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I really don't see how Apple made the I-POD easier to use than previous MP3 players. In fact I'm not sure you could make an MP3 Player easier to use assuming you have MP3s.

What I see that the Apple did was they marketed the concept. I've never seen an ad on TV for any other portable player but Apple plastered ads everywhere and they worked. Also Apple added more room to thier player and larger screen but then the IPOD is about 8 times larger than the competing portable players at the time.

Apple has always been good at marketing not as good as Microsoft however but Apple does look cooler than anything Microsoft puts out. Windows is kind of nerdy and Apple comes off looking like more hip nerd. They illustrate this perfectly in the PC/MAC comercials. Two nerds pretending to hardware/OS personalities where one happens to be more nerdy than the other. But at the end of the day the Jocks would beat both of them up for thier lunch money.
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The last paragraph says it all...  gtdworak | 03/12/07
How much easier can it get  voska | 03/12/07
Can't agree here  tic swayback | 03/12/07
I thought I saw "Creative" adds in the past and I'm  Laff | 03/12/07
I disagree  John Zern | 03/12/07
Maybe they only showed them in the US  voska | 03/12/07
Early MP3 players were really crappy and only illegal music existed before.  MacGeek2121 | 03/12/07
All my MP3s back then were legal  voska | 03/12/07
itunes sucks  SO.CAL Guy | 03/12/07
Names and links, please  mlindl | 03/12/07
Goto BestBuy  voska | 03/13/07
Expensive whats?  notsofast | 03/13/07
Agree for the most part  Boot_Agnostic | 03/12/07
Your point? - Apple, it was all dumb luck! - NT  raycote | 03/12/07
Your point, that you don't care for mine  Boot_Agnostic | 03/13/07
Which one has EVERY feature you want  mlindl | 03/12/07
I'm an Archos fan myself  Boot_Agnostic | 03/13/07
Are you for real ? - NT  raycote | 03/12/07
Apple's working on simplifying networking  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 03/12/07
Another possibility for Apple TV  Prime Detailer | 03/12/07
Ya think?  James T. Kirk | 03/12/07
And you are who?  mlindl | 03/12/07
Well...mebbe,,,iffen...  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 03/12/07
Or maybe someone has a concept thinks it might work  Laff | 03/12/07
I can picture you now  xuniL_z | 03/12/07
Live in a second floor apartment ie no basement.  Laff | 03/13/07
simple  merc2dogs` | 03/12/07
pay twice  adr5@... | 03/12/07
Wrong  dolph0291 | 03/12/07
I'd think it is important  voska | 03/12/07
The guy who will not BUY one.  James T. Kirk | 03/12/07
Do you not understand business, or was that a joke?  GuidingLight | 03/12/07
Why change the subject?  Prime Detailer | 03/12/07
Me I just hope someday to "DUMP" cable totally!!!  Laff | 03/12/07
Buy Box sets  voska | 03/12/07
Why give up anything?  robbyx | 03/12/07
DVDs are better  voska | 03/12/07
Oh.... I SOOOOO agree  James T. Kirk | 03/12/07
It's not just channels to pick from but shows on a given channel  Laff | 03/12/07
Oh, Apple didn't do their homework here?  mlindl | 03/12/07
Well then thats the final word, cause its all about you isn't it - NT  raycote | 03/12/07
Yes, professor, if it involves MY wallet, it is all about ME.  James T. Kirk | 03/12/07
Is a PVR far too complex to operate?  hitechroadrunner | 03/12/07
What is being overlooked  mlindl | 03/12/07
Disney in my home...  donniebnyc@... | 03/12/07
$300 for this?  tic swayback | 03/12/07
Hmmm....  RocketEater | 03/12/07
Depends how much $300 is to you  voska | 03/12/07
Hasn't worked for Media Center  GoPower | 03/12/07
Won't work here either  tic swayback | 03/12/07
Interesting...but not really  GoPower | 03/12/07
Folks like me  tic swayback | 03/13/07
Doesn't have to be that way  voska | 03/12/07
Exactly  GoPower | 03/12/07
But is that worth $300  tic swayback | 03/13/07
Myth of DIY...  acmwallace | 03/12/07
Here's the rub  tic swayback | 03/12/07
That's the point us miss  GoPower | 03/12/07
I have no right to an opinion  tic swayback | 03/13/07
Sounds like a business opportunity to me  voska | 03/13/07
Sorry - not getting "it".  Jim888 | 03/12/07
I expect it to be something in between the two extremes  MacGeek2121 | 03/12/07
It is evolving...  redtrain65 | 03/12/07
But...  RocketEater | 03/12/07
RE: But...  gdstark13 | 03/12/07
Music vs. video  RocketEater | 03/12/07
question  gdstark13 | 03/12/07
I believe it will  Heatlesssun1 | 03/12/07
Forgot Windows Media Center  Heatlesssun1 | 03/12/07
I for one want to drop cable like the stone around my  Laff | 03/12/07
What about...  Heatlesssun1 | 03/12/07
Back in the day iTunes and the iPod were not what they  Laff | 03/13/07
I was "formally" educated in Television...  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 03/12/07
Whats wrong with the History Channel or Discovery maybe NOVA?  Laff | 03/12/07
Even they are dumbed down  voska | 03/12/07
And we are all currrently victims of the system...  Laff | 03/12/07
Great Idea  tucker@... | 03/12/07
APPLE knows its audience...  comics@... | 03/12/07
Better solution already exists  doug.reed@... | 03/12/07
Skip the DVR  tic swayback | 03/12/07
Just a thought...  comics@... | 03/12/07
Just a thought...  tucker@... | 03/12/07
Warring Against Traditional Media  P. Douglas | 03/12/07
Apple TV as a replacement for subscription TV  robbyx | 03/12/07
agree!  gdstark13 | 03/12/07
Commercial Insertion Points  wcslaw | 03/12/07
IT WOULD BE CALLED DIGITAL TV  BALTHOR | 03/12/07
Google would make an excellent ......  jim.aimone@... | 03/12/07
no high-def in iTunes yet  CobraA1 | 03/12/07
Ya ya ya...but will you be able to use it as....  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 03/12/07
wow  asf.converter@... | 03/23/07

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