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We're not electronics geniuses, but we have learned one thing about technology: It doesn't like to play rough. One might think the iPod is perfect for a sporty lifestyle. After all, Apple markets a personal trainer application to accompany you while you run. And we've seen people jog with it, bike with it, and work out in the gym with it. Short of shaking it like a Polaroid picture, your personal music/photo/video system should be able to take it like a...well, a sporty piece of technology, right? It turns out that iPods, as well as many personal audio players, come with either a flash drive or hard drive (often referred to as HDD). Flash drives are the more durable of the two, because
they have no moving parts. Hard drives do contain moving parts, so they're more delicate and have a greater possibility of being damaged by motion. That's not to say your HDD will crash on your first jog around the block, but the overall life span could be diminished by excessive jarring. So to all you runners -- be sweet to your hard drives, if that's what you've got. Oh, and take care of your knees, too.
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