I bought a cube from Korea which I called a jPod. It lasted all of 2 months before freaking out.

Saw a homeless guy the other day pull out a weird bulky iphone looking device. Turned out he was having a serious conversation with a sandle.

I was expecting the iPad on that list.

At a mall near my home (Maplewood Mall in MN, not exactly a shiatty place) there is a skill game filled with what appear to be iPod Nanos. When I went in for a closer look it was painfully obvious they were grey market iPods with a similar name. I took a few pictures but the machine is brightly lit and all white so they came out poorly.

Fortunately, it has non-functional "back" and "forward" buttons...NOT!

SCHWING! TUBULAR! IS THAT YOUR FINAL ANSWER? DANCING ITOS!!!

No Zune?

I remember several years back, when I was sharing an apartment with a roommate, he returned one day with a Dell DJ mp3 player, like this one:



I still recall him showing it off, confidently asserting that "these are going to be bigger than iPods soon."

I think Dell discontinued them a few months later.

Doc Daneeka: I remember several years back, when I was sharing an apartment with a roommate, he returned one day with a Dell DJ mp3 player, like this one:

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I still recall him showing it off, confidently asserting that "these are going to be bigger than iPods soon."



One of the great sources of amusement I've had over the last 5 years is watching people declare this or that device an iThing killer, and watching aforementioned device fail miserably.

Someday...

AcneVulgaris: One of the great sources of amusement I've had over the last 5 years is watching people declare this or that device an iThing killer, and watching aforementioned device fail miserably.

Someday...

Eh, my Zune blew the pants off my 10 Gb iPod (still use the Zune software on my PC for organizing and playing my music collection.)

Never had an iPhone, but my HTC Incredible and HTC Thunderbolt are pretty great, though ultimately I liked my WM6 Samsung SCH-i760 more than any other phone I've ever owned.

Lack of widespread adoption and massive marketing doesn't mean the device has "failed miserably," it means that the company sucked at selling it.

If Apple had called the iPhone HiPod instead, I might actually have bought one.

GeeksAreMyPeeps: gopher321: I'm going to go ahead and assume those are all made in China.

So in that way, they're almost authentic then, no?

Beat me to it.

Doc Daneeka: I remember several years back, when I was sharing an apartment with a roommate, he returned one day with a Dell DJ mp3 player, like this one:

[upload.wikimedia.org image 640x480]

I still recall him showing it off, confidently asserting that "these are going to be bigger than iPods soon."

I think Dell discontinued them a few months later.

I had one of these. 15gb and cheaper than the iPod at the time. I actually loved that thing.

/still in a box, somewhere

The last one resembled a domo-kun. Which would have validated it's existance.

Reminds me of this.

/better movie than it had any right to be
//still pretty bad

dustlesswalnut: Lack of widespread adoption and massive marketing doesn't mean the device has "failed miserably," it means that the company sucked at selling it.

I may not be an MBA but I'm pretty sure that's what it means.

I have a couple of iFans. Yeah, the name is stupid and making them look like iPods is kind of cheesy, but they are great little fans. They hang around your neck and blow air up to your face. Wearing one is about the only way I've survived 4th of July parades in Houston.

AcneVulgaris: Doc Daneeka: I remember several years back, when I was sharing an apartment with a roommate, he returned one day with a Dell DJ mp3 player, like this one:

[upload.wikimedia.org image 640x480]

I still recall him showing it off, confidently asserting that "these are going to be bigger than iPods soon."



One of the great sources of amusement I've had over the last 5 years is watching people declare this or that device an iThing killer, and watching aforementioned device fail miserably.

Someday...

Posting from my Touchpad. :-)

/no, seriously, I am
//kickass tablet for $149
///not so much for $599