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10.14.05

The iPeror's New Clothes

What explains the press corps' exuberance for Apple in general and the iPod in particular? After all, the portable video player isn't a new product category—Archos, RCA, Samsung, and iRiver got there months and months ago. The excitement can't be due to the undersized screen, which measures only 2.5 inches diagonal, or the skimpy two hours of battery life when operated in video mode. As I paged through a Nexis dump of the V-iPod coverage, I searched in vain for a single headline proclaiming "Apple Introduces Ho-Hum Player" or an article comparing the V-iPod's technical specs to those of competing brands. At least the techie readers of Engadget, free of the Apple mind-meld, recognize the V-iPod as a deliberately crippled by copy protection, low-res, underpowered video appliance that is merely Apple's first try in the emerging market of video players.

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I for one am just sick and tired of everyone swallowing the iPod flavor of the month craze, without crying bullshit.

iPod, iPod mini, iPod micro, iPod photo, iPod nano, and now iPod video.

Oh, let's not forget about the iTunes phone.

For FUCK's sake, people, when will you call Apple to the market for this crap? They said not more than 6 months ago that there would NOT BE a video iPod (at least they wouldn't say one way or the other) so that they could hopefully fleece you out of an iPod nano AND an iPod video.

WAKE UP.

Thank you. Sincerely, a reasonable iPod owner.

– Bowler · 3 PM 

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