HP To Start Selling Its iPod

Dozix007 writes "Uberhacker.Com is reporting that HP said Friday it will start selling its version of the iPod in September. HP's white iPod will be sold in a 20-gigabyte and 40-gigabyte version for $299 and $399 respectively. Apple's prices are the same. It is essentially a clone of the current design, with no real modification."

Comments

Listen up people; there are alternatives!!

[wfberg]

Now, while the iPod is kinda cool for being white when everything else is black, grey and silver, and it's kinda cool for being early-ish on the scene with a small form factor the iPod is not the only MP3 player out there..

There are many, many alternatives that are cheaper, also look cool and have way better functionality than the iPod. I mean, forcing you to use iTunes to load music on it, or else it won't play? What's that all about? Just about every other MP3 player (ok, the creative ones suck in that way too) let's you use it as an USB Mass Storage device, no drivers, no software, and it will play any MP3 you put on there.. Nice and simple!

I have an ancient, big, archos player, and it even has an open source (the device was reverse engineered by some geeks) operating system (rockbox). How cool is that? And it takes regular NiMH batteries in case the ones provided with it crap out..

And get this, if you buy argos, creative, iRiver, or any other brand -- You're not contractually required to give Steve Jobs a rim-job..