In the wake of the seemingly-settled 15-year lawsuit between Apple Computer and the Beatles' label Apple Records, some people are saying there's gonna be a whole new revolution in digital music delivery. Like Wired News, for instance.
That's pretty intense news if it's true. A possible example of insanely great planning on Uncle Steve's part. --or he may just be lucky!
News Flash: as of Sunday, I became the last man in Manhattan to own an ipod. Always the savvy shopper, I got the "certified refurbished" 2 year old style at an actual non-apple Apple store. Um, 30 bucks extra for 60 gig instead of 30 gig? Yeah OK, I might need some spare hard drive space someday. But no way I'm wearing the white adverto-plugs in my ear! They sound poopy anyway.
I'm so glad I got my gizmo before it was pre-loaded with tunes. Saves me the trouble of erasing it! Then again, does this mean that 2 years from now I'll be able to buy schlock nanopods for 25 cents each, hack into them & make my own mix-pods?
Makes me think of a fave old promo concept once received @ WRFL; an auto reverse cassette walkman with the band's tape superglued into it.
You gotta figure they'll make the album.pod non-reloadable somehow & thus send many extra tons of flash memory to landfills everywhere. Sadly, it'll probably cheaper than peeling the stickers off every old Justin Timberpond joint.
I want songs/info directly beamed to my brain... so, I will never have to hum a melody ever again while trying to figure out what song I'm thinking about.
Writer, photographer, DJ, and graphic designer Mick Jeffries is based in the heart of downtown Lexington, Kentucky, and travels as far and wide as he can as often as he can.
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That's pretty intense news if it's true. A possible example of insanely great planning on Uncle Steve's part. --or he may just be lucky!
News Flash: as of Sunday, I became the last man in Manhattan to own an ipod. Always the savvy shopper, I got the "certified refurbished" 2 year old style at an actual non-apple Apple store. Um, 30 bucks extra for 60 gig instead of 30 gig? Yeah OK, I might need some spare hard drive space someday. But no way I'm wearing the white adverto-plugs in my ear! They sound poopy anyway.
I'm so glad I got my gizmo before it was pre-loaded with tunes. Saves me the trouble of erasing it! Then again, does this mean that 2 years from now I'll be able to buy schlock nanopods for 25 cents each, hack into them & make my own mix-pods?
Makes me think of a fave old promo concept once received @ WRFL; an auto reverse cassette walkman with the band's tape superglued into it.
You gotta figure they'll make the album.pod non-reloadable somehow & thus send many extra tons of flash memory to landfills everywhere. Sadly, it'll probably cheaper than peeling the stickers off every old Justin Timberpond joint.
I want songs/info directly beamed to my brain... so, I will never have to hum a melody ever again while trying to figure out what song I'm thinking about.
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