If it is totally dead... If you buy another iPod at an Apple Store, they will give you 10% the purchase by trading the old one in. posted by birdherder at 2:38 PM on September 9, 2006
I second iPod ResQ... they did me good when a friend spilled coffee all over my 60g a week before I had to move to China. Good prices, friendly and responsive service. posted by trinarian at 2:45 PM on September 9, 2006
I was thinking about smashing it open and toying with the innards. Or mailing it to a friend with a note explaining how much it meant to me and asking that he care for it. Like a Jesus and Lazarus thing, or a viking funeral. I wonder what's on the inside. There's probably some blog in there. posted by airguitar at 2:52 PM on September 9, 2006
I'm also missing an eagle. posted by airguitar at 2:53 PM on September 9, 2006
Consider waiting a week or so and testing it.
My SO dropped his mini into muddy water last January. We gave it up for dead but about a week later he was surprised to discover it turns on and plays.
It's stuck in shuffle mode. None of the buttons work except for reverse. It won't turn off; we stuck it in one of those charging speaker bases and it's been playing nonstop since. We were going to send it into iPod Resq but now it's far more interesting to see just how long this thing will play nonstop.
airguitar: "I wonder what's on the inside. There's probably some blog in there."
Well, rip it open, scoop out all the juicy, juicy blog, and smear it all over your monitor. That's what the rest of us do. posted by koeselitz at 4:47 PM on September 9, 2006
Isn't it pretty much de rigeur to turn old Apples into aquariums?
I can imagine some very happy Sea Monkeys in there... posted by Pinback at 6:19 PM on September 9, 2006
While not as creative as some of the other ideas above, you could sell it on ebay as "broken" or "for parts"... After checking recent completed auctions, the 4gb mini goes for between $36.00-$65.00 ... posted by eli_d at 8:00 PM on September 9, 2006
Do what eli_d said and sell it for parts, but take it apart and sell each part individually... you'll make more money that way. posted by fvox13 at 8:17 PM on September 9, 2006
I second birdherder's suggestion of turning it in to the Apple Store to get 10% off. I did that when my 3G iPod's hard drive died. At least it's something. posted by lunarboy at 8:41 PM on September 9, 2006
wet? I sweat all over mine, I ran during rain, I took it to two-and-a-half-thousand-percent-humidity-nigeria and it almost didn't die - unlike me, who almost did die. what do you mean by got wet? did you swim laps with it?
alas, I plan on throwing mine at steve jobs. battery dead after eight months means payback. posted by krautland at 12:34 AM on September 10, 2006
Well, this might have changed recently, but with the first generation of iPod mini's, the 4GB drive inside was basically on a CompactFlash bus (i.e. it was a 'microdrive.') So if you have a digital SLR that takes CompactFlash cards, you could gut the mini and use the drive to hold a lot of pictures.
A few years ago, Creative released a 4GB MP3 player (the MuVo II, I believe) that contained a similar drive. The thing was, at the time, the player sold for $200, whereas a bare 4GB microdrive sold for almost $300. There were widespread instances of people buying the player, gutting it, selling the drive, and replacing it with a smaller CF card. posted by cebailey at 7:12 AM on September 11, 2006
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