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More iPod Killers Introduced for the Holiday
An anonymous reader writes "MP3newswire.net has just released part III and part IV of their iPod Killers for Xmas list. Standouts are a $1200 24K gold-plated player from Jens of Sweeden, a 137 Gig unit called the Xclef, Sony's first true MP3 player, and iRiver's MPEG-4 video jukebox. If you missed them, here are parts I and II."
Everyone wants to be Apple. Everyone.
Business isn't willing to pay for products, innovation and careers, so we get brands, mortgage commercials and layoffs.
Well the ipod is very expensive. Eventually a device will come out for about $100 that can store enough gigabyte of music to make it worthwhile carrying around.
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How is 20GB not enough music to carry around? Or even 40 or 60?
And the iPod can be free if you are willing to spend time getting referrals for one of the free sites. I already got one, and am working on my second. This site lets you choose the iRiver one instead if you prefer "the killer" as opposed to "the king".
http://www.mp3players4free.com/default.aspx?r=452
Or click my link in my sig for a free Xbox to run linux on...or a PS2 to play the new GTA. This one is easy, only 3 referrals needed as opposed to 5 for the iPod.
related: http://www.boingboing.net/2004/10/30/apple_to_ipod _owners.html
What's the lesson here? Well, Apple's not on your side, even if you're an Apple customer. If you buy into a proprietary platform where the music industry gets a veto, you're scr0d. Every time you buy an iPod, you are financing legal and technical countermeasures aimed at taking away legitimate features that enable you to do more with your lawfully acquired music and hardware