Word: ipodding
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...reason that the iPod is so successful is peer pressure: kids, embarrassed by clunky old CD players, joined the White Earbud Brigade to fit in. Now that so many kids have iPod nanos, the self-styled outsiders who may have previously chosen Apple for niche appeal are looking for an alternative MP3 player. SanDisk made news recently by introducing the highest-capacity flash player - the Sansa e280, with 8GB of internal storage. It's small enough, powerful enough and different enough to be the un-iPod of choice...
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...Logitech for unlocking the secret of managing other people's music. Though this product is currently for Windows PCs only, it answers the needs of many Internet-music buyers who want to access songs stored on their PCs, and stream them around the home. Sure, there are plenty of iPod docks and iPod solutions for this, but Logitech's DJ takes the iPod out of the equation, and adds flexibility in the process. It's a trick of simplicity that even Steve Jobs would be proud...
...Chocolate has gotten early buzz for being "iPod-like" - by that, the buzzers mean that it has a circular touchpad with an "OK" button in the middle. In truth, that's where the phone's resemblance to an iPod ends. Four more touch buttons around the touchpad come and go as needed during a call or when a menu has pop-up options. It takes a while to get used to the fact that parts of the phone's face can suddenly become buttons, but it's so cool that I could deal with...
...brave souls who venture into the book’s 360 pages will be pleasantly surprised. Columbia grad McCafferty has captured much of the contemporary college (and particularly, college female) experience, from sitting with peers in “iPod isolation”—a habit that fascinates Jessica for being “social, yet solipsistic at the same time”—to Ivy League parties, “full of smart, funny people who are all used to being the smartest, funniest person in the room...