[thechat] Flashthread! - what are you listening to RIGHT NOW!

isaac isaac at members.evolt.org
Thu Oct 25 01:24:28 CDT 2001


> Speaking of "what you're listening to", who's interested in the iPod?
>
> http://www.apple.com/ipod/


we had an office comp to guess the unannounced apple product. no one won. we
all thought "they'd never try the personal mp3 player market!".

my guess was remotely close though. a digital jukebox (hooks up to your
stereo) that you can manage via airport from anywhere in the house, or by
firewire.

i don't think it's a breakthrough in digital devices. the only real
breakthrough would be the firewire interface (not something that many other
mp3-co's could consider doing - PC market is largely USB still).

one thing which is cool is the circular scroller. it's definitely a good
thing that users can control the speed of their scroll, instead of max'ing
out at a specific rate.


that said, i don't have a mac or think i'll buy one in the forseeable
future. neither do i have AUD$800 to spare for something like that.

best of luck to them though, (no, i don't really mean that ;)).


i





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