2-3 years ago I bought something like this, a little portable DVD player that also had a dock for the iPod. Dropped an iPod Classic in there, and NOPE. My first experience with Apple's fabulous licensing schemes which restrict playback compatibility with devices that don't license their little chips. Returned it to Best Buy immediately of course, and now I'll NEVER BUY SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN. Thanks, Apple.
I've even run into Kensington docks that work with the 3GS iPhone but DON'T work with the 4th gen Nano. WTF?
What a wonderful world we live in. I'll just rip my DVDs and play them on my netbook or iPod thanks. I can't be bothered to buy something like this and find out it doesn't work with next years iPod/iPhone and is now a pile of junk. Sorry, no thanks.
See, I'm just the opposite. I've never had a problem with one of my iPods not play nice with a dock I've bought. Which is not to say it doesn't happen, and I'm sure I'd be frustrated if it did. However, until it does, I'm perfectly content.
The Triumph proved to be one of the better looking and performing pre-paid handsets we'd had the pleasure of holding in our sweaty mitts, but we had one major hangup: the name.
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I won't be buying anything like this ever again.
2-3 years ago I bought something like this, a little portable DVD player that also had a dock for the iPod. Dropped an iPod Classic in there, and NOPE. My first experience with Apple's fabulous licensing schemes which restrict playback compatibility with devices that don't license their little chips. Returned it to Best Buy immediately of course, and now I'll NEVER BUY SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN. Thanks, Apple.
I've even run into Kensington docks that work with the 3GS iPhone but DON'T work with the 4th gen Nano. WTF?
What a wonderful world we live in. I'll just rip my DVDs and play them on my netbook or iPod thanks. I can't be bothered to buy something like this and find out it doesn't work with next years iPod/iPhone and is now a pile of junk. Sorry, no thanks.
See, I'm just the opposite. I've never had a problem with one of my iPods not play nice with a dock I've bought. Which is not to say it doesn't happen, and I'm sure I'd be frustrated if it did. However, until it does, I'm perfectly content.