Cripes! So it is clear there is yet no solution for those with a 3G ipod and Windows XP. I could strangle Apple...or the EU...or whomever, for this cursed volume limitation. :mad:

I am an American living in London and I ponied up for the ipod at Heathrow duty-free. The ipod packaging provided no indication that the product was hobbled. Had I known, I would have bought it in the States with full-duty. Furthermore, thinking either I was near deaf or the ipod buds were useless, I bought a pair of the Etymotic ER-4P headphones. NOT A CHEAP SOLUTION!!!! :eek: I know I will have a quality product in the ER-4P earphones, but I would likely not have bought them had I known a policy wonk was responsible for the stupid volume limitation. :mad:

What's next? Will the EU be limiting the genre of songs one is allowed to listen to on the ipod? "NO ROCK-N-ROLL FOR YOU!!!", says the EU Soup Nazi.