Professor iPod Discusses Device's Social Impact

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday February 25, 2004 @02:23PM from the not-really-his-name dept.

PurdueGraphicsMan writes "There's an interesting story over at Wired News, involving an interview with UK university professor Dr. Michael Bull, apparently the 'world's leading expert on the social impact of personal stereo devices,' according to The New York Times. The piece also mentions: 'Bull, a lecturer in media and culture at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, is the author of 'Sounding out the City: Personal Stereos and the Management of Everyday Life', a book Bull calls the 'definitive treatment' of the impact of the Sony Walkman and its descendants.'"

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$400 is too much for a personal stereo by Simonetta · 2004-02-25 14:57 · Score: 3, Offtopic

Last week at BestBuy I found a CD player for $20.00 that reads MP3 files on CD-Rs and CD-RWs.

I got one and it plays my 15 cent CD-Rs with ten hours of music just fine. (although slow to start MP3 disks).

I had to replace to weird AC adapter connector though, because it was impossible to find a cheap AC adapter that fit the custom connector on it.