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Thursday, September 21. 2006

Almost 2 months back, I got myself an ipod shuffle. After using it for some time, I am totally in love with it. I can now understand why the Macheads sell out their souls to Apple - the bargain is well worth it .

I was thinking about why portable devices like ipod and mobile phones are so close to their owners and I came up with this list.

They are truly personal. You can customize them (think mobile wallpapers, ringtones, playlists) quite a lot.
The are small and portable (duh!)
They can serve multiple purposes. A mobile phone can also serve as a watch, address book, radio, m3 player, camera. A ipod can also be used as a memory stick, FM transmitter and it can also fit in your car's music system.
These devices become useful as soon as you buy them. You can start using a mobile phone as soon as you insert your sim card into it and you can start using your ipod as soon as you transfer music into it. Instant karma!
They have long battery life.

This list is just something to keep in mind when I am designing my Killer App (TM).

Posted by Raj Shekhar in geek stuff, My take on life at 18:32 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Tell me About it... I'm in luv with iMac in my office..And i cant even code

iPod definitely rules. Infact i got this u10 iriver.. its got a bttr battery life than my video ipod but is of size of a matchbox.... but still its ipod for me.. more coz i can load my snaps n videos n watch them wnevr i want

#1 S (Homepage) on 2006-09-21 20:16 (Reply)

Forgive me your highness for not forgetting how much against you are to the idea of DRM. I guess it's OK now because you own an iPod now! **sarcasm**
"When money talks people listen"

#2 The Dark Knight on 2006-09-22 15:16 (Reply)

@Chad: Ipod plays mp3s. The itunes store sells music in AAC format which are DRM-ed and I don't use that. I use it to play mp3s and wavs.

For what it is worth, I have become even more radical than earlier ... deleting the windows partition on my box

#2.1 Raj Shekhar (Homepage) on 2006-09-22 20:31 (Reply)

But, but ... on a ipod shuffle you can't see what you're playing. Oh! I guess It does not matter ... Its a iPod Shuffle who cares what music it plays.

#3 spo0nman on 2006-09-24 15:39 (Reply)

My thoughts exactly Spoonman!
Hey Raj, why didn't you get urself a 2nd Gen Nano? More bang for the buck...
Deleting a Windows partition doesn't prove anything. Your "free" soul is tainted now.

#3.1 The Dark Knight on 2006-09-25 08:11 (Reply)

Hey Raj, why didn't you get urself a 2nd Gen Nano? More bang for the buck...

It was coming out to be 8.5 K (i think). I did not want to spend that kind of money

Deleting a Windows partition doesn't prove anything. Your "free" soul is tainted now.

heh!

#3.1.1 Raj Shekhar (Homepage) on 2006-09-25 09:45 (Reply)

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