Mr eel
Your iPod is Out of Date (Apparently)
I stumbled over a link to an article describing why your ipod will be out of date in a year. I’ve got a choice quote just below.
“For 2006 is to be the year of the Ultimate Gadget, when the phone, music player, camera, organiser, games machine, and pretty much everything apart from the kitchen sink, is crammed into one attractive, effective and easy-to-use package.”
Well, there are a couple of points to be made. Firstly, for some, having an iPod is not so much about disk space or convenience, so much as it is about lifestyle. That’s the thing about branding, it can convince you to stick with something even when there are supposedly more advanced products. If there is one thing the iPod has it’s a strong brand.
Secondly, for all it’s secondary functions, an iPod is a music player first and foremost and it does a bloody good job. That’s a really crucial point. Most mobile phones now days have all sorts of additional features, but don’t necessarily have a good implementation. I can’t see the situation getting any better.
“…attractive, effective and easy-to-use package.” HAW HAW HAW! Most mobile phones look like crap, especially when you stick it next to something nice like an iPod or a PSP. Easy-to-use is certainly debatable. Clicking through sub-menus, fiddling with little tiny joysticks, trying to press little tiny buttons with your fingernails, coz apparently only pixies use mobile phones now days. Bleh! Mobile phone manufacturers have a hell of a long way to go! This whole convergence malarky is only gonna make things worse.
I think there is a definite opportunity for a phone manufacturer to develop a device that rolls all sorts of functions into one package, but I think it’s awhile before we see anything that gets it just right.
In the meantime be prepared for lots of fiddly junk. Hooray!
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