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I think it is disingenuous to suggest there was a "leap" from the Discman to the iPod considering that mp3 players were around for at least 4 years prior to the
by georgemcbay 15y ago
I think it is disingenuous to suggest there was a "leap" from the Discman to the iPod considering that mp3 players were around for at least 4 years prior to the iPod's introduction.
Apple certainly nailed the modern mp3 player in terms of what the mainstream user was looking for (easily usable UI, music store integration, etc), but they hardly "leaped" from the Discman/portable CD to the iPod.
- Samuel_Michon 15y agoGrandparent was talking about how different technologies improved people's lives. The vast majority of consumers didn't go from a Discman to a Flash MP3 player or a 3.5" HD music player to an iPod. They went straight from a Discman to an iPod. The Flash MP3 players at the time had very little storage space (128MB or less) which wasn't any better than using a MP3 CD in a Discman, and the 3.5" HD players were bulky and expensive. I doubt that anywhere near 1 million 3.5" HD players were sold, while more than 300 million iPods have been sold.
- fpgeek 15y agoPlenty of people went from playing mp3s on their desktops and/or laptops to playing them on an iPod. That leap is also a lot smaller than the leap from a Discman.