Comments on: Rival to the iPod? http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1803 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1803/comment-page-1#comment-2999 Reader's Write Fri, 02 Jul 2004 10:41:24 +0000 #comment-2999 Since when does Sony know anything about Music!!!!! Since when does Sony know anything about Music!!!!!

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1803/comment-page-1#comment-2987 Reader's Write Fri, 02 Jul 2004 01:45:36 +0000 #comment-2987 let's see how well this thing does, considering it doesn't work with the iTunes jukebox. Sony's Connect service is reportedly an absolute nightmare... And why shouldn't it be!? Since when does Sony know anything about software? let’s see how well this thing does, considering it doesn’t work with the iTunes jukebox.

Sony’s Connect service is reportedly an absolute nightmare…

And why shouldn’t it be!? Since when does Sony know anything about software?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1803/comment-page-1#comment-2986 Reader's Write Thu, 01 Jul 2004 22:20:19 +0000 #comment-2986 Rival? Yeah right. Can't say that I love the iPod (personally I like the Cowon iAudio M3 and the IRiver IHP-120 but that's just me) but give me a break Sony. There is no way in hell people are going to buy a 20 gig digital audio player that requires you to convert all your files into another format, especially a crappier one! Imagine the time required to re-encode an entire 20 gig collection. It would probably take forever. I realize that this strategy is aimed at really pushing their new online music store but c'mon. How about serving the consumer instead of the business a little? When I saw this thing I was very interested in having my own. It looks really cool and it's tiny. But unfortunately it's not even an mp3 player! I mean, how are you supposed to cannibalize another person's music collection if you have to wait for the conversion? Rival? Yeah right. Can’t say that I love the iPod (personally I like the Cowon iAudio M3 and the IRiver IHP-120 but that’s just me) but give me a break Sony. There is no way in hell people are going to buy a 20 gig digital audio player that requires you to convert all your files into another format, especially a crappier one! Imagine the time required to re-encode an entire 20 gig collection. It would probably take forever.

I realize that this strategy is aimed at really pushing their new online music store but c’mon. How about serving the consumer instead of the business a little? When I saw this thing I was very interested in having my own. It looks really cool and it’s tiny. But unfortunately it’s not even an mp3 player! I mean, how are you supposed to cannibalize another person’s music collection if you have to wait for the conversion?

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