p2p news / p2pnet: Doug Mohney has
an interesting post on The Inquirer in which he says he’s
become one of the Apple anointed. That’s to say thanks to Father
Christmas, he’s now a “Nano-toting member of the iPod generation”.

Should we congratulate him, or express
condolences? Hard to say. But we can wish him the best of luck with
his new toy and hope he doesn’t find himself among other href="http://p2pnet.net/story/6705" target="_blank">less than
delighted nano owners who’ve launched a class action saying the
screen is seriously faulty.

Be that as it may, Mohney’s nano came
with an Apple iPod USB power adaptor, so there’s another $30 to add
to the initial $200 purchase price, and,”on to that the time I spent
feeding in 107 CDs into iTunes and we’re already into some non-
trivial exercise,” he says, going on:

“True, loading the music was pretty
straightforward, but I was still disappointed to see the sum of my
humble music collection – plus a couple of podcasts – compressed into
a paltry 5.15GB. Put another way, I can take the sum total of my
music collection and write it to a dual-layer DVD and still have
plenty of space left over.”

Anyway, what’s a nano without a few bells
and whistles? – asks Mohney rhetorically.

Thus, nano armband, $30, a DLO Transpod
Dock, “a combination of charging cradle and FM transmitter for the
car”, another $100.

So that’s, “One Nano ($199) + USB charger
($29) + Nano armband ($29) + Transpod ($99) = $356. That’s about half
way to the price of a laptop or a mid-range desktop box! And it’s all
tiny little plastic bits and pieces clipping away at the wallet in
bits and pieces under $100 after you get the initial iPod, be it the
Nano all the way up through the 60GB Video iPod.”

And there are all those other terrific
options such as the Apple-branded earbuds for $39, nano colour tube
“to keep it scratch-free,” a dock for $29, a pair of speakers for
anywhere from $125 for the low-end.

We make that $588.

But who’s counting and anyway, the thrust
of post isn’t the ridiculous amount of money you can spend to listen
to low-quality, low-fidelity digital music files that cost $1 each by
themselves and which you can only play on Apple product.

Rather, “Why should Bill Gates be
afraid?”: – asks Mohney.

“Every iPod gets a copy of iTunes
installed on Windows PCs. Every copy of iTunes gives Steven Jobs the
ability to sell music and TV video to users today. Without the
expense or complications of buying a Windows XP Media PC. It’s not
clear if iTunes will lead to more Mac sales over the long run, but it
can’t hurt.”

face="Courier New,Courier,Monaco">Also See:
The Inquirer
- Apple iPod turns music addiction into terrible chore,
January 1, 2005
target="_blank">less than delighted – Angry nano owners sue
Apple, October 23, 2005

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