[kj] OT: Fuck Apple

[Brian Whitehead]

All my music is ripped to lossles flac so what I do is use an Sony Xperia
phone with a 32Gig SD card, some of them take a 64Gig card. I'm lucky
enough as my car has bluetooth to the stereo so I can listen to all my
phone music in the car. Another make of player you may want to look at,
espacially if you use flac or ogg etc is Cowon - they get great reviews.

Brian.

On 14 September 2014 18:01, T.B. <planetary at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> Gathering [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Carlos
> Fandango wrote:
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> I'm not gonna be a beta tester for a $400+ product that hasn't even
> streeted yet. It looks and sounds promising, but the company has had a
> rocky start (it's beginning to look like a money pit) and there's a lot of
> talk they are having a hard time working out manufacturing bugs and it's
> going to miss it's debut date of next month and has been pushed back to
> late Spring '15. Me personally, I'm all for the concept (hi-rez audio
> options, storage is expandable to over half a terabite, etc) except for the
> idiotic design - it looks like a oversized Toblerone candy bar!
>
>
> http://static.squarespace.com/static/53153220e4b085cb0661eead/53155ab0e4b008916e69638a/53e3aa53e4b04de9fb8afb69/1407429206422/Three_Ponos_02_773.jpg?format=1000w
>
> I've been looking into the Fiio X5 which kind of already offers the same
> features as the Pono except for far less storage and I'm not sure you can
> do playlists. Problem is, it too is about $400 - I may as well buy an
> overpriced 2nd iPod from an eBay seller. The iPod 160BG Classic really was
> a bargain for the street price of around $240.00 (at least compared to
> anything else on the market including Apple's other iPod line like the
> Nano).  The iPod was so dominating in this market that most car
> manufacturers have been building into their car stereo head units exclusive
> Apple proprietary hardware and software that integrates seamlessly with an
> iPod so you can control it from the car stereo or even the steering wheel.
> Most home consumer audio receivers worth a fart also have iPod software
> built-in for the same purpose.  The few other similar players out there
> don't work nearly as elegantly.
>
> Apple essentially wants users to migrate over to the new iPhone 6 with
> 128GB worth of storage (vs the Classic's 160GB) for $850 - $950.
>
> IMO, Apple is the leader in killing music and has been since day one.
>
> T.B.
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