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Apple releases iPod
The BrownFury writes "At an invitation only event Apple has released their new MP3 player called the iPod. iPod is the size of a deck of cards. 2.4" wide by 4" tall by .78" thick 6.5 ounces. 5 GB HDD, 10 hr battery life, charged via FireWire. Works as a firewire drive as well. Works in conjunctions with iTunes 2. Here are Live updates". No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
because it's not impossible. This Mp3 playing thing just sucks. Yes, it runs OS X, but so what? WHAT THE HELL happened to the Newton? That thing was the PDA that could have changed the market completely in Apple's favor. No, Jobs killed it. Instead he releases the Hello Kitty laptop and now this pathetic attempt at an MP3 player. Steve Jobs is an idiot. I want a Newton.
There is no reasonable defense against an idiot with an agenda
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yea, transfering a whole CD in 10 seconds is lame...idiot.
-Mark
Dovie'andi se tovya sagain.
It's Apple, and Mac-heads will buy it. But they're the only ones!
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... using FireWire? Which most Windows people don't have. Just cut your market by 85%
... I can get a 20 gb for less.
... AGAIN. When will they learn?
From the website:
"Holds over 1000 songs"
- I've seen better for less.
"Weighs just 6.5 ounces -- fits in your pocket"
- That's neat, but not enough to be a major selling point.
"Plays up to 10 hours with 20 minute skip protection"
- What skip is it protecting against for 20 minutes? We're not talking about optical (CD) media here
"Auto synchronize all your music with iTunes"
- Now that is kinda cool (:
"Transfer a whole CD in less than 10 seconds"
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"Charge with the included power adapter or over FireWire"
- Interesting, actually making good use of the firewire port, which most Windows people don't have. Just cut your market by 85%
"Breakthrough UI with an innovative scroll wheel"
- ABOUT DAMN TIME! Too bad they can't put it on a friggen mouse!
"60 mWatt amp power high-fidelity sound earbude"
- Ok
"Ultra-slim 5-gigabyte hard drive doubles as FireWire disk"
- 5 gigs? Come on
Apple is selling an overpriced, under spec`ed item to its tiny market
~Loudmusic
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The only problem is the failure to play ogg files. I no longer have any mp3s, so this isn't as useful as it could be.
Yeah, I sure don't want to break any patent laws while I'm burning my 5 gigs of copyright violations.
ok then your [sic] infringing on my copyright! Could you as [sic] me next time before STEALING my comments for your own?