Re: [CGUYS] iPhone/iPod [Was: Internet broadcasters and royalties
I can recognize it easily. I won't however, pay for the Jobs Retirement Portfolio price premium to own it. Not all of us need to *buy* cool and the smarter ones realize that being an early adopter is rarely a net positive. I paid half that, and without a 2-year contract, for a handhled navigation unit. That will be far more beneficial to me and I waited for the early adopters to pay for the RD costs. What will I be missing in my life by not having an iPhone? Seriously. The only people that I heard calling Zune an iPod killer were MS marketing trolls. You believed them? -Original Message- On the other hand, why are some people so unable to recognize something that is truly innovative and wonderful when it comes along? I guess these are the same people who were telling us that the Zune was an iPod killer. My 1st gen iPod cost $500. I still use it today and it is still as wonderful as it was on day one. Up to now I saw no need to replace it. Now that I have seen the iPhone I finally see something that is an iPod killer. The only thing wrong with the new deal is shelling out $1200/year to Cingular/ATT for a service contract. However I'm seeing predictions of a new line of iPods based on the iPhone design. That will get me to part with $500. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] iPhone/iPod [Was: Internet broadcasters and royalties
I googled 'ipod killer' and on the first page alone I found references dating back to 2004. The ipod killer comment has been used by just about every publication writing about just about every mp3 player. Those using it for a zune used it for everything else coming along also. Mike On 7/2/07, Jeff Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can recognize it easily. I won't however, pay for the Jobs Retirement Portfolio price premium to own it. Not all of us need to *buy* cool and the smarter ones realize that being an early adopter is rarely a net positive. I paid half that, and without a 2-year contract, for a handhled navigation unit. That will be far more beneficial to me and I waited for the early adopters to pay for the RD costs. What will I be missing in my life by not having an iPhone? Seriously. The only people that I heard calling Zune an iPod killer were MS marketing trolls. You believed them? -Original Message- On the other hand, why are some people so unable to recognize something that is truly innovative and wonderful when it comes along? I guess these are the same people who were telling us that the Zune was an iPod killer. My 1st gen iPod cost $500. I still use it today and it is still as wonderful as it was on day one. Up to now I saw no need to replace it. Now that I have seen the iPhone I finally see something that is an iPod killer. The only thing wrong with the new deal is shelling out $1200/year to Cingular/ATT for a service contract. However I'm seeing predictions of a new line of iPods based on the iPhone design. That will get me to part with $500. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] iPhone/iPod [Was: Internet broadcasters and royalties
Is there a price above that are not willing to pay for an item or service? Note that I'm not talking about an iPhone, where economic sanity cannot be obtained at any price. But hey, so be it; $500 of my money is still snuggly tucked away in my bank account and I don't feel any lesser for it. If that's someone's priority to blow half a G in a single shot, go nuts. On the other hand, why are some people so unable to recognize something that is truly innovative and wonderful when it comes along? I guess these are the same people who were telling us that the Zune was an iPod killer. My 1st gen iPod cost $500. I still use it today and it is still as wonderful as it was on day one. Up to now I saw no need to replace it. Now that I have seen the iPhone I finally see something that is an iPod killer. The only thing wrong with the new deal is shelling out $1200/year to Cingular/ATT for a service contract. However I'm seeing predictions of a new line of iPods based on the iPhone design. That will get me to part with $500. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
