RE: Microsoft's Ipod Killer

[Mark Hallows <markhallows@xxxxxxxxx>]

If what you say is the case regarding Apple not resting on their
prospective
laurels etcetera etcetera etcetera (King and I moment) then why haven't
they
addressed the incredibly poor battery life ? Or the poorly designed and
very
fragile headphone socketry ? the inability to upload from the unit ?

They obviously don't listen to consumers and have no interest in them
because all they have done is increase the storage size !!! I agree, the
design is a delight but the ergonomics are poor.. It is truely a phenomenon
and one I refuse to subscribe to until they sort it ! The Rio Karma
out-performs on every level and I know it isn't as pretty as the IPOD but
if
I want pretty I buy a painting/picture etcetera.

Now if Rio's product engineers got together with Apples designers.........
One can only dream..

As for Microsofts "IPOD Killer" ROTFLMAO !!

Mark H.
"Heart of Gold, Strength of Steel..... Knob of Butter !!"







-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Rafferty [mailto:simonr@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 March 2004 22:30
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Microsoft's Ipod Killer


LMAO... apple now have 40% of the entire world portable MP3 market... not
bad for a single product. Do you really think they are resting on their
laurels whilst the evil Bill Gates tries to dominate yet another consumer
product market, I think not. Apple already have a prototype mp3 /
quicktime/
media player in the pipeline. And if brand loyalty is anything to go by,
Microshaft / Creative can kiss their sorry asses goodbye. I looked at a
40Gb
Creative Zen, I looked at a 20Gb iPod...guess which won? Clue.. Its white
and shiny... Yup my iPod. There are few consumer products in the world that
have generated such an intense feeling of more them just ownership and the
iPod is one of them. Yes you may poo, poo this notion (I did) but when you
hold your iPod for the first time it is a very personal experience, it
feels
like something more than just an MP3 player (/shrug), I have no idea why,
but it does. I have no doubt that when the iPod IV arrives it will instill
the same kind of loyalty... how any people have any kind of loyalty to
Microsoft ?? (except for its shareholder) not many I guess. Anyway, just my
thoughts on the subject

Simon
----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart Poulton
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 9:17 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Microsoft's Ipod Killer





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