Reminds me of a page from SpeakUp’s small book Stop Being Sheep about focus groups. (sad but often true)… Another ‘general rule’ is that those ‘under 30’ folks don’t have near as much extra cash floating around as those who are over 30. Once you get past a specific age you find yourself on the AM stations more than the FM ones.
#LIPS XBOX 360 IPOD PORTABLE#
That being said… Portable MP3 players are for ‘kids’ (a general term I’ll use to group those ‘under 30’ folks). In fact no other MP3 player is in the same league (spec for spec). The size, features and price are right on the mark. This is a home run I agree with many who state that the iPod is pretty impressive…. It has all sorts of cool features that I will never live without again. It makes my Rio 500 (recently upgraded to hold 128 MB of songs) look pathetic. I’ve seen one of the other HD music players and it probably weights double what the iPod weights, as well as being much thicker and bulkier, like a brick basically. I think Apple probably did listen to their customers - the positive reviews of the product.įrom the same thread (hope blockquote is allowed): This is not like any other MP3 player on the market, imagine being able to store several days worth of music at once! The iPod will be great for travelers, students, heck anyone who is really into music.įirewire is fast! It must be a pain to transfer files to your player via USB or even a dedicated card reader. “This is not like any other MP3 player on the market, imagine being able to store several days worth of music at once! The iPod will be great for travelers, students, heck anyone who is really into music.” “Sure the iPod is cool, and hell yeah I’d love to have one” 5 gigs? Where do you see 5 gigs in an Mp3 player?” The truth is that is really is revolutionary. “The reason why everyone’s dissapointed is because we had our hopes up for this incredible device that would do everything you could possibly use the word “digital” in and most of the things you can’t. I don’t see anyone else making something like that. I mean 5GB in a little tiny thing like that, it’s amazing. “Come on everyone, y’all are saying it sucks before you have even held it in your hand. This device litterally bests anything on the market by about 100x” Jesum Crow, get over your moping.this is revolutionary…. No other mp3 player has a harddrive like this… 5gigs… **** yeah. “We live in the YEAR 2001… not 6000 years from now when ridiculously awsome technology will exist. “It is also a Firewire drive that can be used for any purpose - not just an mp3 player.” I for one am disappointed and think that apple is making a mistake by trying to get into this market.Īpple should have just listened to their customers and never released the iPod. The iPod is obviously alot cooler and has firewire, but it is far from revolutionary. The Nomad Jukebox and the Archos Jukebox which can come with a 20 gig HD. There are already two products similar to this on the market. I’d call it the Cube 2.0 as it wont sell, and be killed off in a short time…and it’s not really functional.Īll that hype for an MP3 player? Break-thru digital device? The Reality Distiortion Field is starting to warp Steve’s mind if he thinks for one second that this thing is gonna take off. Gee! an mp3 player with a HD! how original! kinda reminds me of a JUKEBOX i once knew. I still can’t believe this! All this hype for something so ridiculous! Who cares about an MP3 player? I want something new! I want them to think differently! Why oh why would they do this?! It’s so wrong! It’s so stupid! Original iPod announcement thread at MacRumors Jason 117 comments