Comment iPod Mini isn't that bad. (Score 0) 1318
First it is the outlook. Ugly? It's very personal. When the 3nd generation iPod released, people where talking about the same thing. Indeed on the first sight I saw it on web, I don't like it. (I own the first generation iPod 10GB) But when I saw the real object and putting in my hands, oh, it is good. So you see it's very personal.
Price / Peformance. For me $249 seems to be expensive just for 4GB, $199USD will be excellent. But once again it's not only talking about the capacity, about also the interface design (not talking about outlook), how it seamleely work with iTunes. And indeed right now iPod is more than just a mp3 player. It become a fashion item. The decision of buying is more than the capacity.
Apple Computer selling a $499USD "music player" crazy. On the other hands I see lots of people doesn't need so much space. even 10GB seems too much. The Creative Mp3 player which feataure 1.5GB is already big for many user. (not for me, of course) So 4GB seems to be alright. It didn't attract all the user from high end ipod to the low end one. It's "cheaper" so more people can afford. And when you need more space you can always buy the "high end" ipod. It's up to you.
In fact as Apple is the current leader in these mp3 player and earn so much revenue out of this market, I don't see they are necessary to drop the price so fast, even if they could; $199 would be fine but still lots of people would buy the $249 one. Remember when iPod first release nobody realize it will sell like crazy in today. In reality, it is EXPENSIVE no matter how good the design is. Now it's the first step targeting the low end (price) market. If it isn't don't really well, they can always drop the price, release a 2GB model, they got the move.
Perhaps what so disappointed to all of us is because we heard too much rumor, and we regard rumor as truth.
Price / Peformance. For me $249 seems to be expensive just for 4GB, $199USD will be excellent. But once again it's not only talking about the capacity, about also the interface design (not talking about outlook), how it seamleely work with iTunes. And indeed right now iPod is more than just a mp3 player. It become a fashion item. The decision of buying is more than the capacity.
Apple Computer selling a $499USD "music player" crazy. On the other hands I see lots of people doesn't need so much space. even 10GB seems too much. The Creative Mp3 player which feataure 1.5GB is already big for many user. (not for me, of course) So 4GB seems to be alright. It didn't attract all the user from high end ipod to the low end one. It's "cheaper" so more people can afford. And when you need more space you can always buy the "high end" ipod. It's up to you.
In fact as Apple is the current leader in these mp3 player and earn so much revenue out of this market, I don't see they are necessary to drop the price so fast, even if they could; $199 would be fine but still lots of people would buy the $249 one. Remember when iPod first release nobody realize it will sell like crazy in today. In reality, it is EXPENSIVE no matter how good the design is. Now it's the first step targeting the low end (price) market. If it isn't don't really well, they can always drop the price, release a 2GB model, they got the move.
Perhaps what so disappointed to all of us is because we heard too much rumor, and we regard rumor as truth.
