davepwnt Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 man, why even do it. The iPod is still, and I predict will be, the most dominate digital media player. Link I think it looks meh. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Well if Creative win their current law suit against Apple then there will be no more iPod, for a long long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy© Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 With even more songs available on Urge and MS aledegly giving you everything that you bought on itunes for free with it... ipods days may just be numbered dependent on unit price and 360 compatability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melodic Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 the argo thing is ugly. ipod ftw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 the argo thing is ugly. ipod ftw No melodic, Macs are good, iPods are bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 It depends, iPods sucsess was based on providing a cool gadget with a good service to back it up. If MS make there service easyer to use, cheaper, higher quality or 3rd party compatibility, they have a winner. The xBox 360 live service shows that they can do it if they try. Who here wants an iPod but cant afford to drop £200-£300 on a iPod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Not they won't VaKo, the iPod, as well as been a portable music player, is more a fashion item then a music player. Which is one of the reasons I hate them and they are bad, becasue chavs buy them to *yuck* 'Show off der bling'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 But fashion is fickle by its very nature... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Chavs are idiots by nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 wait... how the fuck can a chav even afford an iPod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 They steal them, but thats not the point, if they want some thing to listen to music on it has to be an iPod becasue it's a fashion thing. iPods are to computers as burbury is to chavs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 True, but these things aren't set in stone, they can change. So saying the new mp3 player from X will never beat the ipod is a little silly. 2/3 years ago most of the chavs hadn't heard of an iPod, or knew what it was for, and tbh the iPod has had no serious compition in the west yet. If MS can remake the ipod cheaper & better, with a good online service, then i doubt people will keep buying iPods just because. iPods sales aren't going to dry up overnight, but as more serious compition starts up we will see a shift away from iPods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 of course Microsoft can throw enough money at any thing to make it a success, well, mostly any thing... origami any one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armadaender Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 If MS were to provide an iTunes like service (99 cent songs) but in higher quality (vbr 192 kbps minimum) I wouldn't mind swtiching to an MS supported mp3 player. But I can only imagine the genunine advantage bullshit that application would come with - Making sure i have a license for every damn song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepwnt Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 It's the fact that at the moment, iPods are the biggest thing in music right now. To come out with an Audio player right now, (within in the next 3 months) doesn't seem too much of a money maker. If I were microsoft, I would launch it if iPods get shut down. Then they could make all their money off of old iPod listeners. But right now, iPods <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy© Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 If MS were to provide an iTunes like service (99 cent songs) but in higher quality (vbr 192 kbps minimum) I wouldn't mind swtiching to an MS supported mp3 player. But I can only imagine the genunine advantage bullshit that application would come with - Making sure i have a license for every damn song. Erm they already do it's in conjunction with MTV and it's already bundled into the Vista Media player... urge.com $9.99 per month for unlimited access or $99 for a year ATM its all based on plays for sure and your tunes will stop playingafter so long when you stop subscribing (or so I've read)... it's more like rental than purchasing, but they claim to have more tunes than iTunes lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paradox Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 2 words - Toshiba Gigabeat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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