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Originally Posted by whydidnt
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Originally Posted by barky81
Ahem, first because there is a difference between niche and mass markets...PPCs are niche, iPods are mass market...
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In the context of this discussion I don't see the difference. Your comparing the iPod to you PPC, but you should be comparing the iPhone to the PPC. The iPhone is going to be used by people while they are on the go with their phone. The iPod is going to be used by people with larger libraries/needs for times when they don't need to be tied to their phone.
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Originally Posted by barky81
Unless Apple gives away multi-device iTunes subscriptions, how could the average user justify buying music for 2 devices?
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I could be wrong, but I thought Apple already allowed up to 4 devices to use the same library/downloaded tunes. Can someone correct me if I'm wrong on this? [EDIT] I just checked the online FAQ at Apple. It looks like you can share your library with up to 5 computers and each computer can have multiple iPods connected to it with no mention of a limit there. I don't see an additional financial burden from owning two separate iPod devices, at least as far as music purchases are concerned. [EDIT]
I'm not one that's drooling over the iPhone, I do think that this device can be a nice tool to push MS and it's OEM's to recognize an under served market however. MS has been too busy trying to segment the market to realize that consumers would love an all-in one phone/camera/media player/portable game machine with lots of storage space in a simple easy to use package.
Instead of leveraging PPC and enhancing the OS and included media player enough to fit this niche they have been busy dumbing it down (Smartphone edition) or eliminating functionality (Portable Media Centers). |
See, you make my point. The iPhone is a consumer only device. It will not fit into ANY corporate environment. Most if not all $600 phones to date sell into that market.
If it is your position that the consumer market has been crying out for a good $600 phone, I think you are alone in that belief. That is a niche market.
Re: 4 devices using the same library, again you make my point...I did not say use the same library, I said multi-device SUBSCRIPTION--something they don't offer anyone yet.
Again, I don't see ANYTHING that the iPhone will do that the Cingular 8125 ($99 on a 2 year contract
EDIT--should be $149) doesn't ALREADY do. (Except sync with iTunes; and to replace that, I could sign up today with Yahoo Unlimited to Go for almost
2 YEARS (<=EDITED) at the cost of the iPhone).