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#1 2006-07-31 11:04 pm
- J.D.Hogg
- Evil Robot Step-Dad
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Is this really it?
HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!
Yay! Now I can pay to listen to music on what is essentially another Korean/Tiwanese smart-phone........WITHOUT THE PHONE!
HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!
...*J.D.Hogg passes out from lack of oxygen................regains consciousness....* ha ha ha ha ha ha...hu....hu.....hu.......hu........
Whew
*J.D.Hogg passes out again, but this time from huffing butane.*
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#2 2006-07-31 11:29 pm
- mo' ron
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Re: Is this really it?
It looks like it has phone features.
What is the difference between Vista and OSX?
- Microsoft employees are excited about OSX.
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#4 2006-07-31 11:45 pm
- J.D.Hogg
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Re: Is this really it?
Maybe it does?
Looks a lot like windows mobile for smartphones. As far as I can find out it's only expected to have wan capabilites. Maybe that explaines the antenna in the menu bar or maybe they just used the mobile destop for the prototyping, oorrrr... It's photoshopped.
Either way it's a pda or a pda phone that forces you to subscribe to hear your music. Most smarthones and PDAs can already download and play music, except you actually get to own it.
Maybe it's like .net. A big market-research hoax and they are waiting for people to speculate the features for them.
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#5 2006-08-01 3:53 am
- ColourClassic
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Re: Is this really it?
I hope it has minesweeper.
Edit: That play button/icon thingy looks tottttaaalllyyy out of place.
Last edited by ColourClassic (2006-08-01 3:57 am)
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#6 2006-08-01 5:31 am
- MacBoy4139
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Re: Is this really it?
Maybe it is like Chocolate - where the phone part slides out from the back????
Still fugly though.
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#7 2006-08-01 6:42 am
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Re: Is this really it?
A rectangle with some circles on it. Talk about ugly.
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#8 2006-08-01 7:50 am
- Donkey Butter
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Re: Is this really it?
from a distance it almost sorta kinda looks similar to an iPod. Why do you suppose they would do that?
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#9 2006-08-01 8:44 am
- test
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Re: Is this really it?
Ummm, what is "it". I'm assuming it is some sort of wireless porn-poker fusion machine but that is just a guess.
Patience is a virtue of the weak for it makes them stand still long enough for the strong to crush them with ease.
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#10 2006-08-01 9:39 am
- Shadowless
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Re: Is this really it?
The phone icon is wireless, nothing to do with a phone (my edumacated guess).
If it had phone capabilities it would not be an iPod killer. That simple.
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#11 2006-08-01 12:25 pm
- mo' ron
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Re: Is this really it?
Donkey Butter wrote:
from a distance it almost sorta kinda looks similar to an iPod. Why do you suppose they would do that?
Any mp3 player will look like an iPod from a distance (screen on top, buttons on bottom).
What is the difference between Vista and OSX?
- Microsoft employees are excited about OSX.
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#12 2006-08-01 12:33 pm
- mahakali
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Re: Is this really it?
mo' ron wrote:
Donkey Butter wrote:
from a distance it almost sorta kinda looks similar to an iPod. Why do you suppose they would do that?
Any mp3 player will look like an iPod from a distance (screen on top, buttons on bottom).
Big circular button is iPod-ish.
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#13 2006-08-01 12:51 pm
- J.D.Hogg
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Re: Is this really it?
test wrote:
Ummm, what is "it". I'm assuming it is some sort of wireless porn-poker fusion machine but that is just a guess.
Microsoft Zune AKA "The iPod KIller" Bumm Bumm Buummmmm!
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#14 2006-08-01 1:09 pm
- test
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Re: Is this really it?
J.D.Hogg wrote:
test wrote:
Ummm, what is "it". I'm assuming it is some sort of wireless porn-poker fusion machine but that is just a guess.
Microsoft Zune AKA "The iPod KIller" Bumm Bumm Buummmmm!
Ah, I see. I guess that doesn't merit the "yeah, whatever" I grudgingly give the iPod.
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#15 2006-08-01 1:24 pm
- Jon
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Re: Is this really it?
I'm so gonna buy one of these things the day they come out XD
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#16 2006-08-01 1:30 pm
- Donkey Butter
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Re: Is this really it?
mo' ron wrote:
Any mp3 player will look like an iPod from a distance
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
it's the wanna-be click wheel, white color and big screen that are reminiscent of an iPod.
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#17 2006-08-01 2:57 pm
- SpacemanSpiff
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Re: Is this really it?
Donkey Butter wrote:
mo' ron wrote:
Any mp3 player will look like an iPod from a distance
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
it's the wanna-be click wheel, white color and big screen that are reminiscent of an iPod.
Well, you're not standing far enough away, then.
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#18 2006-08-01 3:34 pm
- ReallyReallyLong LongName
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Re: Is this really it?
It's not ugly.. The interface may look like crap but, the face of the device is much like an iPod.
The only reason why you guys are biased is because it's a Microsoft product... For that I call it a peice of crap but it's still not ugly.
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#19 2006-08-01 4:04 pm
- Donkey Butter
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Re: Is this really it?
SpacemanSpiff wrote:
Donkey Butter wrote:
mo' ron wrote:
Any mp3 player will look like an iPod from a distance
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
it's the wanna-be click wheel, white color and big screen that are reminiscent of an iPod.Well, you're not standing far enough away, then.
:backs up another fifty feet:
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#20 2006-08-01 5:55 pm
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Re: Is this really it?
ReallyReallyLong LongName wrote:
It's not ugly.. The interface may look like crap but, the face of the device is much like an iPod.
The interface would be the main thing I am looking at when I declare that thing crap. All those little buttons on top, and a Windows-like start button? Give me a break. This is not a laptop or even a PDA - it's a music player. I am sorry, MS, but you can't just slap your crappy windows-like interface everywhere and think that it is an acceptable interface. If that thing is correct, then it will flop worse than the Dell DJ.
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#21 2006-08-01 7:27 pm
- J.D.Hogg
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Re: Is this really it?
It is the whole concept that is funny. It can do nothing that one of a hundred other devices (devices that are often free with service activation) can't do; except make you pay to listen.
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#22 2006-08-02 12:56 am
- reece_james
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Re: Is this really it?
The interface is the most important part of a device. Always has been always will.
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#23 2006-08-02 1:32 am
- mo' ron
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Re: Is this really it?
Donkey Butter wrote:
mo' ron wrote:
Any mp3 player will look like an iPod from a distance
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
it's the wanna-be click wheel, white color and big screen that are reminiscent of an iPod.
Why did you just post 5 consecutive pictures of ipods? 
What is the difference between Vista and OSX?
- Microsoft employees are excited about OSX.
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#24 2006-08-02 3:20 am
- tomfoolery
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Re: Is this really it?
[derail]Wow, that Zen Sleek Photo looks pretty good for a Creative product...[/derail]
OK, for you can commence flogging me to death now.
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#25 2006-08-02 3:36 am
- Aqua OS X
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Re: Is this really it?
J.D.Hogg wrote:
http://www.mobilemag.com/content/images/8816_large.jpg
HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!
Yay! Now I can pay to listen to music on what is essentially another Korean/Tiwanese smart-phone........WITHOUT THE PHONE!
HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!
...*J.D.Hogg passes out from lack of oxygen................regains consciousness....* ha ha ha ha ha ha...hu....hu.....hu.......hu........
Whew
*J.D.Hogg passes out again, but this time from huffing butane.*
Would you mind linking to the article.
Is that the real UI, or a mock up? That UI would require a stylus.
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