Music player's screen appears to be vulnerable to scratching
Apple iPod Nano 'not up to scratch'
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26 Sep 2005, Iain Thomson , V3
Buyers of Apple's iPod Nano have been venting their frustration on the company's message boards about the poor build quality of the new music player.
Users are especially peeved that the screen appears to be so vulnerable to scratching. This makes viewing pictures, or using the calendar and address book, very difficult, according to the comments.
"I have treated mine like a king and it already has a few scratches etc," wrote Richard Spangler. "Apple could at least use the best Lucite they used in the previous models."
One thread on the discussion board has received 400 messages from other users with similar problems. A website about the problem has already been set up.
"I've had my Nano for a little over two weeks and it [became] scratched when I took off the plastic on the front," wrote Young Lim.
"At first I thought this was just a smudge, so I used my cotton t-shirt to try to rub it off, but that started to scratch it even more. I just felt very disappointed and betrayed by Apple."
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Do you agree?
Valid complaints used as FUD to attack Apple.
Call me crazy but this whole thing smells like organized FUD.
Sure there are probably some valid complaints amongst this. But I suspect that the MS & Creative FUD machine is using this "weakness" and blow it out of proportion, hoping to hurt Apple's sales. (Because, at this point, this is the only thing that they can do)
There is a recent article where MS execs are talking about Apple at some event.
One exec praised the nano, then told everyone that his nano stopped working after one day, and everyone laughed. He said "It looks like they have some moisture problem" and everyone laughed again. So as you can see the execs are aware that diffusing and repeating a (fake, but based on some possible problem) story like this could hurt the iPod, it's almost a running gag for them.
Posted by StarWing, 26 Sep 2005
You are crazy!
Why not buy one and try.
They scratch way too easily...
How about instead of wasting people's time with your post, that you just pause and think!
Posted by Allen Royer, 25 Oct 2005
ipod scratched aye?
i had the same problem. it sucks that they scratch so easily but wat can u do? I used a product called Applesauce Polish. Took those scratches right out! then i applied an InvisibleSHIELD. check them out. www.applesaucepolish.com www.theinvisibleshield.com
Posted by Mike, 18 Apr 2006