If you are not saying that anyone here "If you're wearing jeans that are so tight you can tell which way the change in your pocket is facing" then why bring it up?jhollington said:Well, to be fair, I don't think anybody's suggesting that the Nano isn't designed to be put in your pockets at all, but rather that like any expensive item, care should be taken.
I carry my full-size iPod in my pocket sometimes without a case or anything else on it, but I would never put it in a tight jeans pocket, or a back pocket, or any other area like that which might subject it to stress or pressure. I'm also careful to put it in a pocket that doesn't have other items in it such as keys, pocket knives, or anything else that might rattle around with it.
I agree that it's ridiculous to say that the Nano is not designed to be put in your pocket, but some common sense should still apply... If you're wearing jeans that are so tight you can tell which way the change in your pocket is facing, then perhaps that's not the best place for a $250 electronic device.
Note that I'm not suggesting that anybody here with a broken screen necessarily did this... Product and manufacturing flaws do occur, and in fact I've seen LCD screens crack under conditions that had nothing to do with stress or impact (many other factors such as temperature and humidity can apply here). However, at this point I'm suspecting a manufacturing defect in a single batch, or at a single facility, rather than an inherent design flaw.
There is no common sense telling me not to place it in my pocket.
Apple's inital Press Release ( www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/sep/07ipodnano.html ) says:
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iPod nano features Apple’s innovative Click Wheel for precise, one-handed navigation, and its ultra-portable design fits into even the smallest pocket making it easy to take iPod nano to the gym, in the car, traveling, commuting or anywhere you go.
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It's even on the product detail page at The Apple Store (store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/StoreReentry.wo?family=iPodx)
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An iPod of historic dimensions
When it comes to iPod nano, you need to reconsider your definition of “small.” Slip it in your pocket — it weighs less than a handful of change. Or wear it around your neck and forget it’s there. Want to take it for a jog? No problem. Your music will never skip.
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Apple is ADVERTISING the Nano as a product that you can put into your smallest pocket.
And as stated elsehwere in this thread *my* LCD broke while I was wearing Dockers made for the fat middle age white man. Those have HUGE pockets, because I have a huge butt.
May I suggest a thread called "Stuff not to do with you iPods" and putting that jeans thing there?