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  1. Comment - Creative Threatens Apple with UI Patent

    (Aug 30, 2005 - 1:04 PM)

    Maybe the single programs you mention may be better than iTunes, and many MP3 devices may be better than iPod, but none of them couples more efficiently and enjoyably than iTunes+iPod, in my opinion, and in the opinion of many, many others. Can you suggest a couple of hardware+software that competes with iTunes+iPod in terms of better user experience compatible with a large chunk of population (beyond computer geeks)?
    Maybe the mass of people who have decided to skip music solutions proposed within Windows environment and go for an apparently more risky buying decision proposed by a very small MS competitor (Apple) are those who decided that iTunes+iPod is a better software+hardware couple for personal digital music than any other hw+sw couple on the market. Do your proposed alternatives integrate podcasting, music purchasing, video downloading and, possibly in a week, telephony more efficiently, all together?
    And again, have you elaborated any argument to explain why people enjoy music? Is such explanation containable in a tech sheet?
    I don't see arguments at all on your side, my friend.

  2. Comment - Creative Threatens Apple with UI Patent

    (Aug 30, 2005 - 12:18 PM)

    In my opinion many of the negative comments about Apple above do not take into consideration that a product is "better" than another also because of the services related to it. It's the human factor that hardware fans often leave behind. None of the iPod competitors has a service comparable to iTunes software, including iTunes Music Store. It is the mix of the two elements (iPod+iTunes) that make the iPod hardware much more playable and desirable than other competing hardware available on the market.
    After all, if you hardware fans really want to be practical, is music really necessary for a human being? Can you explain this behaviour based on a simple hardware spec sheet? Again, don't forget the human factor!