I bought an 5 gig iPod, Apple's answer the the MP3 revolution, a few months ago. Overall I'm quite happy with it. It syncs superfast with iTunes the second you plug it in. It doubles as an external hard drive. It's tiny. It sounds great. It has a "Cool Factor" of about 100. Why then does Apple insist on messing with consumer confidence by releasing poor "updates" for it? The newest firmware, 1.1, now doesn't let me play ANY tunes when I unless I reboot the iPod every time I turn it on! Guh? Quality Assurance at Apple seems to have taken a turn for the worse over the last few years. And getting updates out the door on time seems to be problematic as well. My month-old-near-top-o-the-line Dual 800 G4's Superdrive could sure use an firmware update (that the PC world has enjoyed for more than 6 months.)
Rock on, Apple. I love you.