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It is so amusing how magazines for the more “mature” set (not that there’s anything wrong with being mature) don’t seem to get things like, BusinessWeek doesn’t get it in the article iPod Killers?.
The seem to think that Sony’s new walkman phone (which doesn’t even have bluetooth or sizable memory) is competition for the iPod, which does one thing really really well.
It only seems like BusinessWeek is running out of news if this is the best they can do for the cover of their international edition. People like me are very content having a great music player that is separate from a decent phone (and there is no great phone because the carriers hobble them so much) as opposed to having a mediocre both.
It’s about the music, get it?
I agree, people don’t seem to get it. Everyone seems to be waiting for the thing that will “kill” the iPod. But that really doesn’t make sense because the iPod doesn’t really do that much. What sells the iPod is its design. It’s very pretty. And none of the other manufacturers seem to get that, or they have very bad designers.
A video playing, free music finding, 800GB device won’t kill the iPod unless it’s absolutely gorgeous. (Well, OK maybe it would if it had 800GB.)
Pundits (excluding me) and manufacturers don’t seem to get that functionality is quickly becoming a less important factor in tech purchases. The future belongs to the most beautiful. I wonder how long it will be until Microsoft starts making PCs?
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