

Great pics. But yout finger prints are all over it

-t

[Psychonaut]

Look at the second picture from the top - there seems to be text on the inside. Does that say Singapore?

[Lancer409]

Originally posted by Psychonaut:
Look at the second picture from the top - there seems to be text on the inside. Does that say Singapore?

Yes it does. It's not written, it's molded. Part of the plastic. It's not dented in, it's sticking up and out (forgot the term, used to describe it.) I assume Singapore makes the caps (or supplies the top piece) while the player is built in taiwan?

wierd how they say taiwan, but the shuffle says china. not Republic Of China (taiwan) or anything, just ... China.

oh well.

[Lancer409]

damn, looks like the shuffle cap and mac mini pics i posted killed my alloted photobucket bandwith. will try to get these back up on another thing when i have time. or .. does anyone wanna host 'em?

[ender2002]

put em up on imageshack.us

[Captain Obvious]

6 days and they haven't given you anymore bandwidth?
Put it on a better server

[Lancer409]

Originally posted by Captain Obvious:
6 days and they haven't given you anymore bandwidth?
Put it on a better server

it's going to be down until next month (on photobucket atleast) apparently it used up 1.5gig? of bandwith ... forgot .. it was in an email they sent me. i'm not too sure what that means (does it count everytime it's loaded or everytime someone saves the photo or what?

will try to put 'em on a nother server over the weekend .. school is draining me right now. (it just started a few days ago - notice how quiet i've been the past few days?

[mskblackbelt]

A side note on the cap connection. The lanyard cap appears to connect a little more solidly than the regular one; however, if you are doing anything where the shuffle is going to bounce around a lot, you may want to use a pocket or more secure method of attaching it. Some friends and I went to get one yesterday, and were forced to run to CompUSA because both of our local Denver area Apple stores were out of Shuffles on the morning of the release at opening time. So we ran to CompUSA, where they had $10 off the 512 MB shuffles and bought three of them. Anyway, we went back to my friends apartment, and he decided to see how strong the link was with the lanyard cap. Needless to say, once he started to swing it around at a decent speed, the shuffle flew off and slammed into a wall and ricocheted into the ceiling. Our first response was, "Holy S***!!!", and then we all started to laugh hysterically. On further examination, the only thing that had happened to the shuffle was a minor ding in one of the edges, and one or two nearly invisible scratches. So the shuffle is more durable than previous iPods, but the caps don't hold it in quite as well as they perhaps should.

Will anyone introduce a locking cap, or something with a release button? I'm sure it will come soon.

Sorry for the long post, but it was really funny to see.

[maxintosh]

Originally posted by Lancer409:
i'm not too sure what that means (does it count everytime it's loaded or everytime someone saves the photo or what?

Bandwidth use is just how much data is transferred through the server. So yes, every time it is loaded (the computer has to download it to display it in the web page.) In fact, when you save an image from a web page, browsers don't re-download it. They just copy it from the cache if it's there.

[the_glassman]

I can't see $hit!

[pyn]

Well, read the image. "PHOTOBUCKET BANDWIDTH LIMIT EXCEEDED". that is why you cannot see your feces.

[andretan]

How about hosting the pix on Flickr?

[Lancer409]

THEY are back up! (Start of the new month ahahha ... let's see how long the bandwith survives this time!)