Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPod Family, Rumors
iPod Schmipod and Bizarro iPod
I know there's a big iPod announcement looming. Will it be a video iPod? Flash-based mini's with color screens? Self-rising, FM-tuning, double-barreled, Xbox360-compatible, media machines? Whatever. Not everyone thinks the iPod is the neatest thing since buttered toast. I got tired of perusing the billion or so pages on the internet speculating about the "next amazing iPod" announcement, so I found a crazy little blog post called iPod Schmipod. The author, Zoe, recalls days gone by where people listened to vinyl records in a social environment. Personally, I remember listening to vinyl records with headphones on as well. Big, heavy, noise-cancelling ones. Still, Zoe has put together a cool playlist (of vinyl) for you retro iPod haters. So my prediction number one is that every new iPod will now come with (gasp) music! One preloaded playlist from Zoe's catalog. Jean Luc Ponty and Bob Dylan? Lady, you are weird, but I like it. What better way to grab that last 2% of MP3-loathing, vinyl-loving, hippy wackos out there who still haven't been affected by Steve's aura?
And for my prediction number two, I call upon the tea leaves that are Engadget's September sixes of the past (I know the announcement is the seventh). What do you get when you see your iPod in the mirror? A Podi. Well, last September 6 Engadget ran a piece about a 4 GB music player called the Podi, from THD. It does look like a Bizarro world iPod, doesn't it? Pity it doesn't play video. Still, it's an omen. Heed the words of the great web archive!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
GenesysX said 11:19AM on 9-06-2005
So you used noise-cancelling headphones to listen to vinyl?
Doh! You must really like your snap, crackle, and pops! :)
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SNeu said 12:02PM on 9-06-2005
So what happens when you're a technology junkie with an iPod AND a stack of hot vintage vinyl? I'm in this situation - much as I love the warm tones of vinyl (although I will admit that being age 22, I never was around for the glory days of the LP) - it's not a practical format. Playing records at a party means either compromising your platters with an automatic spindle player or running to the turntable every 20 minutes. The solution is digital, but that doesn't mean you can't snuggle up with that 500lbs crate on non-portable analog goodness when no one is looking. They're not mutually exclusive.
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trevor said 11:57AM on 9-06-2005
wouldn't that be "boqi" that you would see in the mirror? not podi
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Wheels said 12:32PM on 9-06-2005
God, thank God for SNeu. I thought I was the only weird commenter on this blog who both likes vinyl and also owns an iPod. But, still, I know that I can out do everybody on the weirdo-meter because I listen to both types of media on vintage tube-type amplifiers from the 1960s.
Okay, maybe that's not the only reason why I can out do everybody on the weirdo-meter...
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Tushar said 1:24PM on 9-06-2005
I as well listen to vinyl and have an iPod. In fact, I record some of my vinyl on to my iPod because i want to listen to it on the go, and they were never released on CD. I also like the fact that my vinyl sounds WAY better than any digital media. Analog rocks, my friends.
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