In which I need new earbuds for my iPod.

Ackey emailed me today complaining that he’d exceeded his iPod capacity. He wants to know how best to keep it sync’d without missing out on the music he wants to listen to.

Personally I discard iTunes automatic management (because that involves trusting technology, and iTunes at that) and discard manual management because I lose the ability [...]

This is partly in response to Ben O’Neill’s post on the Zune.

Microsoft have announced details of their forthcoming Zune media player.

I’ll quite looking forward to seeing what Microsoft come up with, not least because I think some well backed competition for the iPod is increasingly needed. Apple aren’t resting on their lorals, but they’re not [...]

My 4th Generation iPod is getting on a bit and as with all rechargeable batteries that get such heavy use, the lifespan between charges was dwindling. You can send iPods back to Apple for replacements, but this costs a not insubstantial amount of money (it’s in the ‘why not just save a little more [...]