By Jo Best
Published: Wednesday 21 September 2005
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TechnoGeek
Location
Chicago
Occupation
Ad Sales
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Hey Splorp...what's your point? Apple has never claimed to have invented the MP3 player, but they sure have exploited it, taken it to a completely new level, and everyone is trying to catch up. I owned two mp3 players before my iPod and have never looked back. I got my iPod because everything else on the market sucked. Not sure why it's fashionable to knock Apple in some circles - perhaps a bit of jealousy that someone else didn't master the market first.
Just remember, for all Job's bluster, Apple's Ipod...
Splorp
Hey Splorp...what's your point? Apple has never c...
TechnoGeek
"for all Job's bluster, Apple's Ipod was following...
Anonymous
Well, sure the iPod wasnt the first mp3 player; bu...
Premarupa
Obviously, Apple did not make the first mp3 player...
Ryan Bach
Perhaps so, but where is there a Creative Music St...
Anonymous
not sure i get the point. do you mean like microso...
mackle
He's right about DULL hardware, I went to the Appl...
Pants
Only a PC dweeb wouldn't see the precise functiona...
BV Harris
trendy? sure.
better? definitely.
i had one ...
Anonymous
No one is claiming that Apple invented the mp3 pla...
Anonymous
Slorp, if you think iPod was anything like creativ...
Anonymous
Apple released an end-to-end solution, versus a pi...
Tonio Loewald
They didn't make it "trendy," they totally kicked ...
Anonymous
Poor deluded Splorp clinging to the calendar for c...
Mark Solomon
People have said that apple is just following what...
Anonymous
So someone else has to do their job and invent som...
Anonymous
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