Apple wants your iPod to stop charging for thieves

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nih @ Jul 29th 2007 1:01AM

Read the article buddy: the charger is generic but the iPod refuses to charge unless the same DRM used with songs is present and passes the ownership challenge. It sounds like you'll only be able to charge from your PC in the future, or you'll be required to re-auth by connecting to your PC every few days.

What I want to know is: how will they handle the inevitable iPod reset issue? I don't know an iPod owner yet who hasn't had to look up how to hard reset their player due to memory corruption issues.

How will you repair and blank your bricked iPod when that option is removed to support the anti-theft charging? A completely separate, survivable flash component? Who knows. They'll probably work something out, and we'll be happier for it. I wish cellphones had this feature already.

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