An interesting observation: I have a iPod “click wheel” (80GB). While recently listening to it, it was sitting on my desk, face up. Directly next to it (parallel and separated by about 2 inches) was my Blackberry 8800. I was just working away and listening when all of a sudden the volume on the iPod completely freaked out (went way up, way down, way up).
After I calmed down from the jarring effect this had, I wondered what could’ve happened (and feared that perhaps I was seeing the beginnings of some “blue screen of death” type of iPod behavior). It happened a few more times, and I was able to realize that it wasn’t a ghost that was causing the “volume freak out”. No, instead it seemed to freak out when the Blackberry beside it received email or SMS messages.
However, after I moved the Blackberry (to check a message) and replaced it on the table, I was unable to replicate the behavior. I suspect the two gizmos were lined up “just right” and with some more playing I may be able to recreate the behavior, though I’m not sure that that’s worth the time investment.
It was just weird.
Wow, that happens to me all the time and I never put one and one together. It only happens on the train, when the iPod and BB are sitting next to each other in my bag.