Comments on: Portrait of an iPod owner

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:25:38 +0000

This is old stuff. The firm Buzz Analytics LLC ( http://www.BuzzAnalytics.com ) has done some early and continuing research here showing the relative WOM ranking of ipods and the competition. There are some very close seconds and thirds here with almost no statistical difference.

The big problem that Apple has in what’s coming out of tiwan, where they may be a law suir involving apple’s claim on the design. Check it out. Buzz Analytics seems to be run by some ex-intelligence agency types who like to remain in the background.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:56:23 +0000

Right; but the folks at http://www.buzzanalytics.com have measured an initial upsurge in the Zune product from Microsoft. I seems to be a bit “klunky” but the Buzz Analytiocs folks said that the change in the Zune mind share in their Internet Hype Curve is a lot greater than the Ipod at the same stage in their intro – - -

The Buzz Analytics executives and analysts seem to be ex-CIA and Intelligence people who are now harvesting the internet, chat rooms, and other internet hangouts for all sorts of datamining activities to measure opinion and other trends for special clients.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:06:44 +0000

Ipod owners are mostly rich pampered snobs and 80% are as “tech-savvy” as a woodchuck. What kind of a pinhead actually uses that stupid description , “tech-savvy” anyway?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:45:55 +0000

If you hear someone say they NEED any of this kind of consumer entertainment fluff, please correct them. No one NEEDS ANY of it. Sure you may want it, but need is not the issue. If you think you really do need an iPod, or a DVD recorder, PSP, etc, etc… GET HELP.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:30:29 +0000

All this article says is that people who buy iPods are tech savvy. Duh? Spreading opinions via web and by word of mouth does not make iPod owners “hypnotized consumers,” it simply makes it obvious that people who own iPods, and similar electronic equipment, talk about it. Who woulda thunk it?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:23:00 +0000

yesterday, i looked through amazon for portable media players. amid all of the crappy, overpriced, restrictive pods are a whole lot of other, larger, better players. ones which play all types of media including xvid, divx and ogg. there are dvd players and HDD players. all with larger screens – 3point5inches to 10 inches – and have larger storage capacities.

portable dvd players
http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/002-2237739-4047217?node=172521

portable media players
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=xs_ap_l_xgl23/002-2237739-4047217?search-alias=electronics-aps&keywords=portable%20media%20players
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=pd_rhf_s_2/002-2237739-4047217?%5Fencoding=UTF8&index=blended&field-keywords=portable%20media%20players

there are also 2 shinco players on the firebox website which play everything.

Shinco Portable Media Player
http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=1074&showAllImages=0

Shinco Portable DVD Player
http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=825

yes, most of these players are more expensive than the ipods, but one must pay more for quality, mustn’t one?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:58:32 +0000

Enough said…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:56:04 +0000

SCRATCHES EASILY…

Two words that are often heard from owners of iPod. We are starting to see a growing trend of defectors who expect more… no, actually expect what OTHER mp3/ogg players offer.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:47:47 +0000

I dunno. I guess I don’t like anything that’s over-blown to the gills by the lamescream media while the competition is virtually ignored.

I don’t like the way Jobs tried to crush online reporters who had the temerity to find out, and report on, Apple product before he was ready to start hyping it; but, who didn’t say a word when lamescream outlets did exactly the same thing.

But most of all, I absolutely detest the way he, and Pepsi and the RIAA, scammed 16 teenagers and their parents into letting themselves be used in a shoddy and disgustingly cynical iPod SuperBowl ad.

http://p2pnet.net/story/677

Apart from that, though, I really like Apple ; P

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:48:35 +0000

What do you have against Apple? Your always on at them.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:11:29 +0000

iPod owners are good little hypnotized consumers. The kind that corporations would give anything to get an army of. People who will consume, consume, consume, consume and consume, whatever they throw at them, and create a hype about.
F*cking sad…