5 Reasons Not to Buy an iPod

TommyH1000 writes "CNet has posted an article with five reasons not to buy an iPod. " The article really just shows the major shortcomings with the iPod (Battery, Cost, Moving Parts etc) and gives several alternatives. A great summary of the major things going on in the portable MP3 player market.

Comments

let me spoil the article for you....

[wanderers_id]

"Don't buy it"

"We love it, but it doesn't blah blah blah blah...."

"But it's still the best"

Thanks for nothing....

Re:Here's my low tech solution.

[akedia]

And your MP3 player won't skip, either. Because it will be cushioned by about $380 in cash.

5 reasons to agree with this story...

[contrabassoon]

1 - the things in the list have nothing to do with technological flaws with the unit itself.
2- the author's expectations for battery life versus product size exceed that of most major military technologies.
3- I, like the author, need a bigger paycheck so I don't have to buy cheap, lower quality music devices all the time.
4- Making high quality digital recordings is something I should be able to do from a $500 device that fits in my pocket.
5- The picture of the author inspires me to buy a new pair of headphones.

Re:Here's my low tech solution.

[2nd Post!]

All will be fine until, of course, you find out you really like iTunes.

Boy, Bill's getting desperate

[kelzer]

Pull up the article, and check out the picture of the author, "Eliot Van Buskirk". Yeah, look real close. Look familiar? Tried the old Superman/Clark Kent trick of taking off his glasses. Threw on some headphones just to be extra careful.

Well nice try Bill, but we're on to you. Your FUD isn't going to work this time!

Re:Looks like they really had to stretch

[thparker]

Of course they're stretching. Skipping? Come on, geeks don't jog, silly.