I am trying my best to be objective and open minded. I am not always good at it, but at least I’m trying. The other day I wrote a somewhat negative post about iPod. Ok, and a few negative comments too.
Because I try to stay open minded and because I don’t want to become an always complaining gramp, I try to find positive sides too. I thought about the iPod issue a bit and I think that obviously there is a good thing about it too. And not just some theoretical crapy good thing that is good for some abstract iPod user, but a really good thing for me and you.
iPod hype has increased the popularity of podcasting.
What good is in podcasting? Well, I happen to think that podcasting is a good idea by itself. It is one of those applications that make Internet more popular with the masses. And that’s a good thing. Podcasting, in turn, increased the popularity and common knowledge of such modern technologies as feeding (RSS and Atom) and audio compression (mp3 and ogg). That’s another good thing.
So, with iPod, as with any other thing there is good stuff and there is bad stuff. I found both. Now is your turn.
Leonid, your words were so perfect, that I decided to play little bit with them:)
What good is in yellow press? Well, I happen to think that yellow press is a good idea by itself. It is one of those things that make periodical press more popular with the masses. And that’s a good thing. Yellow press, in turn, increased the popularity and common knowledge of such technologies as printing and colour-printing. That’s another good thing.
So, yellow press is a good thing for me and you.;)
I do not have time to criticizes problem in ipod family now, but simply put ipod advantages do not overwhelm it’s disadvantages. Later I will try to show exact failures of ipod.
Grigory,
You see, I’m trying my best here. ;)
I’m glad I moved you towards some action.
Some more action
iPod shuffle
1. It does not have screen.
2. I did not find any remote controls.
3. Buttons – I think you will have problem with them when shuffle in a pocket. Believe me, most of the time mp3 player spends in a pocket.
iPod nano
This could be good mp3 player. But
1. Price. It close to smartphone.
2. No remote control.
iPod
That’s not bad. But on my opinion, too small life battery life, so I would rather buy ipod competitors.
So, frankly speaking it is not bad, not good. It’s Apple.:)
Yeah, well… most of the things in life are both good and bad. Not most of them are from Apple though. ;)