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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   "Obveeus"  wrote:   
      
   >Serious question:  Other than maybe ring tones, you won't really lose much   
   >investment when swapping out a phone, but if you need to go buy a new iPod,   
   >will you lose all its contents?   
      
   I've never used a "real" iPod, but on my nano, the idea is that   
   everything is kept on your computer's hard drive and is temporarily   
   loaded to the iPod.  So it's the laptop that you need to back up.  I'm   
   backed up, but not offsite.   
      
   My SO's new touch can talk to the host computer, or directly to my   
   wifi.  We bought an app, but coudln't figure out how to load it from   
   the computer to the iPod.  A friend suggested re-buying the mini-app   
   from Apple, and apple recognized that I already owned the app when I   
   tried to re-buy it via the wifi.  It downloaded directly to the unit   
   for free.   
      
   If the unit blew up, I assume that I could re-load the purchased   
   stuff.  I'm not sure how many cycles of that before apple gets   
   suspicious.   
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