Subj : Re: Bye Bye iPod
To   : Ennev
From : Dr. What
Date : Wed May 11 2022 08:48:00

-=> Ennev wrote to All <=-

 En> https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/05/the-music-lives-on/

 En> We will say what we want, but Apple would have been dead and gone
 En> without that product. The translucent iMac brought them back, but iPod
 En> ensured the cash flow that paved the way for iPhone.

Apple's had a long track record of "jumping ahead" then failing to innovate
while their competitors moved past them - in price, quality and features.

But Apple's attitude of "we control everything" always grated on me and I
always found better products for less, so I had no reason to submit to the Lord
Steve Jobs.

 En> I had an mp3 player before getting an iPod eventually and never looked
 En> back. They nailed the coffin on other players with the intuitive
 En> interface with the scroll wheel. Just sad that it was also a vanity
 En> product. You didn't have white earphones with the iconic white wires.
 En> What was wrong with you?

I've had many MP3 players.  The Archos devices beat Apple hands down.  I did
own 1 iPod that I got used somewhere.  It was worthless until I flashed it with
Rockbox.  Then it was actually pretty nice.


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