Feb 20
I read an interesting article today at Macenstein and would have to say that I agree! I would like to elaborate on a few of the key points.
The biggest thing I realized after reading this article was the Shuffle is probably only called an iPod to boost sales figures. If they can say “we sold 6 million iPods this quarter” it sounds a lot better than “we sold 1 million iPods this quarter, and a bunch of those cheap $30 mp3 player wannabe’s”.
The only similarities in my eyes are:
- Plays music, and this music comes out through headphones
- Can carry it around with you, in your pocket or something
- Has a battery that you can recharge
- Can sync to iTunes
- Has the word iPod in its name
So is the Shuffle really an iPod? I’ll let you decide…
August 11th, 2008 at 10:10 am
No. I think that shuffle shouldn’t be considered an ipod. Apple should rename it to not mock the ipod name. But thats just my opinion.
September 1st, 2008 at 6:27 am
No that shuffle can’t be an ipod.
it can never compete it.
October 26th, 2008 at 2:45 am
It can’t compete bro.
November 9th, 2008 at 9:38 am
It cannot compete ipod,but it can be still in market,if apple try to sell it at cheap price.