* SlashDevNull <SlashDevNull_at_mac.com> on Wed, 24 Oct 2001
| It seems the iPod has the ability to bring great amounts of bitterness out
| of people.
Not iPod, Steve Jobs.
| I really don't understand why someone would continually write about how
| poor they think a product is.
Not once have I said it was a poor product. I said that it is not nearly
as great as Steve's hype. I said that it is not innovative and
revolutionary. I said it is not a "breakthrough digital device". I
provided very specific examples of how everything iPod does has been done
before, and I qualified every one of them by stating that iPod does it
smaller or faster, but not first.
| I've been thinking about why someone would want to proclaim that a
| product will fail and that it is the absolute worst idea in the world.
I never said the product was the absolute worst idea in the world. I said
the -marketing- of iPod is bad. I've spoken with five Macintosh owners
today about iPod and all five have said, "no, I will not buy iPod". Two of
those five are gadget-happy geeks. That bodes ill for iPod's sales.
I say that iPod will fail as a standalone device because of its
presentation. It is a niche accessory for a niche market. The market as a
whole has demonstrated time and time again that such products never sell
well unless they are bundled with a killer app or have a giant company like
Sony (see MD) behind it to keep it alive. iTunes is nice and all but it is
not the killer app that will drive iPod sales, and Apple is microscopic
next to Sony.
And before you get the wrong impression, I've been an MD consumer for about
five years, now.
| I it is not as if the criticisms would do any good. Maybe it is so later
| they could say 'I told you so'. Maybe it is a way to 'get back' at the
| company that makes the product. Maybe it is just to continually rebut
| the arguments of the people who think it is a good product.
Maybe it will cause someone to reconsider spending $400 on a product that
hit a dead end before it was even announced.
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