On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:49:33 -0700, Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
wrote:

> 
> On Sep 30, 2006, at 12:20 AM, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> 
> > Actually, Apple distinguishes between two different classes of 5th
> > Generation -- see http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61688
> > It's only the newest ones that are showing the problem, as best I  
> > can tell.
> > I also need to verify what firmware release my son's has.
> 
> The newest ones (with the brighter screen) are generally referred to  
> as "Gen 5.5".
> 
Ack.  My son's iPod is running 1.1.1 -- I wonder if it's 1.2 that's the
problem. 


		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb