Is iPod bashing really justified?

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superczar

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iPod bashing seems to be the order of the day!
Every geek worthy of his (or her) geekiness never misses an opportunity to diss this rathe popular and supposedly inferior player

An interesting article I bumped into lately from a respcted magazine however seems to portray a different picture...

Head over here for details:
Stereophile: Apple iPod portable music player
 
yes it isjustified (i didn't read the link,but will as im busy presently).For example compare the shuffle and the iRiver IFP/Transcend T.Sonic series.

But i do admit that the nano is damn sexy yhough ;)

OT:Just observed that i crossed 1k mark!!! YAY:clap: :clap:
 
Never tried the shuffle, so won't comment on it...But I have compared my 4G and 5G ipod with my iriver PMP ....

The sound quality on both takes a marked jump when you pair them up with high grade earphones ....but the jumpis more pronounced on the ipod (Sad bundled earphoens are the cu;lprit perhaps?)
 
i dunno about other ipods, but my nano rox!! about 6 months back that was the best available option fot 10k. the irivers are no doubt good, but i needed at least 2gb, and a color screen. so nano was the only choice. and not to mention its looks ;)
 
my sis bought a shuffle from the US she paid $25 for the 512 MB so i think thats decent price......not yet read the article going to now
 
If the ipods are supposedly so bad, they wouldnt have 70% of the market now would they? ;) I agree with the other posters that the shuffle was the crappiest player they came out with, but the other ipod's arent bad. Thing is the ipod is a good player, however there are better alternatives as well. Today the ipod is more of a fashion statemnt if you ask me. You can get better players for cheaper.
 
hunt3r said:
If the ipods are supposedly so bad, they wouldnt have 70% of the market now would they? ;) I agree with the other posters that the shuffle was the crappiest player they came out with, but the other ipod's arent bad. Thing is the ipod is a good player, however there are better alternatives as well. Today the ipod is more of a fashion statemnt if you ask me. You can get better players for cheaper.
No you don't.
 
hunt3r said:
If the ipods are supposedly so bad, they wouldnt have 70% of the market now would they? ;) I agree with the other posters that the shuffle was the crappiest player they came out with, but the other ipod's arent bad. Thing is the ipod is a good player, however there are better alternatives as well. Today the ipod is more of a fashion statemnt if you ask me. You can get better players for cheaper.

Yep, they are somewhat like Google... Other search engines are available, but Google is the "default" search engine...

iPod Nano is the only portable player :( I have used for any extended period of time, and I have liked it pretty much.

Regarding the popularity of iPods, I think it also has a lot to do with Apple's marketing... And iTunes; together with all the RIAA lawsuits, iTunes really made a splash.

And the looks... Looks matter too. The iPod is wayy sexier than any other portable player IMO :) ...
 
Well frankly to tell the truth, in India if you look at the pricing, its ridiculous. The Ipod video 30gig is priced at arnd 14K whereas the 30gig players of other makes are priced at 22K. One would be insane not to buy an Ipod :P.
 
Let us leave out the Indian scenario please..... In the Indian scenario, then yeah I guess the ipod is a good buy.... I guess the best buy.

Now, to answer hunt3r abt why it has 70% of marketshare...... It is marketing and hype. why does BOSE enjoy so much marketshare and popularity ?? Same reason for the ipod.....only thing is ipod isnt as bas compared to the competition as the BOSe speakers are (Was reading tons of links abt Bose today....that is why the BOSE comparison :P ).

And I have also used iriver and ipod.

I dont have much to bash the ipod..... I am using one now and it is very good. Rugged(how many times I have dropped it), good looks, easily navigation between the thousand of songs.

But the main thing I hate abt the ipod is this ---- PLAYING MUSIC !!! And if I remember correctly, that is what it was built to do right ?? :P

I am not really ipod bashing here..... I am just stating my views. Different people have different views.

I used the same set of headphones with the iriver and the ipod. So, I never got to experience the original ipod earphones. That is the inly problem I have with the ipod.

And I am not an audiophile......not to the level of Amol, Eazy, zhops and Chaos (at least not yet)...... and I am not one tp pay too much attention to looks, etc....

If I had a chance, I would probably go for a Creative or iriver today. They may look slightly worse, they may take a few more fractions of a second to scroll through my songs, but I honestly dont care. I care a lot abt sound quality..... and that is lacking in my personal opinion in the ipod.

Not everyone is as fussy as me.

ipod is a good player...... A very good one. But I would have bought another player if I had the chance :D
 
Its just that the ipod always has this cutting edge. Which presently, with the 5G ipod is the slim design. If the ZVM was as slim as the ipod, I thin it'd sell a LOT more ...
 
No....it is not only the slim factor.

The thing is, ipod gained a HUUGE brand name very early..... the competitors came out with their best products a tad too late.....

And now, everything is compared to the ipod. And for the common man on the road who isnt as tech savvy as us, an ipod is a status symbol. Everyone here has heard of the Apple ipod. How many of heard of a company called iriver ??

Even Creative dont have much of a name outside of computer speakers (they may suck....but they have a good name in India....which is slowly changing though....my cousin thought that my speakers are so good because they are Creative. I had to tell him that they are Creative only by marketing.... In all other respects they are Cambridge Soundworks)
 
ipods are cheap at least now in india and easy to use .. i faced a few hassles with my h10 and a freezing problem with a new zen v m but nothing so far with my ipod , guess thats one of the reasons why ipods are popular.
 
Nikhil said:
No....it is not only the slim factor.

The thing is, ipod gained a HUUGE brand name very early..... the competitors came out with their best products a tad too late.....

And now, everything is compared to the ipod. And for the common man on the road who isnt as tech savvy as us, an ipod is a status symbol. Everyone here has heard of the Apple ipod. How many of heard of a company called iriver ??

Even Creative dont have much of a name outside of computer speakers (they may suck....but they have a good name in India....which is slowly changing though....my cousin thought that my speakers are so good because they are Creative. I had to tell him that they are Creative only by marketing.... In all other respects they are Cambridge Soundworks)

Well, that's true only for the rich people with no brains(aka show offs) ....

For example, say i wanna buy a video-mp3 player.

My options are the ZVM and the ipod vid .

The ZVM, as compared to the 5g pod is pretty huge. Yes the ZVM has its advantages like divx playback(pirates wud know how imp that is) but the ipod has that cutting edge to it man. all new players are small(slim). so is the pod. .....

But yes, there's mannnny nouveu rich people in India(especially delhi) who'd just buy the pod for the heck of it. just cause its ""cool"". even if they have like 2gb of music.:no: :no:
 
bottle said:
ipods are cheap at least now in india and easy to use .. i faced a few hassles with my h10 and a freezing problem with a new zen v m but nothing so far with my ipod , guess thats one of the reasons why ipods are popular.

Don't say nething about the H10. :no: Its a bloody amazing player man!

My H10 never hung. (with the latest firmwares) ...
 
i agree its awesome prefer it anyday over an ipod but i first gave it to my mom and it had a few issues till they released the updated firmware and my mom really isnt someone who can cope with having to flash firmware etc :P
 
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