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...approaching an iPod...approaching an iPodPosted Jan 26, 2006 15:05 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1)In reply to: The Grumpy Editor plays with Rockbox by gypsumfantastic Parent article: The Grumpy Editor plays with Rockbox Perhaps an iPod with a much wider range of codecs, plugins for all sorts of features, voice menus for the blind, configurable screens, bookmarks, and various things that my son's iPod doesn't have?
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...approaching an iPod Posted Jan 26, 2006 15:09 UTC (Thu) by gypsumfantastic (guest, #31134) [Link] I was just being naughty. I agree with you, actually. Which is why I run iPodLinux.
As it happens, though, the lack of focus on OMG FEATURES!!! is the precise reason why the iPod does so well. But then, this is a periodical for Our Sort, not, you know, Ordinaries. We want to break our consumer electronics, dammit. It's what we do.
...approaching an iPod Posted Jan 26, 2006 17:45 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] There seem to be a lot of ordinaries using Rockbox. (Many of them are ordinary except inasmuch as they are blind.)
...approaching an iPod Posted Jan 26, 2006 23:52 UTC (Thu) by bk (guest, #25617) [Link] As it happens, though, the lack of focus on OMG FEATURES!!! is the precise reason why the iPod does so well.The iPod does so well because it is very, very flashy. I tried out someone's iPod Video a few weeks ago and was taken aback by all the eye/ear candy. The ironic thing, though, is that for all the bling it really is a feature-poor device.
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