For a few weeks I was forced into using my wife's iPod because my old MP3 player quit working. After a couple years of abuse the batteries finally gave out. I could have replaced the battery in my old MP3 player, but as with all small electronics, the batteries are really expensive. So I opted to use my wife's iPod until my new device arrived. I cannot put into words my hatred for iPods. I have never been a fan of Apple, but using that backward piece of junk for just one day confirmed my anti-apple bias. How in the world has Apple been able to fool everyone into thinking they have a superior product. iPod has even taken over the language. Just as Asprin, Kleen-ex, or Scotch tape became synonymous for their products,so has iPod. People don't say MP3 player anymore, they say "iPod" when refering to any portable music device. At least with Asprin and Kleen-ex their products work.
First there is the DRM on the ipod. Then there is the problem of not being able to just drag and drop songs on the blasted thing. You can't even delete anything off of it. You have to use their clunky proprietary software to do anything on the ipod. YOU CAN'T EVEN BOOKMARK AN AUDIO BOOK?!? The backlight never goes out, and because of that, it has horrible battery life. I could go on for hours about how much I hate this thing.
So after using the much hated ipod for about a month, I finally bought me a more useful MP3 player:
First there is the DRM on the ipod. Then there is the problem of not being able to just drag and drop songs on the blasted thing. You can't even delete anything off of it. You have to use their clunky proprietary software to do anything on the ipod. YOU CAN'T EVEN BOOKMARK AN AUDIO BOOK?!? The backlight never goes out, and because of that, it has horrible battery life. I could go on for hours about how much I hate this thing.
So after using the much hated ipod for about a month, I finally bought me a more useful MP3 player:
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