Hi,
My sister has the flashy new Aple USB adapter and it does charge
faster, like 15 minutes or so from dead to full.
Thanks for listening,
Alex,
On 10-Dec-08, at 2:56 AM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
Hi
The iPod will still charge when ejected. It draws power from the USB
port, regardless of whether iTunes is running or not. I suspect
Apple support thought you meant unplugging the iPod, because as long
as it's connected it will charge.
For the iPod dock it depends. The 4th gen nano altered some aspects
of its charging technology (specifically it now charges via the USB
pins only rather than the firewire and USB pins), so most docks that
were meant for iPods like the classic or older Nanos will work but
won't charge it. I'm not sure why this was done, and believe me
there's more than a few people ticked off over it. If you have a 4th
gen compatible dock the iPod will fully charge, otherwise the dock
will work fine but will not charge the iPod.
Battery life will vary depending on what kind of audio files you
have, what bitrate they are, and how often you use the iPod's
controls. In general, I'd estimate I'm getting about 27 hours of
audio content. Naturally this goes down if you throw video into the
mix, I'd estimate getting anywhere from 5 and a half to six hours of
video playback. Also note that if you use the speed controls while
playing audio books the battery will drain slightly faster.
I have the 16gb nano, battery life may be slightly different on the
8gb, not sure which one you have.
On Dec 10, 2008, at 05:28, Scott Rutkowski wrote:
HI all.
Ok can anyone verify the following please.
Is it true when you plugg in your iPod 4g nano to a mac if you
eject the iPod does this mean it's not charging?
Also apple support told me if you don't plugg your iPod directly in
to a usb cable or the usb power adapter it doesn't charge fully.
I was under the impression the iPod dock worked the same as the usb
cable that came with the iPod so if anyone can clarify or shed some
light on the above points, that would be great.
Is anyone getting close to 24 hours of playback just for audio
content on the fourth generation nano?
Thanks all.
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