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iPod Mini Worldwide Rollout Delayed
falcon5768 writes "Apparently those 4-gig, $249 little buggers are selling faster than anyone expected.... So fast that the original April rollout worldwide has been delayed till July to keep up with the demand in the states and to get enough in production to meet worldwide sales. Given that there where 100,000 pre-orders alone, does this mean that yet again Apple hit on a niche that no one else (including me) thought would sell. I have been hearing a lot of rumors that the biggest buyer of the iPod mini has in fact been those female tech geeks out there. So much for the idea a $249 4-gig iPod was a mistake." Rob Glaser of RealNetworks, though, claims that not opening the iPod (big or small) to other formats is a real mistake; he wants to see iPod support other proprietary formats (like, say, Real's).
100,000 pre-orders alone [...] the biggest buyer of the iPod mini has in fact been those female tech geeks out there
Ha ha ha! Next they'll be telling us about the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus buying them.
Trolling is a art,
...that Apple made a huge blunder there (not supporting Real Networks). I'm sure they're kicking themselves over it.
Tim
Heh, first time I've heard that one. Funny that it's the female demographic too...
"No, give me the smaller one"
As seen on Wired: Get a free desktop PC
The question is not 'why female geeks?' but rather 'what female geeks?' ;-)
"Nature doesn't care how smart you are. You can still be wrong." - Richard Feynman
"No one's gonna buy that! It's only 4 gigs, and it's too expensive! Apple is DOOMED!"
Whatever.
Because men like to have big ipods
This time with iPod mini's. They've arranged a special deal with Apple to reserve the first models to come off the assembly line.
Thanks, Virgina Tech... Thanks a lot....
-Pete
In other news, The head of GM thinks that Germany's Porsche should install Chevrolet LT1 engines in the new 911. "It'll give them a chance to reach a larger audience with that car." a spokesman for the company said.
> It's been on MacRumors.com all day.
Because MacRumors is, by name and nature, a rumors site.
Slashdot only published hard news.
Norman Cook's Ode to Sl
Glaser...said during a panel discussion Tuesday at PC Forum here that Apple is creating problems for itself by using a file format that forces consumers to buy music from Apple's own iTunes site....Apple could not be reached for comment.
Yes, that's because Apple was on its way to the bank. Laughing, I might add.
-Carolyn
Like Daddy always said: if you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshit.
What you say may be true, but how many people do you know really advocate open sores?
And while we're at it, can we give an iPod a wireless interface and GPS so that it can report to RealNetworks exactly where you've been going and what you've been doing while you've been carrying the thing around.
Doesn't it make you feel good to know that our freedoms are protected by politicans, lawyers and journalists.
Rob Glaser of RealNetworks claims that not opening the iPod to other formats is a real mistake. "I can't run .RM files on iPod. What is this, the Soviet Union ?"
Bill Gates of Microsoft claims that not opening emacs to other formats is a real mistake. "I can't edit .DOC files on emacs. What is this, the Soviet Union ?"
Howard Stern of Loudmouth Inc claims not opening the airwaves on ClearChannel is a real mistake. "I can't say F*** on radio ! What is this, the Soviet Union ?"
Janet Jackson of Boob Inc. claims not opening her bra on public television is a real mistake. "I can't expose my nipples ! What is this, the Soviet Union ?"
Ummmm... shouldn't that be RealMistake(tm)? ;)
Un-news
Being a female tech geek myself, I was with you all when I thought the the mini was an idiotic concept priced for failure.
But then they started putting these ads in the InStyle magazine (girly fashion mag touting the latest styles out there). The ad was two facing pages with postcard pop-ups of paper iPod Minis to actual size, one of each color. Damn it if it didn't look as nice as some of those cute little handbags in the same price range a few pages away.
I still didn't get it, but I swear, if they slap a little Hello Kitty on it, I may have to cave in to the cuteness factor.
I have a 40 Gb iPod, my husband has a 30Gb iPod - reason, he demands instant gratification, so he got his first, because I had to wait - I got the bigger one cheaper... :)
Sara
Designer, Gamer, Macgrrl in an XP World
"I've met and known many female geeks. The reason most don't know they are there is because a lot of male geeks LOOK like the stereotypical geek."
And a lot of the stereotypical female geeks look like males.
My other machine is a lever.
Yes, I'm bitter about Real.
No, I am. And I would appreciate it if you would stop trying to masquerade as me.
Thanks for the tip but I'm already pretty good at hiding my prejudices and ethnic jokes in public.
And I also already have a girlfriend. But the cracker ass bitch don't know a thing about computers so I fantasize about Indian girls debugging software for me.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
>>Slashdot only published hard news.
I don't even know where to start with that one.
Don't park drunk, accidents cause people.
"he demands instant gratification, so he got his first, because I had to wait - I got the bigger one"
Yeah, but did you have multiple iPods?
My other machine is a lever.
Why buy an iPod when you can get a Portable PC with subwoofer and 120 GB of MP3s? And it supports Ogg, too!
Fellowship 9/11
Oh yeah, and you can only play one song at a time.
WWJD? JWRTFA!
- In Soviet Russia, the .RM file runs YOU! .DOC file edits YOU!
- In Soviet Russia, the
- In Soviet Russia, F*** says YOU!
- In Soviet Russia, your nipples expose YOU!
Sheesh, all the money must be making them stupid.
I'm a pretender, but one day I hope to be an incompetent hack.
I guess this is the part where I call you an insensitive clod.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
Slashdot: The iPod-mini is overpriced and has no target audience!
Rest of the world: We don't give a flying fuck!
Which has led to the rumor that there are no female geeks... That geeks just spring out of the server rooms!!! (cue the galloping horse and the geek being dumped off)
Are you kidding? Have you ever seen the average woman's handbag? I've seen smaller European cars.
Yukon do it, all night long!
Saying Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.
STOP IT, that's not an iPod...
Slashdot. No wireless. More incorrect tech predictions than Dvorak. Lame.
Random is the New Order.
Agreed. Luckily, I don't have that problem. ;)
today is spelling optional day.
>> Finally I switched to the PC for all the obvious reasons.
> Somehow, that sentence doesn't seem to make any sense.
Dude, it's just expression saying that he's broke.
just one, but it lasts longer... :P
Sara
Designer, Gamer, Macgrrl in an XP World
Crap, now 13 year old kids are buying stuff I've been putting off as 'too expensive'. I gotta get myself a piece of this lucrative babysitting racket...
One god, one market, one truth, one consumer.
God damn it, I was going to buy one next week, but no, thanks to you I'm going to have to wait until July, thank you very very much!
;-)
Would you please stop hogging them so that we could get at least a couple over here in Europe too
approximately same size as a tampon???? Either you haven't seen {tampon|mini ipod|woman's genitalia}, or you are part of a supersize race!
You don't have a woman?