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“You can do everything an iPod can do with a _____ for a fraction of the price.” I can’t even remember what the competitors were, because none of that matters
by thrav 7y ago
“You can do everything an iPod can do with a _____ for a fraction of the price.”
I can’t even remember what the competitors were, because none of that matters if it’s not effortless to use.
- pattisapu 7y agoI was a naysayer about smartphones/iPhones -- why would I want all these things globbed into one thing instead of my beautiful modular setup now? Here, too, I thought -- it's an Android tablet bolted to an exercise bike. Not saying that either the Peloton or the iPhone were epoch-shattering brilliances. Just noting that, as you suggest, sometimes putting together things that used to be separate is, well, a good and useful thing.
- reitoei 7y agoIt's all about the experience. Same as all early Apple "i" products... the same tech was already out there, Apple just polished it way better than everybody else.
- michaelt 7y agoAn exercise machine that's effortless to use, you say? :-p
- rchaud 7y agoActually, you could do much more with non-iPod devices than you ever could with one. Beyond the price advantage, the cheaper alternatives played multiple audio/video file formats, played FM radio and did voice recordings without an additional dongle, and didn't require creating an iTunes account to do something as basic as sync album art.