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iPodlounge Releases 2005 iPod Guide

Posted by timothy on from the things-to-mull dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The folks over at iPodlounge just released the 2005 edition of their buyers guide. The 10MB 100-page guide can be downloaded here."

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  1. Summary... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) Go to your favorite store (BestBuy, Fry's, CircuitCity, Target, Apple, etc...)

    2) Choose your preffered model (Regular, Photo, Mini, Shuffle)

    3) Choose your size

    4) ***THIS STEP IS CRITICAL*** Failure to follow this step may result in prison time at the very least. ***
    Pay for your purchase!

    5) Take it home

    6) Enjoy

    So how did they manage to stretch that out to 100 pages?

    1. Re:Summary... by gl4ss · · Score: 4, Insightful

      *So how did they manage to stretch that out to 100 pages?*

      easy. advertise all the nice products from all your nice sponsors.

      it's ipod accessories buyers guide really.

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      world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
  2. Wow. by InfallibleLies · · Score: 5, Informative
    A 10MB advertisement that I actually clicked on and downloaded voluntarily. Then I read half of it. Then Acrobat crashed, so I restarted it and downloaded it AGAIN.

    Wow. Those boys at Apple know how to sell iPods.

  3. hopefully this ad will pay for better servers by acomj · · Score: 4, Funny

    ipod lounge is a great site, but always a little slow. And getting slower.. and slower..

  4. Read the article, it's not just about iPods by EggyToast · · Score: 5, Informative
    It's the entire buyer's guide. 100 pages of consolidated reviews of essentially every worthwhile, not-worthwhile, and worthless product available for iPods, from covers to transmitters to batteries to iPods themselves to whatever.

    Yes, there's advertising involved, but looking at it, it reads like a review magazine. Any consumer review publication is going to appear like an advertisement -- they're reviewing consumer goods that you can buy based on what you're interested in, and give you the opportunity to be a discerning shopper.

    Having access to a large file like this that you can essentially use as a reference, without needing an internet connection and a series of bookmarks is quite worthwhile. Perhaps not worthwhile enough to make headlines, but for anyone interested in iPod gear and opinions, the iPodlounge is really a great site and comprehensive. And no, I don't work there.

    Criticizing something like this is sort of like criticizing Consumer Reports, or pretty much any review-only consumer magazine. Personally, I really like the website because although they, of course, like iPods a great deal, they're objective enough to be able to step back and look at things objectively. They're quite well known to give fair opinions on whether or not new iPod releases are worthwhile (they were quite upset at the lack of a dock and other goodies in the latest Photo versions), and their review of 3rd party accessories have the one thing that many, many reviews online lack -- the ability to compare to other products they've reviewed. So you can go there and get the full tables and comparisons for whatever you're looking for. It's even useful for those just looking for portable audio reviews, like portable speakers or headphones.