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Latest "iPod Killer" Takes Aim at the Mini
blamanj writes "ReignCom, has just released the iRiver H10, a 5GB MP3 player with 1.5" color screen and FM tuner. Currently available in Korea, the company plans a US release in January. The price is higher than Apple's iPod mini, but it does have extra features. iRiver has generally gotten good reviews for quality, as well." Update by J : We typoed that as "5MB" earlier, sorry.
Informative?! Gawd, the parent is an apparent troll. Of course it's 5GB. It was obviously just a typo.
These Slashdot people are merciless when it comes to typos. This 5 MB reference must be 5 Gigabytes.
...ah... hold the unit in front of their face and ...uh... dance like this to the karaoke video on the screen..." Gee, Mr. Kim, maybe they will, but I donno... [I realize that I'm taking a real risk here by assuming that the designer's name was Mr. Kim, but since half the people in Korea have the same last name, it's not a real stretch.]
But, 5 Gig, So what?
If it is going to be more expensive than an iPod it will fail because NO ONE is going to pay a higher-than-Apple price for a Apple product that doesn't have an Apple design and logo. And an iPod is an Apple product in the public mind. Even if it's not made by Apple. The only way that anyone can compete with Apple is to have a product that is functionally identical, but without the graceful design style or high price (1/3 the Apple price tops).
Please excuse me for asking, but what the fuck would anyone do with a 1.5 inch LCD video screen? It's too small for anything except be a three minute novelity. It's too small to watch and it's an eyeball-catching annoyance when it's on and not being watched.
Is there someone in Korea who thought that this was a good idea? Let him (has to be a guy - no woman would be this dumb I mean no woman could rise to a position of management authority in a Korean company and be this dumb, but you knew that) stand up and take a bow. What did he think people were going to do with a 1.5 inch screen on an MP3 player. "Ah...people will put on headphones and
I hate to come across like a clueless retard to the Slashdot techno diaspora, but please, in all seriousness, tell me if you can...
Why would anyone buy this thing?
And,...uh...If you fire the guy who came up with this idea in the first place, can I have his job?
what fucking timezone are you in??? I MAYBE get to open ONE present on Xmas eve only ever after 11 PM.
... ones self!
Or are you one of those cunts that buys himself the big present he really wants, which he could have bought any time, just to undermine all the gifts from family and friends which look shit in comparison.
season of goodwill to
Well gee, sorry if I was redundant during the same minute-and-a-half the other early posters took advantage of. Obviously, this would have been a good time to make use of my psychic powers.
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...I actually doubt there have been four million flash-based players sold in total, throughout the history of flash-based players, by every single manufacturer combined.
I actually doubt you could suck down all that Apple brand Kool-aid with your head shoved so far your ass.
I laughed at the weak who considered themselves good because they lacked claws.