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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on December 24, 2003, 06:06:10 am

Title: MiniPods!
Post by: Sandwich on December 24, 2003, 06:06:10 am
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/mwsf04apple.html

Kewl!
Title: MiniPods!
Post by: diamondgeezer on December 24, 2003, 06:16:47 am
If this is about iPods I really don't want to know
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Post by: Knight Templar on December 24, 2003, 12:17:23 pm
Especially after that "iPod's dirty little secret" video...
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Post by: Sheepy on December 24, 2003, 12:46:25 pm
i never understood why every one hates apple so much, i personally cant wait to get my iPod
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Post by: Bobboau on December 24, 2003, 12:51:22 pm
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
Especially after that "iPod's dirty little secret" video...


link me
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Post by: Knight Templar on December 24, 2003, 12:54:00 pm
http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com/
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Post by: Sheepy on December 24, 2003, 12:57:34 pm
ok now i may not get a iPod
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Post by: mikhael on December 24, 2003, 01:06:11 pm
Nice thing about IPods:
- groovy controls
- groovy design
- sleek (though, see below)

Problems with IPods:
- price
- capacity
- battery setup
- features

Ipods are small and lovely to look upon and they have the best interface ever. However, you cannot take the battery out and replace it while you're on the go. The price of the Ipod is entirely too high for the capacities they offer. You can get an Archos player with bigger capacity and more features (video playback for example) for less.

These new "mini-Ipods" get my attention though. This pushes them into the size range where the lower capacity for the price and the battery setup is less important. My wife might get one of these in the future.
Title: MiniPods!
Post by: Sandwich on December 24, 2003, 01:56:49 pm
Screw the full-fledged iPod, get this (http://www.iriveramerica.com/products/iHP-120.asp) instead:

(http://www.iriveramerica.com/images/prod/120/1.jpg)
Title: MiniPods!
Post by: Odyssey on December 24, 2003, 02:23:29 pm
[color=cc9900]Or, for that kind of money, get a 400mhz PDA and a few CF cards and be able to do practically anything else you wanted to do on top of music.[/color]
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Post by: Zeronet on December 24, 2003, 03:57:31 pm
Its Apple and Apple sux0rs.
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Post by: Odyssey on December 24, 2003, 04:14:43 pm
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Originally posted by Zeronet
Its Apple and Apple sux0rs.

[color=cc9900]I take it you've never seen one of their Cinema LCD displays in action, then?[/color]
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Post by: Taristin on December 24, 2003, 07:39:00 pm
Wow... that is a dirty little secret...:doubt:

Apple is as bad as MS right there... :p
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Post by: Zeronet on December 24, 2003, 08:17:07 pm
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Originally posted by Odyssey

[color=cc9900]I take it you've never seen one of their Cinema LCD displays in action, then?[/color]


Apple could deliver world peace, they'd still be teh sux0rs. Maybe if they didn't suck so much, i'd like them.
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Post by: diamondgeezer on December 24, 2003, 08:29:38 pm
Very well said Zeronet
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Post by: Sandwich on December 25, 2003, 12:45:53 am
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Originally posted by Zeronet


Apple could deliver world peace, they'd still be teh sux0rs. Maybe if they didn't suck so much, i'd like them.


You sound like Triumph.
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Post by: Kamikaze on December 25, 2003, 12:49:09 am
Meh.

Clueless Bashing == Bad
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Post by: Knight Templar on December 25, 2003, 04:02:45 am
:p

Apple Bashing == Good.