Tag: IPODREPAIR

We've talked about the business of iPod repair and how a number of industrious people in NYC opened businesses fixing music players. The trend has spread since and, naturally, one of these repairmen saw fit to use his talents for for more than the joy of helping customers -- he was arrested for tricking Apple into sending him 9,000 Shuffle players. Nicholas Woodhams, 23, from Kalamazoo, ...

It's easy to think of today's pocketable gadgets as disposable -- use 'em for a few years, then toss 'em when they're obsolete or broken. That's not always necessarily the case, though, as busted iPods and other players can be fixed by repair shops (or even yourself) if you have steady hands. But if you're not the mechanically inclined type, can't bear to be away from your player long enough ...

It's the perennial question whenever your iPod, laptop, cell phone, or other device suddenly stops working -- should I replace this or can it be fixed? Surprisingly, seemingly unfixable problems like a cracked LCD laptop screen can be fixed for not too much money either by you, or by sending it out to a repair person. Same goes for a cracked iPod screen. And, according to a recent article in ...