ipod news, H O T ! ! !

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
playing catchup with the others.

I think the original product was close to ideal, I dont necessarily think the extra features are that great. Apparently nor does the buying public.

To GGW

"Apple's unit sales have improved a paltry 7% since 2002."

How have Dell and Gateway done in the same time?

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
are you saying that the mini is plenty large enough?

For me, yea.

900 or so songs is fine. click shuffle and it like a great radio station.

Othere like to be able to carry their whole collection.

Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
playing catchup with the others.

I think the original product was close to ideal, I dont necessarily think the extra features are that great. Apparently nor does the buying public.

so your telling me that no one is buying iRivers products?

As somebody just said to me -

"instead of a really great jukebox or photo viewer, you end up with one crappier product"

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
[so your telling me that no one is buying iRivers products?

Not in the volume of the ipod. Infact iriver just announced a new MP3 player that looks rather like an ipod……

granted maybe not the volume, but then again iRiver isn't saturating the market with advertising to sell their product.

And yes the iRiver Hard drive MP3 players which have been out for at least a year do look like an iPod.

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
And yes the iRiver Hard drive MP3 players which have been out for at least a year do look like an iPod.

Umm, its all about sales….


There are newer prettier ones….

http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/iriver-h320-reviewed-024149.php

Originally posted by econo:
Damn yo, you're bussin' it? I think a new jobby job is needed.

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
are you saying that the mini is plenty large enough? i think i may be riding the bus to work, in which case an mp3 player is needed.

heh, actually this would be a new job, and it would be bus/metro. tennleytown is not an easy place to get to :(

i always tell people, 'you know that big space in virginia where there looks like there should be a metro station, and there isn't? i live there.'

Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
And yes the iRiver Hard drive MP3 players which have been out for at least a year do look like an iPod.

Umm, its all about sales….

Does that mean Ashlee Simpsonn is better than the Delgados?

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:

Originally posted by econo:
Damn yo, you're bussin' it? I think a new jobby job is needed.

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
are you saying that the mini is plenty large enough? i think i may be riding the bus to work, in which case an mp3 player is needed.

heh, actually this would be a new job, and it would be bus/metro. tennleytown is not an easy place to get to :(

i always tell people, 'you know that big space in virginia where there looks like there should be a metro station, and there isn't? i live there.'

That quote applies to pretty much all of northern VA..it applies to my neighborhood as well..and i know for a fact you don't live near me

oh, and here's my contribution to the IPOD discussion…its the U2 ipod: http://www.apple.com/ipod/u2/

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:



Does that mean Ashlee Simpsonn is better than the Delgados?

Apples vs Oranges.


Was VHS better than Beta? Then how did it succeed?

Congrats on the new job! Sorry about the commute…

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
heh, actually this would be a new job, and it would be bus/metro. tennleytown is not an easy place to get to :(

Gateway is in the crapper.

Dell is up 40-50%

HP/Compaq is up 25-30%

Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:
To GGW

"Apple's unit sales have improved a paltry 7% since 2002."

How have Dell and Gateway done in the same time?

vhs vs beta is a poor comparision, seeing as there were two incompatible technologies involved. and yes beta was better than vhs expect for the fact that vhs came out with a longer format. professional broadcaster used beta long after it wasn't a popular consumer choice.

a better comparsion would be microsoft (ipod) vs apple (iriver). yes the ipod is the dominate seller, it also dosen't mean that there isn't room for other companies to innovate and develope products. and it would appear iriver isn't going away any time soon.

if for example wanted to play OGG or WMA files I'd have to look elsewhere than an iPod.

Originally posted by econo:
It'd be nice if the iPod had a tuner installed. I'm surprised they haven't added that. Who knows, maybe they'll throw in XM or something next go'round.

the virgin player will have an FM tuner on it.

Is it just me, or does the new VHS or Beta single sound just like the Cure?

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Is it just me, or does the new VHS or Beta single sound just like the Cure?

One of the few songs I have purchased off of Itunes, and I agree completely with you.

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
the virgin player will have an FM tuner on it.

The Napster player already has an FM tuner/recorder/broadcaster - I have never once used the tuner or the recorder. I use the broadcaster everyday.

For me, the biggest make or break for any mp3 player is its versatility, and iPod fails this test. You can't drag and drop music, plug it into multiple computers, transfer music back to the computer if your computer dies and loses all the music, you need to install software to use it so you can't at work, etc.

I realize there are workarounds to most or all of these, but I hate the idea of having a player that treats me like a criminal and having to jump through so many hoops to do basic things.

My RCA Lyra mounts as a hard drive and can build its own iD3 database, so you can drag and drop music to and from any computer without installing any software. It doesn't have a sexy scroll wheel, but versatility and compatibility wins out for me.