LAist: Making the early-adopters feel inconsequential

guest

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:36:57 -0800

"that's the problem with apple. their product cycle is waaaaaaaaay to fast" Actually the last real update to the iPod was about two years ago.

guest

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:34:08 -0800

$400 for 16gb? Gimme a break. I was really excited about the touchscreen and wi-fi but I almost did a spit take at the pathetic capacity. I want to carry my entire music collection with me and 16 gigs just won't cut it. I'm getting the Archos 605, it's also $400 but it gives you 160gb, TEN TIMES the capacity, with wi-fi and everything else as well.

Anti

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:28:20 -0800

i think this was a wise move. I was not at all jazzed in the iphone, because i like my current phone just fine. a motorola Rockr WITH itunes. This new product line has finally piqued my interest. apple knows how to 'em buying.

buzz

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:37:21 -0800

i love my iphone. am i a little annoyed ay having shelled out a $200 premium to have it a couple of months early - yes. is it everything i wanted from a "gizmo" - absolutely.

guest

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:25:36 -0800

I always snicker at the way Apple fanatics stand in line waiting to get Job's next gizmo, the whole time telling us how cool it is to be a sycophant. Proprietary technology blows, whether it comes from Redmond or Cupertino.

Adam Rose

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:10:52 -0800

I love my Blackberry ...

guest

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:08:50 -0800

that's the problem with apple. their product cycle is waaaaaaaaay to fast. as soon as you buy something, they've got a new product out that you've gotta buy. the executives probably don't even realize what they're doing.

guest

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:03:21 -0800

That nano looks interesting. :) Thanks for the summary, I kept away from the apple.com site because I know refreshing it won't make me feel any better than reading about it afterward. =P Apple coming out with something "new and better" is itself nothing new (in both iPod and their laptop series). I remember back in the day when I bought a (3rd Generation) iPod with gray screen only to find they're releasing a color screen a month later -- back when a video iPod was just a pipe dream. Did it bother me? hell yes, at first, but really -- I got what I wanted. Apple comes out with products having more features/memory/etc every 6 months so if you're going to be buying one of their products, ya gotta be happy with what you're spending at THAT moment in time, for the long run. =/ (And sometimes the earlier versions of their products are more reliable than the "improved" models, FWIW. I've heard problems with their MacBooks I don't have to deal with in my iBook.) That gray-screen stuck with me until the end. I still stray away from the video ipods because I know something "new and better" will come out 6 months from now. The trick I use is, once you've bought your Apple product, stay away from their site and any product announcements for about 6 months. Otherwise, unnecessary heartache will result.

raul

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:28:21 -0800

A small correction, the iPod Classic comes in 80gb and 160 gb models.

Henry D

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:05:48 -0800

And I was telling my friend yesterday there's no way Apple would release a touch-screen iPod so soon, it would completely undermine the novelty, to to mention sales, of the iPhone. Boy was I wrong. And I'm still trying to figure out, which makes Apple more of a sellout, partnering with AT&T, or partnering with Starbucks?