> The initial discovery experience, for most people, is that you don't do anything and you iPod "magically" does the right thing in return.
I think that, at this point, we're getting into anecdotal evidence; I don't have any idea what most people's iPod experience is, but certainly it's not natural to me to conclude my experience with an electronic device simply by walking away from it—I want to turn it off. (The fact that computers are an exception perhaps explains why a younger generation might be more inclined to the 'just walk away' approach. EDIT: OK, and cell phones. But I still think that I have more devices in my life that I turn off than devices that I don't. :-) )
My main evidence that this is not the only obvious approach is that it is different to the behaviour of the iPod Shuffle 1G, which one did (or at least could) put into hibernation by sliding the main switch to 'Off'. It was this change between generations that particularly confused me.
I think that, at this point, we're getting into anecdotal evidence; I don't have any idea what most people's iPod experience is, but certainly it's not natural to me to conclude my experience with an electronic device simply by walking away from it—I want to turn it off. (The fact that computers are an exception perhaps explains why a younger generation might be more inclined to the 'just walk away' approach. EDIT: OK, and cell phones. But I still think that I have more devices in my life that I turn off than devices that I don't. :-) )
My main evidence that this is not the only obvious approach is that it is different to the behaviour of the iPod Shuffle 1G, which one did (or at least could) put into hibernation by sliding the main switch to 'Off'. It was this change between generations that particularly confused me.