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iPod, you Pod, everybody iPod
“The Apple iPod is just about the size of a pack of cigarettes, and just about as addictive.
‘Oh, it’s so addictive — it’s my new crack,’ jokes Kawan Prather of College Park, a senior vice president of Sony Records.
For people who have one, the iPod is a status badge, a fashion statement and an obsession. The sleekly designed little pocket jukebox holds up to 10,000 songs individually selected by the user and is insanely portable and easy to use — a mix of minimalism and maximum enjoyment. Perched right on the cutting edge of cool, it’s also crossed over into the realm of cute with the new line of pastel-colored Mini iPods.”
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People who thnk the iPod is a fashion statement or anything more than an mp3 player need to die, or at least get a freaking life.
Posted by Someone living in reality on March 26, 2004 at 12:20 PM (PDT)
2
Mega Y-A-W-N tell us something NEW, not just post someone’s dull opinion as “NEWS”.
Posted by What-ev-er on March 26, 2004 at 12:23 PM (PDT)
3
Hey, screw off, someone! It’s a pretty good portable hard drive, too.
And it helps hold papers down if it’s windy…
Posted by JC on March 26, 2004 at 12:51 PM (PDT)
4
well if it gets much lighter then the mini it wont suffice for holding down papers any more…they wil have to start selling add on weight packs so it wont blow away!!
Posted by rivlinm on March 26, 2004 at 1:13 PM (PDT)
5
It’s cutting edge, it’s addictive . . . and it plays music
LOL. Plays music? Really?
http://homepage.mac.com/cherrypop/
Posted by matthew on March 26, 2004 at 1:38 PM (PDT)
6
Don’t you hate wankers who just cut and paste the same url across all threads. Makes you a SPAMMING WINNET!!
Posted by sad URL freak on March 26, 2004 at 1:47 PM (PDT)
7
the hobos i see when i ride the bus to school really dig it’s white and chrome look!
Posted by dave on March 26, 2004 at 5:43 PM (PDT)
8
why is this on the front page?
Posted by Starboard on March 27, 2004 at 8:36 AM (PDT)
9
You know, usually when you post a newspaper/magazine/online story, you should include an attribution, or at the very least, a title.
You know, like “...the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Phil Kloer wrote in ‘Me, myself and iPod’...”
Posted by mustang_dvs on March 27, 2004 at 4:39 PM (PDT)
10
Now if I didn’t have a Mac as well I would be annoyed. Kawan Prather should try use one of Sony’s copy protected CD on a Windoze machine. Shame the Mac just ignores it and it rips anyway :D
Posted by Annoyed_cd_buyer. on March 28, 2004 at 8:29 AM (PDT)
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‘Oh, it’s so addictive — it’s my new crack,’ jokes Kawan Prather of College Park, a senior vice president of Sony Records
His “new” crack?? He probably hasn’t given up his old crack….
Posted by Max on March 28, 2004 at 9:26 AM (PDT)
12
What is the point of blasting a news item merely for its inclusion on this site? If its subject does not interest you then why don’t you pass it by?
I found the article entertaining despite the annoying and repeated wrong pricing of the top iPod model. I found it useful to know, in case I was ever tempted by a Seth Godin book, that he is a clueless dolt. And, most informative of all, that a senior vice president of Sony is, or was, a crack addict. That explains a lot.
Posted by alter-ergo on March 29, 2004 at 1:23 PM (PDT)
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This news is just getting boring! I own an iPod - i think i know how awesome it is already…....thats without being told like a few hundred times. Please post some news worth reading and that you haven’t just copied and placed on this website!
Posted by williamseymour in shrewsbury, UK on March 31, 2004 at 11:20 AM (PDT)
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everybody who has anything against an ipod is a motherfucking gay amerikan son of a bich
**ipod rules**
Posted by your worst nightmare on May 20, 2004 at 1:35 AM (PDT)