03-13-2006, 10:53 PM
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"Fight the Power" Slogan Growing Weak, Even for Microsoft Employees
"Here is the deal. For over a year now I�ve been trying to look for a device that is > the iPod. In that time Apple has constantly moved the needle forward in a number of areas. We are still far behind, and in all likelihood, when we catch up, Apple will have something like this...I�m beginning to change my mind about things. Even though we have a great eco system for music stores etc, the reality is that our OEM partners are never ever going to create a product like the iPod. They are simply no match for the iPod Dock Connector, which as generated an ecosystem of hardware that�s probably more lucrative than the online music business."
This post was made by a Microsoft employee who, like many people I know, are trying to avoid going the iPod route. Everyone seems to have a different reason, but this post and the follow-up comments definitely echoed things I've heard on the topic before. I have a Creative Zen Vision:M and while it's not perfect, I really enjoy using it and have no serious complaints about it. On the other hand, my family and I bought my father an iPod Nano for Christmas a few months ago, and while the hardware was definitely impressive, using iTunes was a new experience in how much software can suck. It was just a colossal disaster in terms of me making it do what I wanted (import MP3s that I had previously ripped) - there was only one way, the Apple way, and if you don't want to do it their way you're utterly out of luck.
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