iPod is gedoemd te falen
Leuk om te lezen: een thread op een Apple-fan forum van meer dan vijf jaar geleden, net nadat de eerste versie van de iPod (5GB, $399, mechanisch scrollweel) was uitgekomen. Één ding wordt heel erg duidelijk: ga nooit de Nostradamus op het internet uithangen, want de tijd haalt je in:
- “(…) it wont sell, and be killed off in a short time…and it’s not really functional.”
- “Great just what the world needs, another freaking MP3 player. Go Steve! Where’s the Newton?!
- “are you really aiming to become a glorified consumer gimmicks firm?”
- “Sorry Steve, this isn’t it…”
- “When many are calling for a pda, they release an MP3 player.”
- “Who cares about an MP3 player? (…) It’s so wrong! It’s so stupid!”
- “The Reality Distiortion Field is starting to warp Steve’s mind if he thinks for one second that this thing is gonna take off.”
- “trully revolutionary MY ASSSS!”
- ” sorry apple, yer cool styling and faster transfer rate only count for so much”
- “This iPod is for spoil rich kids with insane parents or an Apple fan as fannatic as a Taliban.”
- “Steve Jobs is under terrible consuling or is under too much pot.”
- “Do I really need ALL my songs ALL the time? uhm, no.”
Update september 2010: wat nieuwe quotes toegevoegd. En natuurlijk is dit de mooiste, van Slashdot.org net na de introductie:
“No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.”