udhay,
Where did you get the idea that you must go through iTunes? I grab
music from lots of sources, in .mp3 .wav and other standard formats.
Quicktime plays them, and they only convert to .aac if I say to.
Also, its a single checkbox to mount an iPod as an external drive. I
back stuff up to mine all the time...
Happy to give you a testdrive when next I see you.
Danese (admitted iPhone fangirl)
Sent from my iPhone ;-)
On Jun 29, 2007, at 10:46 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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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