Yesterday I was on the north side of Indianapolis so I took advantage of the moment and stopped by the Genius Bar at the Apple Store here. I’ve been having problems with my iPod synching and someone said I should take it up there and see if they can revive it.

First I’ve got to say that the process for setting up and confirming an appointment with one of the Apple Geniuses is very user-friendly on the Apple website. The only challenge is finding the page to do it quickly. I’d be promoting that little sucker if I was Mr. Jobs.

Everything went without a hitch. Showed up at my scheduled time. The Genius looked at my iPod and tried to get it to synch on their system. To make a short story twitter sized, he didn’t tell me anything I didn’t already know. It’s broke.

Does that make me a Genius?

Hmmm, wonder if they’re accepting applications. They tried to sell me a new iPod, which would actually be cheaper than fixing mine. That’s a good idea because I am actually interested in purchasing a classic 160GB model. I don’t want to run out of room anymore and it would be nice to literally carry everything with me.

However, since I blog about Microsoft, I’ve really been debating on getting a Zune instead to try it out. The one big caveat is whether or not there’s anyway to hook up my Zune to my car stereo that I’ve already got wired with an iPod adapter. Does Zune have anything like that? Can I use the same wire with an adapter? Is it more of a question on if the Sony stereo recognizes the Zune? Probably the latter.

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Am I An Apple Genius?