Speaking of anti-iPod sentiments...

I just think it's interesting that even on an unofficial Apple site, there are enough people who are so filled with hatred towards a small white piece of plastic that they will spew invective about said piece of plastic in the comments of a story that already blasts said piece of plastic. To those of you who are so apopleptic with rage about the iPod, might I suggest there are truly more important things to get worked up over? I mean, it's just a DAP...

This sites great! I respect this fella! Why? Because it's true... iPods suck!

Wait a minute.... "A service of C|Net networks"??? Whoa!

Randu: Cell phones can ONLY use it if you give permission each time OR in a 911 emergency.

I think this sentiments are totally unfounded: think about the ps2... that sold more than the ipod, but no one cares about it, think about mobile phones... carriers can know all the calls you make, all the text messages you send... is this less or more dangerous than a stupid sentiment generated by that guy's envy?

Being an iPod owner, I suppose I'm lucky that the nearest meter is downtown in the school supply store. Thank God we still use the English system. Who could hate the iPod? It helped me pass Russian, since I could load all 15 or so of my textbook's CDs on it and study anywhere. Sure, I could have done that with another mp3 player, but I liked the irony of using such a cool, trendy device to do what was essentially nerd work.

"Although slightly extreme sounding at first, this isn't too hard to believe as all new mobile cell phones are now equipped with GPRS which means the handsets location can be tracked accurately to the nearest metre any where in the world!" Dude!!!! I mean, dude!!!!

Maybe he's trying to get a free iPod.

There are only two possible explanations for this weirdo: 1. He's just trying to stir up traffic (and ad income) by creating controversy. 2. He's the type who hates anything that is popular, and can not be objective about whether it's good. (Sometimes, most people actually like good stuff.) He obviously needs a free iPod.

The best reason to wear headphones in public: Avoiding the dreaded "Can I help you?". I never goto the Mall without my iPod because of situations like that. It works 19 times out of 20 (those people at the TMobile booth really don't get the message). I did, however, wonder why Apple asked me to calibrate a location on the iPod when I regestered it. And don't even get me started on the weeks of nightmares where Steve Jobs would appear and ask me if I would like to register my iPod online or over the phone, then giving me a two-hour lecture about not stealing music and how my six-month old Powerbook was looking kinda shabby....