Jeff Jarvis and Om Malik have both written about iPod woes:
One is a chance, two is a coincidence but three is a trend. It is official - the new iPod updater is killing iPods. (Om Malik)
The iPod crashed bad last night -- because of Apple's own iPod updater. Thing was working fine. But after updating it wants to be plugged in. It didn't think it was plugged in and wouldn't do anything else. Resets didn't work. Then a reset apparently hosed the drive. iPod dead. I call Apple; wait forever; told I'm six days past my 90-day phone time; I say it was their goddamned updater that did this to me; he listens; he agrees. iPod dead. I'd play Taps... if I could.Fred Wilsons' iPod crashed yesterday. Om Malik's iPod died, too. Dreaded clicking noise, just like mine.
The Airport Express is OK, but setup wasn't the breeze it's supposed to be. Worse, when I tried to follow the instructions to set up profiles, it kept crashing my Vaio (Apple's revenge). And the instructions bear no resemblance to the software.
The problem with Apple for years now has been that it pays more attention to design, aesthetics, UI, and advertising than it does to nitty-gritty technical matters. I was thinking about buying a Mac again. Now I'm doubting it. (Jeff Jarvis)
Meanwhile, Marc Canter points the way to Dashboarder, 'your one-stop shop for all Dashboard needs' — adding, 'do it for Windows'.
