Thank God Apple doesn’t build cars
I’ve had my 60GB Video iPod for almost 6 months now and you’d think it was 6 years. It is ridiculous how easily and badly the iPod scratches. It amazes me that Apple can get away with it! Can you imagine what a car would look like if it were built to iPod specs? I think I’m going to have to make a subsequent post on the subject once I’ve photo shopped the hypothetical result 
Now some of you will probably say that I must abuse my iPod or that I should keep it in a protective skin. I actually own two protective sleeves and can only use them when I travel. Why? Because my iPod goes with me to work where it sits in the DLO Transpod in my car. You’d think that they might design it to accommodate a sleeve over top of the iPod, since exposing an iPod even briefly to the environment without one will surely result in scratches, but they don’t. When I get to work, I pop my iPod into the Bose Sound dock (which I highly recommend). And to answer your question, no the Sound dock doesn’t accommodate an iPod in a sleeve either 
Anyhow, it continues to amaze me that people simply drink the Apple cool-aid without a complaint. They will pay whatever Job’s asks like little lemmings and renounce anything ‘Microsoft’ along the way. But I’m not bitter or anything
May 16th, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Maybe Apple does this on purpose. If everyone’s iPod’s look like crap, no one will be able to sell them on eBay and Apple will sell more iPods as a result.
May 16th, 2006 at 9:09 pm
That’s because you carry it in the front pocket of your jeans.
May 17th, 2006 at 5:59 am
Throw some Ramones and Minor Threat stickers on it, and you’ve got yourself the “punk rock” iPod… More personality than the out of the box, run-of-the mill, shiney clean iPod. (This might also require losing the Dave Matthews tunes.
May 17th, 2006 at 7:47 am
;-P
May 19th, 2006 at 9:00 am
Toothpaste and a damp cloth do a pretty job removing these scratches…