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Saturday, January 15, 2005

On Behalf of Apple Computers, I'd Like to Apologize 

I checked out the iPod Shuffle. It's not so good. At first I thought it just shuffled songs and you weren't allowed to listen to them in order, but you can. It's still pretty lame.

For those of you who don't know what this is, it's an iPod with no screen and no scrolling wheel. It's basically a flash card (they're like hard drives but they have lower capacities and they're smaller and sturdier) that can play music. So, it holds about 240 songs, or more depending on what model you buy, and costs $99 and up. That's not so bad. But it's got no screen.

They couldn't have added a screen? It's not that hard. Like, a tiny little screen that says what song you're listening to. I don't think it has one of those. Walkmen have those.

But, hey, I really hated it at first but it's not so bad. For one, they start with a 500 MB capacity and they can hold other files, so you can use them as storage devices too. Also, they're no worse than any of the other low-end MP3 players. And they're compatible with iTunes; people like that. And it's so small. It's tiny. You know what they say: small is the new big.

But you just go to their website (http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/) and you read the marketing. Do it. It's ridiculous. It's so blatantly obvious that their marketers are trying to figure out a way to make this seem really, really awesome. "Life is random," they proclaim.

But I can't stay mad at a company who seriously warns "Do not eat iPod Shuffle," on their advertisement page.


Nicky

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