[JavaBrewer]

I started the iPod bash a year ago when my buddy (also a PC user) went through much grief getting is 60GB video working while lots of folks here were drunk with Apple/iTunes joy. Turned out to be a faulty iPod unit and it took weeks for Apple to replace. Since then he's had recurring issues like mine and experienced a dozen or so iPod lockups. This Christmas he purchased 2 Shuffle iPods for his kids and ... one worked immediately and the other is giving him the same problems.

These units are really just glorified USB flash/disk devices with a very nice UI. I'm just angry that they don't behave like the simple USB device they are.