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Amazon's page reads like a Google April 1st post. Or maybe someday we'll look back at these comments like we do at http://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/

by raghus 13y ago

Amazon's page reads like a Google April 1st post. Or maybe someday we'll look back at these comments like we do at http://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/ http://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/

Aloha 13y ago
How right, so very very right you are. Quoted from the thread you linked. "Raise your hand if you have iTunes ... Raise your hand if you have a FireWire port ... Raise your hand if you have both ... Raise your hand if you have $400 to spend on a cute Apple device ... There is Apple's market. Pretty slim, eh? I don't see many sales in the future of iPod. ~LoudMusic -- No sig for you. YOU GET NO SIG!"
- Tzunamitom 13y ago
  I love this one, could be written today... Apple is being distroyed by the rumors that are being created. When they announce that they are going to have a new product, everyone thinks it's going to blow their worlds. Rumors start flooding in about even the most outragous products ( I even heard a few "sources" mention teleportion) This is getting plain stupid. Apple is a normal company. Why does the public constantly expect them do the impossible?
zone411 13y ago
Actually, these comments are not as discredited as one might think in hindsight. iPod sales weren't spectacular until the 4th generation of the iPod classic and until iPod Mini was introduced 3 years later. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Ipod_sales_per_quarter.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Ipod_sale... I think it's valuable to point out the problems with the current technology and regulations like scoot did, even though we all realize that in a few years things could change.
- hrrsn 13y ago
  One could say the same about the iPhone - http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/50104de669beddc21100000c-960/chart-of-the-day-iphone-unit-sales-july-2012.jpg http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/50104de669beddc2110... Or really any 'disruptive' product.

by raghus 13y ago

Aloha 13y ago

How right, so very very right you are. Quoted from the thread you linked. "Raise your hand if you have iTunes ... Raise your hand if you have a FireWire port ... Raise your hand if you have both ... Raise your hand if you have $400 to spend on a cute Apple device ... There is Apple's market. Pretty slim, eh? I don't see many sales in the future of iPod. ~LoudMusic -- No sig for you. YOU GET NO SIG!"

Tzunamitom 13y ago
I love this one, could be written today... Apple is being distroyed by the rumors that are being created. When they announce that they are going to have a new product, everyone thinks it's going to blow their worlds. Rumors start flooding in about even the most outragous products ( I even heard a few "sources" mention teleportion) This is getting plain stupid. Apple is a normal company. Why does the public constantly expect them do the impossible?

zone411 13y ago

Actually, these comments are not as discredited as one might think in hindsight. iPod sales weren't spectacular until the 4th generation of the iPod classic and until iPod Mini was introduced 3 years later. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Ipod_sales_per_quarter.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Ipod_sale... I think it's valuable to point out the problems with the current technology and regulations like scoot did, even though we all realize that in a few years things could change.

hrrsn 13y ago
One could say the same about the iPhone - http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/50104de669beddc21100000c-960/chart-of-the-day-iphone-unit-sales-july-2012.jpg http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/50104de669beddc2110... Or really any 'disruptive' product.