Agreed... this is to control it more! (Score 1)

I've seen some of the comments specifying that this is to allow Apple to charge more for additional chargers in the case one were lost... but I say, that's not the only case! This is also another form for DRM, when connecting the iPod to another "unauthorized system" it seems that it will lock it down. Who's to say the user wasn't just trying to use the external HDD feature of the iPod? Also, I personally have various systems. More than 5, does this mean that I am limiting myself to only using certain of my computers with my own iPod? Sync'ing the iPod limits the use with certain computers because you only can update it through whatever library you had on your system. Manually managing music would get passed this, but this would still limit the functionality... how will the iPod be able to determine which systems are considered to be "authorized"? Would it mean that only one iPod can be used on a given machine? What does this mean for owners of multiple iPods? This is a bad idea and should not be implemented... and if it does: DON'T UPGRADE YOUR FIRMWARE!