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Major Hangups Over the iPod Phone
chadwick writes "It seemed like a sure thing: the iPod mobile phone. What could be more irresistible than a device combining the digital-music prowess of Apple Computer (AAPL) with the wireless expertise of Motorola (MOT)? Motorola sent its buzz machinery into overdrive in January when it leaked word that the product would debut at a cellular-industry conference in New Orleans in mid-March. Well, hold the phone. At the New Orleans confab, a frustrated Edward Zander, Motorola's chief executive, stood before a roomful of analysts and reporters and said the handset's debut would have to wait. "
Will you dial by twirling your fingers in a circle on the rotary sensor like an old pulse dialing phone?
I could get behind that.
That the mother of all software companies drove a wedge into that deal.....? "Mother of all software companies"? I think "abusive stepfather" is more appropriate.
Now instead of hearing a crappy sounding ring tone you can hear the most annoying 50 cent song in CLEAR digital quality.
A person walking down the street with some white ear plugs, talking to themselves, about the mac cult taking over the world... or some such, I will assume they are just on the phone.
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Yeah. Hipsters. That's what I meant.
My digital rights don't need management.
Mabel: "Henry!"
Henry: "What, dear?
Mabel: "It's one of those calls again.
Henry: "What calls, dear?"
Mabel: "Every 20 minutes or so, the phone rings and I pick it up and I hear some of that damn rock music"
Meanwhile, somewhere 5 states away, Jason is grooving down the streets, buds in ears, with one hand on the iPod phone as he hits the controls and surfs through his really impressive Led Zep collection. Every once in a while, he presses a button and the song does not change. No idea why.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
The problem is, with Microsoft branding, the experience is a lot like what a cow feels at the end of the roundup. "Yeeha! Dogies. Stand still so we can brand you with the MS of the Billygates Ranch. The brandin' irons are heatin' up."
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Actually, the answer is "no, dumbass. Open Google in another window and become informed before shooting your mouth off."
SJ: It will change the iPod as we know it.
SJ: It is never enough.
SJ: Hold on a sec...(whips small white device out of pocket, attaches 103-key USB keyboard ). It's the latest device in the iPod family.
SJ: No.
SJ: (Scoffs). No.
SJ: The iPlog. A device to revolutionize blogging as we know it.
My digital rights don't need management.
It seems their biggest problem is getting a wireless carrier to support it. So how soon until Steve Jobs just buys a wireless carrier? That's an impulse buy, right? :)
RP
Less space than a Nomad - no support for Ogg Vorbis. Lame!
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Major Hangups Over the iPod Phone
Worst.. pun... ever.
(well someone had to say it... and at 200+ posts it was looking dangerously like they wouldn't)
Dealing with lawyers would be a lot less tedious if they all looked like Casey Novak.
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