shiv sastry wrote: [ on 11:09 AM 6/30/2007 ]
Can I ask a stupid question as a prelude to a convoluted answer?
How does an iPod differ from any one of a number of similar music/other media
reproducing devices in the market?
A beautiful user interface, extremely good product design overall,
and the Reality Distortion Field [1].
Almost makes up for the fact that it is an annoyingly restrictive
device - e.g., one can't easily just treat the ipod as a mass sotrage
device and copy over your existing music files - you are supposeed to
use Apple's software itunes to do that. There are workarounds for
this but the default behaviour is restrictive.
Isn't owning an "iPod" a fashion statement or is content for iPods far more
comprehensive that anyone else can get?
If iPod is a fashion statement, it makes business sense to tag a
phone to your
media player and call it an iPhone. Aren't dozens of other phone+media
players available?
See above. Also see Brian McNett's post in this thread.
Udhay
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_distortion_field
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