Category: Gripes

  • IPod Touch Screen Lock Problem

    IPod Touch Screen Lock Problem

    Explains how to solve the IPod Touch Screen Lock Problem below. Now there are two functions that the 3rd generation Apple iPod Touch Screen Lock feature provides in version 5.1.1 of iOS: Input disabled.  When the screen locks, the touch accepts no further screen input until you unlock it. Backlight extinguished.  Also, there’s a power-saving…

  • IPod Touch Screen Lock Backlight Issue

    IPod Touch Screen Lock Backlight Issue

    Explains how to solve the IPod Touch Screen Lock Backlight Issue below. Now there are two functions that the 3rd generation Apple iPod Touch Screen Lock feature provides in version 5.1.1 of iOS: Input disabled.  When the screen locks, the touch accepts no further screen input until you unlock it. Backlight extinguished.  Also, there’s a…

  • Victor Reader Stream Gripes

    Victor Reader Stream Gripes

    The first gen (original) version of HumanWare’s Victor Reader Stream   portable player is great. But it has some issues that surprised us once we got ours home and started playing with it. Victor Reader Stream Gripes:Ffor the Model 303 First Generation eBook Player Very Slow USB Port First of all, its USB port moves…

  • Apple Headphones Volume Control Gripe

    Apple Headphones Volume Control Gripe

    Our one BIG gripe about the Apple Headphones Volume Control as it functions on the various generations of the  iPod Touch, is that the UP and DOWN increments that the volume control keys generate when pressed are too big. In version 5.1 of the Apple firmware (the latest version supported on our Touch from 2010), you only get 16…

  • Apple Headphones Volume Control

    Apple Headphones Volume Control

    Our one BIG complaint about the Apple Headphones Volume Control as it functions on the various generations of the  iPod Touch, is that the UP and DOWN increments that the volume control keys generate when pressed are too big. In version 5.1 of the Apple firmware (the latest version supported on our Touch from 2010), you only get 16 steps to go…