why do people like ipods?
 

I do not get it. Its an MP3 player.

You can get much smaller ones for £40, so why buy one thats huge for £300.

Why not get a hand held pocket pc for much less if you want a pocket hard drive.

Must be a fashion statement, as you can easily get a much better mp3 player for half the price.

they look sexy...

Its just that there are so many MP3 players out there.

You can buy pocket ones for £40. Mobile phones have them (well some do). Most pocket PCs play MP3 files too.

Yes I know you can store tons of songs on them, but does anybody have that many MP3 files, plus the batteries do not last all that long (about 8 hours).

If they were about £80, then ok, I would maybe get one, but at £300, I can get a pocket PC, so I just do not get why people want them so much.

it's the hype

these players have gigs of memory btw, more than average players

Its a white box.

Heck your easily pleased.

I bet they must have spent hours on the computers designing that.

Do you need that much memory to play MP3 files?

I bet most people only fill the machine with 10% of content (if that).

Same thing with Macs. It's all about the design. It's all about the hype. :glugglug

(Can't wait for the angry replies) :1orglaugh

i believe it's not memory but like a small hard disk... rotating stuff... not good.. flash memory is much better imo

because people are gay, and that's what gay people do, they buy vw beatles, imacs, ipods, mini coopers

unfortunetly, i can't justify paying $300 for one either, but if i had the cash and was lookin for an mp3 player, i'd go ipod, as far as specs go, they rock, and the look good too :2 cents: