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Obama's "ZuneGate"
theodp writes "Barack Obama supporters were left shaking their heads after a report surfaced that the president-elect was using a Zune at the gym instead of an iPod. So why would Mac-user Obama be Zune-ing out? Could be one of those special-edition preloaded Zunes that Microsoft bestowed on Democratic National Convention attendees, suggests TechFlash, nixing the idea that the soon-to-be Leader of the Free World would waste time loading Parallels or Boot Camp in OS X just to use a Zune."
You obviously care since you bothered to post..
And for saying NO to the stupid Apple-pretty trend, Obama deserves kudos. Say NO to the dumb music Abble monopolization.
It's time to realise that Abble's products are the biggest abomination these days. Just say NO to the dumb iAbble way!!
And that's one of the two reasons I don't fly (at least in the US).
The other reason is, that I'm half Afghani, and I don't want to risk being detained at Guantanamo because they don't like my face.
The biggest joke is that my whole Afghani family fought the Russians, for the US, with US weapons (the same source that Osama has his weapons from). So we should be called freedom fighters, like the soldiers and firefighters of the US. But who cares if two of my uncles got tortured in Russian prisons because of that war? Right?
Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
The guy got a free Zune, so f*cking what! How in the h*ll this worthless collection of utterly meaningless words made it to my ./ feed is beyond me. It has to be a slow day for news or something.
Moderators, please grow a pair and delete worthless stories like this. They only serve as fodder for fanboys and to piss off people who actually care about legitimate news.
For which market? I'm pretty sure that this touted figure is limited to "high end" (read "expensive") music players.
Or maybe it's the "DRM-crippled music player" market.
Either way, it's not a factual stat, just a marketing tool.
Come to think of it, when is the last time you got a stat that you knew for sure was factual?
"Press to test."
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"Release to detonate."
Recent history has shown that a president can start war on false claims, violate the constitution, torture some people and not be worried but that a president can be impeached for having extra-marital sex. It seems like the smallest the error, the bigger the consequences...
The Wise adapts himself to the world. The Fool adapts the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the Fool.
Here in Germany I see more no-name mp3 players than ipod and zune COMBINED. What does it matter if he's an apple or windows guy? It's not linux, so why does it matter?
The point is that someone who once had lessig as a tech advisor is using arguably the most locked down personal media player ever put on the market.
The ground breaking features which were supposed to make it an ipod killer are drmed to hell, like its wireless sharing capabilities.
I wouldn't give a damn if it were any other mp3/personal media player, but he may as well have been caught with an MPAA representative handing him a suitcase, which then bursts spilling hundred dollar bills everywhere.
VLC FOR MAC IS DYING! IF YOU DEVELOP, PLEASE SAVE IT!!
Dude, get over yourself. You should be modded as a troll as you are.
I use an ipod for one reason - its usability. It is the easiest mp3 player I have found to use and control. The scroll wheel is excellent for navigation, it is nice and slim and even connects nicely to my other AV devices.
They ship with poor quality ear phones that are definitely causing hearing damage
Just because something ships with poor headphones, doesn't mean you have to use them. Yes, they use a standard headphone jack, so you have flexibility with which headphones you use. I personally use a nice pair of Sony headphones that work well while jogging or traversing public transport.
And the typical iPod user just does not care about anything other than being cool.
Just because idiots use something, doesn't mean it's crap - or that all users of the same devices are idiots.
The fact of the matter is that the sooner iPods die a horrible death the sooner we have a chance at decent mainstream music
I'm not sure there's any correlation between the types of music players on the market and the music generated by artists. However, feel free to prove me wrong.