...approaching an iPod

Posted Jan 26, 2006 15:09 UTC (Thu) by gypsumfantastic (guest, #31134)
In reply to: ...approaching an iPod by corbet
Parent article: The Grumpy Editor plays with Rockbox

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.