Apple Releases iPod Software To Save Your Eardrums
Author: Stephen Gerding
March 30th, 2006
I guess that those rumblings about lawsuits against Apple for the iPod causing deafness actually made someone up in Cupertino listen up. It’s not the worst idea in the world to provide the ability to pre-set a regulator over the volume of your headset, but I really doubt that there are many kids with iPods out there that won’t be able to override any preferences their parents set on their machine.
CUPERTINO, California—March 29, 2006—Apple® today announced a software update for the iPod® nano and fifth generation iPod, allowing customers to easily set their own personal maximum volume limit. The software update also gives parents the ability to set a maximum volume limit on their child’s iPod and lock it with a combination code.
“As the leading provider of digital music players, Apple continuously brings iPod customers innovative and easy to use solutions,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing. “With the increased attention in this area, we want to offer customers an easy to use option to set their own personal volume limit.”
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5 Responses to “Apple Releases iPod Software To Save Your Eardrums”
March 30th, 2006 at 11:19 am
What about those of us with the original click wheel model? WHAT ABOUT OUR EARS, JOBS? HUH? Clearly you don’t care about us early adopters.
Screw it. I’m chucking my iPod and buying a Dell Jukebox or some other inferior product that will also destroy my hearing.
March 30th, 2006 at 11:38 am
Yeah, who the hell is going to use this?
March 30th, 2006 at 12:35 pm
Well, it could be useful to keep from blowing out your ears when you have it on shuffle. I know that a lot of older CDs were recorded way low, so when I rip them they’re wicked quiet compared to newer songs. Since they can’t seem to give us an equalizer that works for all the songs on the iPod, this would solve the problem of that in a half-assed manner…
March 30th, 2006 at 12:47 pm
This is true. Good call.
P.S. Good use of the word “wicked,” man. East Coast represent!
March 30th, 2006 at 3:41 pm
Steve,
You could get a superior product from the Creative line? The actually put time into the audio quality of their product.