Quote: "I hate it when people call all mp3 players 'ipods' too"
1st I've heard of it. But then again I work 99% with programmers, and we aren't that easily confused. iPods for me are still the music hard disk jukeboxes that stole the scene from Creative.
Quote: "iPods are for retards who care more about brands than the products themselves"
Good point there. Well thought out with excellent statements to back it up. I also hate the colour green. All green lovers suck because it looks like leaves, which also don't taste like meat. Who's with me!!!!
Personally I loved my old Sony. Was tiny, had gapless playback (years ago), and had battery life to die for. Main problem I had was I needed more storage and a better screen (which Sony totally sucked at at the time). The person who worked right next to me had an iRiver at the time, which was fine for storage but again the screen could have been better. Plus it was a brick. In the end he broke it by accident and got a Nano instead (was getting into marathons and the Nike Plus was on the horizon). My (and others that I know) main reason for iPods was they had massive amounts of accessories. Nothing else touched it at the time, and even now is like a mountain compared to others. My brilliant Sony player didn't even have a single armband for it, and thanks to Sony at the time they dropped all support and changed to a completely different design every 3 months, so no chance of 3rd party accessories either. The best MP3 player is not always the best *choice* basically. Just look at Betamax (it's technically a fair bit better than VHS).
At the end of the day devices like the Nike Plus or docks that come with cars (and don't look too much like an actual f**king dock or wiretastic cradle) seemed much more likely with iPods. Getting better nowadays with different devices though. With anyluck MS (everyones pinup company it seems these days - how things change in a couple of short years!!!) can sex up the Zune a little. Or iRiver can get big enough to make an impact and hopefully then getting a serious amount of 3rd party accessories.
Still, who's with me with the surfer MP3 player??? C'mon, surely someone will be my guiney pig before I take the plunge?
Cheers
I am 99% probably lying in bed right now... so don't blame me for crappy typing
Current fave quote : "She was like a candle in the wind.... unreliable...."
