http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5262 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:13:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5262#comment-472312 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:32:24 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5262#comment-472312 [...] The MacBook Air was just introduced for pre-order. The “world’s thinnest notebook” actually looks pretty cool to me after watching the ad on the Apple website. However I am not here to discuss what I like about Apple at this time. I am here to discuss my disgruntles with Apple and Steve Jobs and their new found glory in screwing their customers. The release of iTunes movies rentals is supposed to compete with NetFlix’s online rental service. At a simple price of $3.99 for new releases and $2.99 for older titles, Apple’s service looks good enough to look into. I’ve read a few reviews about the process, and besides a few quarks, the movie played well. At the Keynote, Steve Jobs made a point to iterate the fact that during the 24 hour rental period, you can transfer the movie to your iPod or iPhone and watch it there. However, Jobs failed to include a tiny detail: You can only watch rented movies on the iPod Classic, iPod Nano with video, and iPod Touch. 5th gen iPods that are supposed to play video? Can’t do it. That means people like myself are left hanging with this new feature. My iPod is only 1 generation old! I cannot justify buying a new iPod yet…..although I am very drawn to the Touch. Until Steve the Pirate struck. [...] […] The MacBook Air was just introduced for pre-order. The “world’s thinnest notebook” actually looks pretty cool to me after watching the ad on the Apple website. However I am not here to discuss what I like about Apple at this time. I am here to discuss my disgruntles with Apple and Steve Jobs and their new found glory in screwing their customers. The release of iTunes movies rentals is supposed to compete with NetFlix’s online rental service. At a simple price of $3.99 for new releases and $2.99 for older titles, Apple’s service looks good enough to look into. I’ve read a few reviews about the process, and besides a few quarks, the movie played well. At the Keynote, Steve Jobs made a point to iterate the fact that during the 24 hour rental period, you can transfer the movie to your iPod or iPhone and watch it there. However, Jobs failed to include a tiny detail: You can only watch rented movies on the iPod Classic, iPod Nano with video, and iPod Touch. 5th gen iPods that are supposed to play video? Can’t do it. That means people like myself are left hanging with this new feature. My iPod is only 1 generation old! I cannot justify buying a new iPod yet…..although I am very drawn to the Touch. Until Steve the Pirate struck. […]

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