Re: Apple Computer changes its name

[scott@alfter.DIESPAMMERSDIE.us (Scott Alfter)]

In article <eo4qlq$1mtd$1@merope.saaf.se>,
Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se> wrote:
>Anyway, choosing something other than iPod as your mp3 player can
>bring you several advantages.  Such as:
>
>- a build in FM radio receiver

Who cares?  The whole reason behind carrying your music collection with you
in an iPod (or whatever) is that 99.999% of what's on FM today sucks.  I'd
find an AM tuner more useful than FM (AM, after all, is where talk radio
lives), but nobody ever seems to include one of those.

>- recording capability

I don't know that I'd ever use that feature, if present.  There are add-on
microphones for the iPod, so I suppose you can add it if you need it.  Most
people don't need it, so it isn't built in.

>- the mp3 player's memory appearing just as a plain disk drive, with all
>  your mp3 files readily accessible  (they're there on your iPod too, true,
>  although with the 'hidden' bit set, and also obfuscated behind obscure
>  file names).

Accessing the files is trivial, and once you've read them into your
computer, it's trivial to use iTunes to give the files more sensible names
based on the metadata stored within (you did tag all of your files, right?).

>I wonder why Apple insist on denying their users these features.....
>Nowadays you can even get an FM transmitter to your iPod (as an addon,
>but it's available).  But an FM receiver?  No.....

Do you think they don't periodically check with users (and potential users)
to see what features they want?  Is it conceivable that there's not much
overlap between what they want and what you want?

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