Sign In/My Account | View Cart  

advertisement

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Weblog:   Why there will be no iPod killer — ever
Subject:   Absolutely Right
Date:   2005-03-30 18:47:56
From:   jbelkin800
You're absolutely right - it always puzzled me on several levels - first, that there's room for only one portable player so any possible replacement has to "kill" the number? When Ford comes out with a new Mustang, do people call it a Honda Civic killer? When Epson releases a new printer, people don't go all wonky and call it a HP killer because it has some new feature ... yet, every possible electronic device is a 'potential ipod killer ... $300 sunglass that hold 20 songs - ipod killer ... $250 game device with a 3 hour battery life and in which songs must be stored on a memory stick - ipod killer ... it's from a company with a recognizable name even in a totally different field - but if they release a music player - ipod killer (Canon camera or Virgin).


Is is some ancient DNA level hatred of Apple that any success Apple has must be "temporary" and so they, the seer that they believe they are can be the first to sneer, "I told you so?"


Like they even understand the OS battle of the late 1980's and 1990's - not only is the world entirely different but they fail to even consider that if Apple had a substantial portion of the OS market, dozens of companies would have swooped in to buy out Apple ... but hey, that would require thinking outside of the crowd - must safer to just repeat what they've heard - not really journalism but what they hey, beats being having to research and work for a living ...


The whole truth is that only Apple ahs beaten back dozens of companies with trillions of dollars of market cap to survive ...