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iPods and Power

May 17th 2006 10:38
iPods are quite unique little gadgets. Sitting on the bus this morning listening to a totally random assortment of music from Rhianna to Carol King, I was in total heaven. It’s so convenient being able to have up to a few thousand songs all on a tiny little gizmo that fits in your pocket. But more than that, I have actually had numerous conversations that started when a fellow iPod owner sat next to me. One example - I was listening to music when, oh no! my iPod battery died. In a freak coincidence, the guy sitting next to me was just ravelling up his earphones too - his battery was out of juice as well. Next thing? We were chatting about the music we had been listening to, found we shared a few favourite artists, and the conversation lasted the rest of the bus trip. Now when we’re on the same bus we sit and chat most of the ride - saving iPod power and having great discussions at the same time. It’s an amazing thing to realise that something as little as an iPod can represent something as vast as music. At the same time, it’s an entity that connects all iPod owners, and indeed all people who listen to music. Music has the power to bring random people together, and it’s a lot of fun too.



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Comment by charles

May 18th 2006 01:42
What are the chances of me being the only person that doesn't own an iPod on the Orble community?! lol!

Admittedly, I have yet to jump on the iPod bandwagon. I always seem to have an excuse to stop myself from buying one.

First excuse: Looks awesome, but it'd be so cool if it was smaller - iPod mini comes out.

Second excuse: iPod mini looks too much of a 'toy' and doesn't quite have the slick look of a regular iPod - iPod Nano comes out.

Third excuse: I heard they're releasing an iPod that plays video/TV so I'll definitely buy one when that comes out!

Hmmmm...maybe I gotta start thinking of a forth excuse soon? Or maybe not!


Charles.


Comment by Trina

May 18th 2006 23:13
Right on Charles. We have the same logic.

Comment by Shani

May 20th 2006 06:58
Don't worry, I don't have no fancy ipod either.

Did you know they now even put on dj night type things where you can hook up your ipod to get your songs played?

Comment by Scott

May 21st 2006 00:24
Sorry mate, ipods are not unique at all. They are just like any other mp3 player

A fourth excuse? the battery life can be as low as 2 hours, if you get a bad one, and can only be as much as 8 hours even if you're lucky

a 5th they're more expensive then any other brand

a 6th every single one of my friends (5) who have owned Ipods have had to send them back for repairs, in some cases numerous times

7th Just pay apple back for spending more money on advertising then on researching how to make their mp3 players good

If you haven't guessed, I don't like ipods

Peace

Scott

Comment by Jimbo

May 24th 2006 11:53
There is another side to your argument. Read it here

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