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Why Sony Should've Put Its Weight Behind Hi-MD
An anonymous reader writes "OSNews has an article making a case for Hi-MD: 'Currently, .mp3 players are all the hype. Everyone has one, and if you don't, you're old-fashioned. I do not have an .mp3 player. I tried to have one, but for various reasons it did not please me. I'm a MiniDisc guy. I've always been. MiniDisc has some serious advantages over .mp3 players, whether they be flash or HDD based.'"
Summary of article: "I bought into a proprietary format which is (a) crap and (b) dying out, somebody please wave a magic wand and make things different."
I'm so very sorry you weren't able to see the mp3 player locomotive steaming straight at you. Tough luck, try again with another Sony product that will disappear in a few years (movies on UMD, anyone? No?)
Ooh I can pay over the odds for a player just so I can be locked into a format that can't be played on anything else. Where do I sign :P.
Actually I do have an iTunes account, and up until iTunes 6 broke JHymn they were getting my money. Now they aren't since apparently I'm not allowed to do what I like with stuff I've paid for.
I bought an iRiver around the time the 1st or 2nd generation iPods were out, simply because it had twice the battery life (well and also recording capability + FM + better sound quality etc, according to reviews I read :p )... why would you want to pay more for the ability to use iTunes.. why would I want an 'experience' when I can just copy across my mp3s with explorer.
which is totally what she said
3 reasons I wanted an iPod:
1. Didn't like the interface for any of the other mp3 players
2. I wanted to be able to fit all of my mp3s on my ipod for backup purposes and all the other large sized mp3 players felt cheap and looked to be knockoffs of the ipod(plus see #1).
3. Firewire compatability. I have firewire on my motherboard why not use it for something (ok this is a plus not a necessity)
4. I also have a Rio Cali which I use when out on a run which is explorer based for transfering. But there is one wicked thing about Itunes that converted me over. Smart Playlists, the ability to create playlists based on specific attributes (for me it is usually stars as there is music my wife likes but I don't)
I can definitely I am sure there are people who bought the ipod for the marketing Apple has done on it but I wanted an mp3 player since the PMP300 came out. So in my case it isn't awareness of other models.