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Steve Wozniak Predicts Death of the IPod
Slatterz writes "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, better known in the industry as 'Woz,' believes that the iPod is on its way out and has revealed his discomfort with some aspects of the iPhone. Wozniak said that the iPod has had a long time as the world's most popular media player, and that it will fall from grace due to oversupply. Wozniak also commented on the iPhone's proprietary nature and locked service provider, and compared it to Google's open Android platform. 'Consumers are not getting all they want when companies are very proprietary and lock their products down,' he said. 'I would like to write some more powerful apps than what you're allowed.'"
Not to be a prick
Yes you do. You don't find people whining about how a Honda Civic lacks a 5,000 lbs towing capacity or seats as many people as a minivan, yet you'll find plenty of people overly impressed with themselves who poo poo an Apple product because it doesn't have feature X which 99% of the population doesn't give a shit about.
If an iPod doesn't do what you want...don't fucking buy one. Nobody's holding a gun to your head.
When I discuss my Razr phone with the broken display, I tell people 'I'm not getting a new phone until the new Google phone comes out. People know what I'm talking about. Maybe android isn't a household name, but Google phone seems to be getting some traction.
Ipods?? My wife got one, and we both hate it. It is NOT intuitive, unless you read the manual. My wife wondered why it wasn't working and I had to show her where the hold button is. I got off the 'no playing' screen one day and couldn't figure out how to adjust the volume. iTunes sucks wind big time as an application, I prefer Windows media viewer (big shudder ....). And I had to go online one day to figure out how to turn it 'off' when it locked up on me.
The only thing it had going for it was it was cute and small.
I'm getting an MP3 player to replace my mini-cd player that has real buttons marked 'prior/rew/pause/ff/next' and 'volume' that I can use without taking it out of my pocket. And one that can modify play lists when I'm out and about.
And after the debacle at Wal*Mart, I'm not downloading ANY music with DRM. I never liked the idea that the company that sold me music could tell me which PC of the 6 PCs in the house (4 desktops, 1 laptop, and 1 server) I can play then on.
The iPod is an overhyped, overpriced, POS MP3 player. Thanks for kickstarting MP3s, now go away.
Hmmm...that sounds like a familiar trend with Apple. Build something trendy, then let someone else come along and build something that does the same thing that is more affordable and has more options.
I rarely read replies, it's my opinion and if you thought about your opinion a little more, I'm OK with that.
Actually, I have tried several versions of the IPOD (all my friends have them) and frankly I hate it.
For one, I actually prefer a file browser type system for sorting and selecting music (assuming on-the-go playlist creation) rather than the media database based on tags. Sometimes I sort oddly based on my tastes and several times having to track down based on tag would be tedious.
Plus with my Cowon player I can attach a USB stick, USB hard drive, USB card reader and move files onto it wherever I am and can easily find them (have to sort them properly later but still) and play them. I just mentioned Cowon because that's what I currently have, but many other players with Rockbox can achieve the same functionality, but if you're going to do Rockbox, bothering with an IPod is a waste.
I also hate the ring, it never scrolls consistently for me. I don't even like the way they sort their menus.
Those are just some my dislikes about the interface. It just annoys me.
At least be fair and mention that the Sansa was refurb. Apple has refurb 8GB Nanos right in their own store for $100, so you are talking about a $41 difference. Still far different from a Porsche vs. Corolla.
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