http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 27 Oct 2003 23:34:58 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/27/164902.php#comment-25587 Same size, same price? i don't know about that. If they could undercut Apple by even $50, I think they'd do really well. As it is, I suspect they'll be yet another also-ran. The short history quoted in the article makes it sound like the iPod single-handedly invented the hard disk-based MP3 player and then had no competition for the last two years. Neither is true. 25587@blogcritics.org Mon, 27 Oct 2003 23:34:58 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/27/164902.php#comment-25535 Napster has been annoying me lately. First the service was closed due to legal issues. Next, years later a totally unrelated service with the same name decides to open. What does the new Napster and the old Napster have to do with each other? Little, besides the name and logo. I'm sure this was all by design however since Napster has what... 95% name recognition in the US? They'll make money on their service and sell these re-branded MP3 players on this alone. Where is the innovation? Where is the style? Where is the coolness factor? Where in the hell is the cross-platform compatibility? Well, I'd tell you where it is but I'd hate to be called evangelical again. ;) 25535@blogcritics.org Mon, 27 Oct 2003 17:38:45 EST