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A Review of the iPod nano
Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "Walt Mossberg has been testing the iPod nano for a few days, and he says he is 'smitten.' Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal, 'The nano has the best combination of beauty and functionality of any music player I've tested -- including the iconic original white iPod. And it sounds great. I plan to buy one for myself this weekend, when it is due to reach stores in the U.S., Europe and Asia.' Among other things, it has surprisingly good sound: 'Despite its small size, the nano sounded as good as any other iPod, and is packed with plenty of audio power. Plugged into my car speakers, it was able to belt out the new Fountains of Wayne rocker, "Maureen," loudly enough to be heard perfectly, even though I was going 70 mph in a convertible with the top down.'"
%lt;Sigh> Mod points and not a "-1, Clueless" to be found.
Furthermore, most of the features you listed, the majority of people don't even care about. Only Slashdotters do. For example:
no radio
Who listens to the radio these days?
no voice record
How many people buying iPods to listen to music actually want this? It's available as an add-on.
no optical outputs
People don't care. Many people probably don't even know what an "optical output" is.
no OGG/WMA support
People DEFINITELY don't care. It's all MP3 or iTunes AAC.
too expensive for the size
I disagree. Those flash drives are about $200 as it is.
only work with iTunes
Most people use iTunes, so that's good to them.
"Sufferin' succotash."
I have another good one for you. Why was it in nearly every single OS X Tiger review, Windows Longhorn (now Vista) was mentioned as though it was a shipping product? Do you think when Windows Vista gets reviewed in late 2006, reviewers will be comparing it to a distant OS X release two years away? Of course they won't. It was like the press needed to reassure Windows-using readers with the vaporous promise of Longhorn.
We also keep seeing "iPod killer" articles and "iPod is going to die soon." The media has a fixation on Apple going down, for some reason.
Maybe it's just a coincidence that a lot of these publications are standardized on Microsoft software, I don't know.
"Sufferin' succotash."
...get used to senior people in your job getting perks while you work your ass off. The theory is that you'll be one of them someday. I guess you missed that.
I have another good one for you. Why was it in nearly every single OS X Tiger review, Windows Longhorn (now Vista) was mentioned as though it was a shipping product? Do you think when Windows Vista gets reviewed in late 2006, reviewers will be comparing it to a distant OS X release two years away? Of course they won't. It was like the press needed to reassure Windows-using readers with the vaporous promise of Longhorn.
That's easy. The first reviews of OSX Tiger came out way before Tiger actually shipped, so it was only natural to compare the upcoming releases from Microsoft and Apple. Then Apple releases their version first. Since people have already equated Tiger and Longhorn as competitors for some time already, inertia takes over and people keep on doing it.
Just like if Sony releases their PS3 before Microsoft releases the XBox 360, you can bet that people will still compare the PS3 to the upcoming Xbox 360 and not the original Xbox as it has been established that the PS3 and Xbox 360 are the "same generation" of console. Even if Microsoft pushes the XBox 360 release date back a few times, it will still continue.
The first reviews of OSX Tiger came out way before Tiger actually shipped, so it was only natural to compare the upcoming releases from Microsoft and Apple
How was it only natural? Microsoft's release was still two whole years away.
Since people have already equated Tiger and Longhorn as competitors for some time already
Yes, that's the bias I was pointing out.
"Sufferin' succotash."