what's iphone'n':
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The Humans Are Dead
“Binary solo!”
Albrecht and Rose of Diggnation
I thought this was interesting. Twice I’ve noticed that during a piece on the Zune, the iPod shuffle has been brought into the conversation.
In chronological order, the guys on the podcast Diggnation were the first to start talking about Zune news but then drift into the coolness of the new iPod shuffle. The two digital audio players are not in the same league, but that doesn’t seem to stop people from interrupting the Zune-time with talk of the iPod shuffle.
The second time it happened was blogged here earlier. Soledad O’Brien busted out her iPod shuffle near the end of a Zune review piece, saying, “why would you buy that (the Zune)?” Dang.
I know monopolies are never good and lead to stagnation, although Apple’s middle name is ‘innovation’, but it seems like nobody can take down the 800 lb. gorilla. But the introduction of the Zune did do one good thing — brought the price of the iPod down a tad.
And then she just totally whips it out
Poor Zune. Anyone who’s read this blog knows I’m of the Apple persuasion, but I can’t help but feel a little sorry for Micro$oft’s Zune music player (despite it’s hideous ‘brick’ aesthetics). During Andrew Ross Sorkin’s review on CNN, the O’Brienseses kept asking some questions that seemed a little too iPod-fanboyish to be coming from their teleprompter mouths. It almost seemed like they were coached on how to diss the Zune.
Male O’Brien asked, despite other wi-fi capabilities, if the Zune can download songs from a network server – a common gripe mentioned on the internet (does he surf Digg??). Sorkin did mention the sharing ability but didn’t say Microsoft could easily add network downloads in the future. Sometimes reviewers point out that some features could be added later on. But here, no such optimism.
And then iSoledad O’iBrien said, “It can send email, right? No?” WTF? Of course not, what music player does? Where did she get that question? It was almost like she wanted to ask a question to elicit a “no, it can’t” response. There were a lot of “oh, it can’t?” “oh, it doesn’t?” “oh, it does?” responses. But then, Sol.Diddy, with a shit-eating grin, has the temerity to pull out a competing product (her(?) iPod shuffle) and hold it up to the camera and clip it to her jacket. That’s like being invited to a barbecue and then while you’re there, you whip out a better barbecue (I don’t know anything about barbecues). But it’s just rude.
I know this is just a gadget, and a light review segment, but dang, that Zune had a hamburger’s chance in Soledad’s field of vision, and it seemed like they were bias from the git-go.
(That’s going to be the name of my hip hop project so don’t steal it!)
You gotta give it up for the Gnarls Barkley photoshoots:
Crazy
Insistor.mp3 is from Tapes ‘n Tapes new album Loon.
friggin’ rules
I didn’t know they had expanded so much—more than just Warp Records. And the Web Tools (i.e. this music player) is fully customizable… and rad.
Oof But $1.35 a song? That’s mighty steep.
