Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: My iPod would not connect to my Sony laptop

Sure is a space saver when traveling, but my iPod (2nd gen, firewire only) would not connect to my VGN-S260 laptop with this cable. Simply not recognized by iTunes or iPod Updater 2005-03-23. Wasted a lot of time trying to troubleshoot.Later I tried a regular (non-retractable) cable, and my iPod was recognized fine.Maybe I got a flaky unit or maybe it's a general quality problem with this Iogear product.