Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote

>>>>> Most have a lousy UI.

>>>> Yep. But the ipod UI still leaves quite a bit to be desired anyway.

>>> Only because nothing is perfect and everything can be improved.

>> Nope, iTunes particularly has a pretty poor UI,

> OK, exactly what are iTunes' failings?

Its not very intuitive when loading the ipod with mp3
you already have on the computer for example.

> And what applications do those things better?

Its rather more intuitive to just drag and drop those mp3s
etc you already have to a drive which is the media player.

> And how do they do them better?

See just above.

>>> But the iPod has the best UI of any portable
>>> media player extant--until Friday, that is.

>> Nope, plenty of cellphones leave it for dead, essentially because
>> they integrate the media player with other capability.

> The iPod isn't a cell phone; how can you compare the two?

Those others combined those functions long before the iphone ever showed up.

Apple was very slow to see the need for that.

>>> Why do you think that the iPod has that recognition factor?

>> Essentially because its an Apple product.

> And all those Windows users flocked to the iPod because it's an Apple product?

Nope, because of the brand recognition, they recognised
the brand when they decided they needed a media player
and a superficial look showed that its a viable product.