marksi wrote:Maybe it's because I am old (and you are too Gav - thanks Hyma)...
I use my phone to phone people on. I also use it for texts. It has a camera, but it's rubbish. Admittedly if it was a decent camera I may use it. But it's also got games and an FM radio on it that I do not use. Newer phones come complete with lots of other things that I would not use.
I am of the opinion that there are companies inventing things when the market for them doesn't really exist. How many people will want to watch video on iPod? I dunno. It wouldn't excite me, but I don't know when I'm in a situation where I would be using it. I don't use public transport so the journey to/from work is out (and is probably a dangerous proposition on a motorbike). If you think an iPod makes you a target for thieves, think what sitting watching video while on the bus will do for your chances of being mugged.
Yes, I am feeling the same too. Apple seem to be running out of steam with their iPod idea - the music player might have been revolutionary in its day when it first hit the shelves, but the fact you can now view video on it seems to be a gimmick in my eyes, more than anything else.
It's stretching it a little especially given they released a "photo" iPod, although the "sheep" who must have the latest gadgets will I'm sure will go out and buy it even if they already have an iPod or some sort of music player just to keep up with the latest trend.
What else are they going to come up with next - the iPod that can make your tea, change the channels on your TV and browse the internet?
Remember those little pocket TV sets one could buy? I can't ever remember them taking off at all - probably only one person I knew out of many actually owned one.
The whole iTunes music store thing is a load of hogwash IMO - people don't actually realise what they are buying does not become their physical property, in the same respect when you buy a CD, and you also get much lower quality.
If you buy a CD, you can make as many copies as you like, give it to as many people as you like, lend it to as many people as you like, play it in as many CD players as you like at work, home, the car and still retain full CD quality sound. You don't have to install some bloated proprietary software in order to be able to play the file, and you don't have to call home for permission to move it from computer to computer. Plus, you don't harm the environment by burning coasters with sub standard quality audio on.
