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iPod Casualties Offer New-In-Box Bargains
An anonymous reader writes "For the last few years makers from Creative to Virgin have proclaimed their latest digital audio player to be an iPod Killer, only to watch those portables flame-out in the marketplace. This doesn't mean there was anything wrong with them, in fact some were pretty decent. They just couldn't compete under all the iPod hype. It turns out that this pattern has created a huge sub-market of new-in-the-box stock, sold for pennies on the dollar to overstock vendors who then pawn them off cheap to the public. For the price of a basic iPod Shuffle you can now acquire some well-equipped units from a few years back. Examples include the 40GB Toshiba Gigabeat F40 and AlienWare's CE-IV with external speaker system."
You are just a fuckn hippy. go back to your basement.
"First, I can't stand any of the homogenized genres of music being played on the air. Second, the music industry is enslaved to the RIAA and other such organizations. Playing music is a gut wrenching chore to me. Every time I do it, I feel as though I'm licking their fascist boots."
I bet your taste in music sucks because that's the shit you always here from guys who listen to Zappa or crappy little indy bands that suck so much they can't even get signed on a minor label.
Translation:
You are a whiny bitch anti-fanboy, so if someone beats you, it *must* be hype!
What part of "You need to use the fucking DRM-ridden piece of shit that calls itself Itunes to put your mp3s onto the ipod" is so difficult for you?
I've got some land in Central Florida I'd like to sell you, fanboi.
I call it "iSwamp".
If I can get it to play flacs and not need iTunes, and go for the fraction of an iPod, you can call it "Ralphie's Dingleberry" and I'll buy one.
You are welcome on my lawn.