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[CortJstr]

Didn't it come with a wall charger? They used to come with headphones, dock, nylon case w/ belt clip, wired remote, firewire cable, and a wall charger.

No wait, let me guess. They've cheaped out and now all you get is the headphones and firewire?

[pmcd9]

I got mine last Christmas.  No wall charger.

~Paul

[theinevitable]

my computer is almost brand new.
and yet,
my ipod will not charge from it. I have to charge it by plugging it into the wall. what the heck.

also, it has stopped working. the screen is blank at all times. so, oh well.

[jough]

Firewire?  Cort, come join us in 2006.  All iPods are USB-only now.

They stopped including the wired remote with the 2G iPod, but you can buy one separately for most other 'pods.

No case either.

Of course, the 30Gb iPod with video is HALF the price of the original 5Gb iPod, so you can buy your own accessories for less than you'd have paid for an iPod of olde.

[jough]

Oh, I forgot also - instead of buying a $20 USB2 hub to not only charge your iPod but also plug in additional devices, you could instead by a $19 wall charger for just the iPod.  The advantage to the wall charger is that you can travel with it easily.

[CortJstr]

Firewire?  Cort, come join us in 2006.  All iPods are USB-only now.

They stopped including the wired remote with the 2G iPod, but you can buy one separately for most other 'pods.

No case either.

Of course, the 30Gb iPod with video is HALF the price of the original 5Gb iPod, so you can buy your own accessories for less than you'd have paid for an iPod of olde.

Well that's messed up. The directions for my 3G specifically say that it cannot be charged with the USB cable, even from a powered USB port. And Apple has been pushing Firewire as better than USB (especially for video) since 2000. I wonder why the about-face now. Did they also change the wall charger? Because it has a firewire port in the back of it.

The other advantage of the wall charger that Jough didn't mention is that you can buy just one wall charger and get like 10 international adapters that snap in and out which might be useful if anybody was going to say, Indonesia.

Oh, and according to iLounge (formerly iPodLounge, thanks a lot, Apple lawyers) you get a bigger charge with the wall charger than you do when it's connected to a computer.

[jough]

Yes, the wall charger now only has a USB port in the back of it.

You get the same charge with the charger as when it's connected to a PC - the iPod doesn't know but it takes a little longer with the USB charge, which probably doesn't matter if you charge it while you sleep (and sleep more than four hours a night).

Cort, most of the new Mac computers don't have Firewire ports either.  Apple lost that fight, and gave up.

Ash: what kind of PDA did spousal unit procure?

[side_show]

The other advantage of the wall charger that Jough didn't mention is that you can buy just one wall charger and get like 10 international adapters that snap in and out which might be useful if anybody was going to say, Indonesia.

Oh, and according to iLounge (formerly iPodLounge, thanks a lot, Apple lawyers) you get a bigger charge with the wall charger than you do when it's connected to a computer.

Oooh, it comes with international adapters?  See 'cause at first I was like "yay!  It charges through computers! I wont need to bring a bunch of extra stuff to charge it with!" then I was like "Oh fuck it won't charge through my USB port!" Now I'm like "oh fuck - does this mean I need to buy the iPod wall adapter for my iPod and a universal adapter for the digital camera I'm bringing with me?"  Remember when everything ran on AA batteries?  That made travel really easy.  Sigh. 

Yeah... how the hell am I going to keep this thing charged while traveling internationally?  ... I mean, how do you charge something at an airport?  Are there just... electrical outlets around that one can take advantage of?  I've got a 7hr stop over in L.A. on the way out, and the flight between L.A. and Kuala Lumpur is 20 hr 40 min (yeah I know-ouch!) so at some point in the air my battery will probably die.  And I've got a 12 hr stop over in Kuala Lumpur, and a 5hr stop over in LAX on the way home.  Shit.  I'll have to ask my travel agent about this.  I'm sure there's a way to do it- I just need to figure it out.  Even if it is possible, this means I'll just have to sit next to an electrical outlet for several hours while it charges, so I better be drinking a Tom Collins, and preferably posting at this message board while it charges!

[side_show]

Also, that's a fuckin' expensive adapter kit.  Is there anything against just get the wall adapter and plugging it into yer standard universal adapter? 

[jough]

No, you can get the wall adapters and just plug the iPod plug into that.

The new nanos have incredible battery life - more than 24 hours.  So that should help while traveling.

[side_show]

Really?  The box says 14hrs, so I thought, you know that that was the best case scenario.

[jough]

Ah, there are two different kinds of nanos - 14 hours is pretty accurate for yours. 

[side_show]

So the central mystery I'm sitting with right now is if the plug-in charger I bought for my iPod needs a converter or only an adapter for my trip to Indonesia. 

Electricity in Indonesia  is 220 V, 50 cycles AC.  My plug-in charger says "Dual Voltage USB Charger, I/P: AC 100-240 V 50/60 Hz 0.15A, O/P: DC 5V 1A 5W Max."  So... as a person who knows very little about electrical currents, I take this to mean that my charger will work just fine with the higher voltage, that no matter what the out put ("O/P" right?) stays the same.  If this is so, then all I'll need is an adapter plug so that I have the right prongs.  Or is there something I'm miss-reading that could lead to my iPod being fried?

I'm hoping to hell I don't need to buy a step down converter, because all the ones I've seen are big, heavy and clunky.

[slink]

Indeed, you won't need a stepdown for it. You will undoubtedly need some sort of adapter for the actual sockets though, and I have no idea what kind they have in Indonesia. There's something I'd never considered before, I only know what Europe, North America and the UK do.

[side_show]

slink!  we don't see enough of you here!  I hope you're rocking it out. 

Thanks for the reply - with your continent hopping, I'm sure you know.  The sockets in Indonesia are the same round prongs as in Europe (as several travel guides and the little wall chart at the travel shop confirmed), and this type of adapter is very easy to find here - the plain rubber ones are only about $4, and nice and small.  This means there's no need to buy anything elaborate, which is great!  Huzzah!

Also, I (ASCII symbol for "am obsessed with") my iPod.  So much.  It's been less than a month since I got it, and I can't even imagine life without it now.  Is so good.