12 years ago: iPod announced. Forumites jaded, unimpressed.

[garbon]

iTunes was released in 2001, the iTunes store came out in 2003.

[garbon]

The iTunes App came out in January 2001. iPod in October 2001. The iTunes Music Store came out in April 2003.

http://www.apple.com/pr/products/ipodhistory/

That may be what Wiki is talking about, g.

And Beebs and I wrote about iTunes store...so I think iTunes itself is neither here nor there.

[merithyn]

The iTunes App came out in January 2001. iPod in October 2001. The iTunes Music Store came out in April 2003.

http://www.apple.com/pr/products/ipodhistory/

That may be what Wiki is talking about, g.

And Beebs and I wrote about iTunes store...so I think iTunes itself is neither here nor there.

Ah, okay.

[garbon]

The iTunes App came out in January 2001. iPod in October 2001. The iTunes Music Store came out in April 2003.

http://www.apple.com/pr/products/ipodhistory/

That may be what Wiki is talking about, g.

And Beebs and I wrote about iTunes store...so I think iTunes itself is neither here nor there.

Ah, okay.

Unless the record companies were silly enough to license to apple when apple didn't even have a distribution system.

[mongers]

So have we, in the Languish way, precisely delineated the history of itunes?

[Barrister]

So have we, in the Languish way, precisely delineated the history of itunes?

iTunes music store.

[The Brain]

Apple products blow.

[Eddie Teach]

I still don't really get the appeal of the iPad or any other tablet

They're good for browsing the internet while sitting on the toilet. 

[Josephus]

I love my 160GB ipod.

Gonna buy me another one for when my current one dies, since theyre probably gonna stop making them soon.

[The Minsky Moment]

The current model 160 GB iPod was released in September 2009.  That was more than 4 years ago.
The release price in 2009 was $249.  The price now for the same model is . . . $249.

I think it is safe to say if any competition existed in the high cap player market the price would be considerable lower at this point.

[MadImmortalMan]

Still don't own one.

Me either.


iPod is a different thing than a smartphone though. It has much lower marginal utility.

[Ed Anger]

I still don't really get the appeal of the iPad or any other tablet

Reading the Internet on the crapper.

[garbon]

iPod is a different thing than a smartphone though. It has much lower marginal utility.

I don't know. Unlike an iPhone, the iPod can keep charge for a longer period of time.

[CountDeMoney]

iPod is a different thing than a smartphone though. It has much lower marginal utility.

I don't know. Unlike an iPhone, the iPod can keep charge for a longer period of time.

Amen to that.  And you can cram a hell of a lot more into it to keep you occupied for a transcontinental flight.

[garbon]

Sorry should have said "long period of time".

But yeah. That battery is not a diva like the iPhone's.