GnomeToys Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Originally posted by beardofzeus@Oct 18 2005, 11:57 PM There's no reason to hate on apple. They are very innovative. Quoted post No, no they're not. They have very good industrial designers who put faggy marketable shells on things that have already been invented, and a good marketing department that convinces people that they invented them. Don't confuse good product design for the "innovation" their marketing material tells you it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 http://www.iwoodnano.com/miniot/ the IWOOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shovel Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 all i need is... a nano and..... a ibook ill never leave my room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuse=--action Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Ha, my friend got one the day they came out. He lost it a week later. Now he just laughs at us whenever we tell him he's an asshole for losing such a sexy piece of technology. -fuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
methadone program Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 # 1 on my christmas list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Originally posted by Biggus Dickus+Oct 19 2005, 06:22 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Biggus Dickus - Oct 19 2005, 06:22 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-beardofzeus@Oct 18 2005, 11:57 PM There's no reason to hate on apple. They are very innovative. Quoted post No, no they're not. They have very good industrial designers who put faggy marketable shells on things that have already been invented, and a good marketing department that convinces people that they invented them. Don't confuse good product design for the "innovation" their marketing material tells you it is. Quoted post [/b] I don't think Apple is trying to convince anyone that they're the first ones to come up with an MP3 player. I don't know that I've ever seen an ad or heard Steve Jobs say they invented this technology. However, they are innovative in their design. And even someone as cynical as you seem to be has to admit that good design wins out over poor design... even if the poorly designed product is better in its use. Aesthetics go a long way in most folks eyes. I think that holds true for just about any product. Clothing, Automobiles, Bicycles, Toasters, Televisons, Shoes and so on. Though some people just don't care about aesthetics or good design and only care about cost and use. These are the ones I like to call "The Torchiere Society". Named after the ugly cheap torchiere lamps that you can buy at any Target, Kmart or Home Depot. I have little patience for these people because no amount of reasoning will bring them around. For them, it's the easy and cheap way or the highway. Quality means nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt45oe800 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 i dont think apple is trying to say they created the mp3 player. i think its more of a brand becoming synonymous with a product i.e. kleenex=tissues qtip=cotton swabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 It's just that the majority of the consumers out there are fucking clueless. I hear it all the time: "So what's the difference between an iPod and an MP3 player?" Kill yourself, you fucking tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt45oe800 Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 yeah someone at my work asked me the difference between an ipod and an mp3 player, Me: its like the difference between a record player and record player. Them: but there is no......ohhhhhh, nevermind Me: Welcome to 2005 (happened before the new year) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt45oe800 Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 edit* double post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H!GH Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Apple doesnt make the best MP3 players they jus have the most popular. I have the mini but I had to get it send it back and get it replaced cuz the iPod batteries get fucked up easily. When mine breaks agen im gettin the nano insted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 the zen micro is possibly the best mp3 player to date. I-pod stole the idea of the touch pad from them. http://www.creative.com/products/product.a...4&product=10795 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Tesseract Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 If they stole it, they did quite a good job on making it look/work 10000000 times better. I'm not up for big companies fuckin up the market like that but theres a reason. Ipods ARE the best and the iTunes shop is fuckin brilliant. Y'all have to face that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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