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The indestructable iPod
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Dean Mortlock
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19.12.06
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A friend of mine (let's call him 'Steve') has an iPod that's completely indestructable. He bought his 3rd generation iPod secondhand from a friend and, although it was a year old, it was in pretty good condition. Unfortunately though, after he'd only had it a few months, his three-year-old son dropped it into a cup of hot tea. Remarkably, it still worked fine - although, to be fair, the backlight had stopped working.
If that wasn't enough, his same son then decided it would be a good idea to take the iPod out into the garden and throw it around a bit. He obviously thought that this was hugely enjoyable - and made even more so by the fact that the iPod bounced spectacularly when it hit concrete.
Imagine Steve's shocked expression when he ran out into the garden to witness his proud son throwing his Dad's most prized possession through the air repeatedly. Imagine the pitiful whelps when he ran forward to collect it from the path, fearing the worst. As he expected, the iPod's screen was blank and no amount of button pressing seemed to work.
Now, it's hard to know how we'd react at a time like that, and Steve's reaction was, I suspect, rather typical of all of us. "Great," he said sarcastically, "If it's broken, then I might as well throw it around a bit more..." and he then continued his son's good work and lobbed the iPod a few more times - much to the amusement of his son and the rest of his family.
The iPod was eventually tossed onto the kitchen table and Steve returned to whatever it was that he was doing before this disaster occured... albeit with a decent-sized black cloud hovering above his head. And there it remained for a few days, being pushed out of the way when breakfast was laid or the kids wanted to do some homework. Eventually though, just before it was thrown into the bin, Steve thought he'd give it one last try and, much to his amazement, the familar Apple logo appeared almost immediately! The iPod had survived a dunking in tea and repeated abuse and, apart from the odd scratch and the damaged backlight, was as good as new.
So when people moan to you that the iPod isn't built to last, just tell them this story as proof that some of them are practically indestructable.
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