April 9th, 2006
How To: Unlock Hidden iPod Commands
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
To be perfectly frank, I’m not a big fan of the iPod. I prefer the $5 a month unlimited rental model like Yahoo Music which is not locked into the .99 iTunes pricing stranglehold. But I have to say I was heartened to learn that even the iPod had secret commands.
We Say: How very PC.
I grew tired of Googling each time I needed the correct button sequence to put iPods into their various modes, so I’ve put together this little interactive display. Click on one of the three darkened buttons above to display the key presses necessary to put the iPod in the selected mode. To use, Reset the iPod using the first combination, then use the Diagnostic Mode or Disk Mode combination as soon as the Apple logo appears.
Hack Your iPod Here
Source: Command-tab.com
Note: The site is getting slammed and seems to be down at the moment.
Liam says:
Of course the “.99 itunes strnaglehold’ is a purchase, chich you are welcome to burn to CD, then rip to mp3 if that’s your fancy while the rental model is just that - rental. They aren’t even in the same market. You’re a Blockbuster-type and I’m a retail sort - so I would prefer the retail online model, if I was going to buy online. Right now I am happy ripping my CDs
April 9th, 2006 at 7:50 am
A Better Writer says:
Great language, there. “Stranglehold”, with bold and everything! Bold means it’s true! Teach me how to be awesome like that.
I have an iPod with approximately 2800 songs stored on it. Perhaps 3% of those actually came from the iTunes Music Store. The rest, actual CDs. I guess I’m a victim of this STRANGEHOLD, huh?
Go back to journalism class and leave the sensationalist, off-base, inflammatory language to the New York Post.
April 9th, 2006 at 8:28 am
Arby says:
Seems like $5/month for the rest of my life to continue to listen to my music would be much more of a stranglehold.
April 9th, 2006 at 8:32 am
Alice says:
I don’t get it. You can buy the songs from Yahoo Music for .79 per track or by the album, you can also use a lot of MP3 players, or not even use the Yahoo music engine software. To date, I have tried about 2,000 song that I would never have purchased, I also backed up and included about 500 cds of music I already owned, and then I bought a few new albums/tracks that I really wanted to own - that’s whay I don’t get why people are suspiscious of the rental model. It cost me $60 for the year.
April 9th, 2006 at 8:42 am
rur42 says:
more forkin ikpods stuff, I mean there’s realtechnews out there, or haven’t you heard, oh, that’s right, I’ll have to go DIGG for news.
April 9th, 2006 at 8:55 am
jb says:
Renting music sux.
April 9th, 2006 at 9:22 am
vdubya says:
Funny, the tip is about putting an iPod into different modes, but the comments are about the iTMS vs Rental pricing models.
I haven’t seen the tips yet, but thanks.
As far as Apple’s STRANGLEHOLD… not quite. Only that you can only listen to ITMS music on your computer or iPods… and even then there are well known work-arounds.
Personally, I don’t complain about an excellent music player and an excellent music store working so well together.
Plus I don’t see why anyone would want to pay $5 a month (or whatever) to listen to the radio.
April 9th, 2006 at 9:53 am
Alice says:
You are right - the comments are about the business model of iTunes which is off topic, but just to be clear, here is why I called the iTunes pricing a stanglehold:
1. Fixed pricing. Record companies want flexibility - to charge .25 for some old clunker songs and the maybe 1.50 for the hot new release. At .99 per song, you are locked in to a one price fits all model.
2. Renting music does NOT mean you cannot own it for life. On Yahoo Music and Napster, you can opt to buy anything you like and burn it to a CD and so on. You have the choice, which means you get the best of both worlds. People hear rental and think you can’t buy. You can.
3. Streaming. People also think these services are about streaming radio stations ort only streaming the music. They offer that, but I could care less. I use the downloads. And I am telling you, when you can do it all - archive your own CDs in a nice digital collection and make playlists, try all sorts of songs/albums for $58 a year and just download without fear of cost, you get to try all sorts of music you might never buy, and then if you want to add to your permanent collection - it’s only .79 a song so you save there too.
April 9th, 2006 at 4:21 pm
j bow says:
but, you cannot use the yahoo player to put songs onto an ipod, and all windows stuff PERIOD suck. nuff said
April 9th, 2006 at 5:33 pm
erat says:
The choice is simple for me:
Yahoo! Music: works with Windows.
iTunes: works with Windows AND Macs.
I’m a Mac guy. Yahoo! has basically said they don’t want me for a customer, so they won’t get my business.
April 9th, 2006 at 6:25 pm
barron says:
I’m not a mac person, but love the iPod and iTunes. I am intrigued by the Yahoo! Unlimited music store, however. It sounds like a nice model, with good flexibility. Used to own an old-school Creative Jukebox 3, but the iPod/iTunes/podcast integration is so nice, it has really opened me up to a lot of neat (and free) content. Nice that there are other options out there to drive innovation and, hopefully, pricing.
April 10th, 2006 at 6:14 am
Jeffery A. Haremski says:
To be perfectly frank, I am getting a bit put off by this site’s negative attitude about iPods. They can’t seem to have one article relating to them or Apple without somehow putting in their snide remarks.
I don’t care that you don’t like them. Report tech news and keep your snide remarks putting down people to *do* like them out of the articles, please.
April 10th, 2006 at 6:35 am
Alice says:
Hi Jeffery,
I’m not being snide about iPods, so I hope you don’t take my comments that way at all. I do however, think Apple needs to consider a monthly option for iTunes, and in fact, we reported that the company was considering such a move. And yes, I have explained why personally I don’t care for the iPod controls (no on off button or stop, etc.) but we cover iPod gadgets and accessories so much here, people have said that we are too pro-iPod, so you can’t win them all!
What I do take seriously is giving my opinion. That’s my job as the editor of this blog. I could cut and paste in other articles without any comment or opinion or just shove up a press release, but the key for our readers is to offer advice on the news. Sometimes you may agree, sometimes you may disagree, or may not know of a particular angle, or you may have an insight that totally changes my mind. That’s why I love the comments section.
April 10th, 2006 at 10:44 am
Another Mike says:
Hey Alice,
I agree with you that in order to be effective in the climate of today’s internet you gotta give us(readers) something to talk about. Giving up press releases or regurgitated articles makes my brain numb from bordom.
As I do have an iPod(given to me as a gift), I can say 2 things. 1 - It really does work pretty well playing music. 2 - It also has quite a few faults and is far from being the perfect device. Any thing from audio format restrictions, short battery life(comparitavely), and horrendous playlist management(in iPod management). I have to date never bought a music track from iTMS, because I fear that I will buy(or want to buy) a new mp3 player that is better than the iPod and will not be able to play any of the music that I could have paid for.
April 10th, 2006 at 11:46 am
Andres says:
I think this articule sums up pretty much what’s behind the multiple pricing that the recording industry wants:
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2005/11/18.html
April 11th, 2006 at 5:14 am
Connor says:
You know, I’ve looked all over this page and I haven’t learned a thing. In reply to the guy who replied about grammar (grandma-er), why buy from iTunes when you can just use a CD. I find it easier to borrow from friends than to have to reveal my credit card number to the freakin’ WORLD.
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