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Firewire cables are useless for new iPods

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3 May 3rd, 2007  (May 4th, 2007)

5 Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful

Advantages:
Has both USB and Firewire cables with an iPod dock connector .

Disadvantages:
New iPods cannot use Firewire .

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This cable allows you to connect, sync and power up your iPod with your mac or PC via USB2.0/USB1.0 and FireWire (aka IEEE 1394a) ports. Or does it?

The most recent iPods do not allow you to sync via FireWire, only via USB. If you connect your iPod to your computer using the Firewire connector you might possibly be able to charge your iPod, but when I tried it, with my black 80GB iPod and Dell PC, nothing happened at all. Do not waste your money buying FireWire cables for new iPods as they are pretty much useless.

FireWire allows download speeds of 400 Mbit/s and although USB2.0 can theoretically download 480 Mbit/s this speed is rarely acheived in tests.

Many Apple users are disappointed by the lack of FireWire support in new iPods. Apple played a major role in developing FireWire and it seems they are ditching their own baby.

If you have both FireWire and USB 2.0 then it seems to be a small concern. If you have an older Mac or PC which has FireWire and only a USB 1.0 or 1.1 port then having to use a USB cable with the USB port gives you a maximum download of only 12Mbit/s. You could easily be waiting all night to download a library of music from your computer. If you do not want to change your computer and want an iPod it may be a good idea for you to install a USB 2.0 port if you can, or shop around for an older iPod and cables that support FireWire. I installed a USB 2.0 card into an old G3 iMac to be able to use it with my iPod and was very satisfied with the results.

So, in summary, if you have an older iPod then this cable may be useful. As they are no longer in production you will have to shop around to get a good price.

Here are some relevant pages from Apple:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93405

To identify your iPod model:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61688 

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Bens__mummy 04.05.2007 00:04

As below

kineticspade 03.05.2007 23:08

Needs more info to get a higher rating if you add to this let me know i will gladly rerate

Tadders 03.05.2007 18:12

If they don't cater for the most recent brands they will no doubt become obsolete soon.

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