DRSpeed85
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For some reason I get the impression that iPods are no longer the opject of absolute hip anymore. When I was a freshman in university 2 years ago, people were absolutely raving about them getting iPods and atleast since the ipod mini came out, I remember it recieving campus wide attention especially when the in-school electronics store stocks new ones.
These days its not like that at all. Not many people seem to pay attention to the new nano and shuffle. Last year when the nano and 5g ipod was released, people were like "holy sh*****t did you see the new ipod nano? you could eat that sh***t when ur drunk dude, its dangerously small". To the new nano the general reaction is like "what? new nano? its got colors, so what? ur gonna put $5 rubber sleeves over it anyway." My college community is definitely slower at absorbing them than it used to. In fact, hardly anybody I know fill even half the capacity of their full size ipods and seem to feel no need to replace them. Adding to the fact that iPods tend to have the same design which was one of the key factors that helped the brand's phenomenal success, people seem a little bored of it.
I guess the last point I should add is that alot of the university's attention on electronics these days moved to next gen gaming. Many people here are saving up and counting the days until the PS3 launch while others continue to spend money on new games and peripherals for their xbox 360s or invest in a modest sized HDTV.
This was a feeling I had in the back of my mind for a while now, but I feel it very strongly today after reading this article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/te...in&oref=slogin
New York City is pretty senesitive to what is hip or not. If a newspaper as reliable as NYT publishes something like this, it is bound to catch people's attention.
These days its not like that at all. Not many people seem to pay attention to the new nano and shuffle. Last year when the nano and 5g ipod was released, people were like "holy sh*****t did you see the new ipod nano? you could eat that sh***t when ur drunk dude, its dangerously small". To the new nano the general reaction is like "what? new nano? its got colors, so what? ur gonna put $5 rubber sleeves over it anyway." My college community is definitely slower at absorbing them than it used to. In fact, hardly anybody I know fill even half the capacity of their full size ipods and seem to feel no need to replace them. Adding to the fact that iPods tend to have the same design which was one of the key factors that helped the brand's phenomenal success, people seem a little bored of it.
I guess the last point I should add is that alot of the university's attention on electronics these days moved to next gen gaming. Many people here are saving up and counting the days until the PS3 launch while others continue to spend money on new games and peripherals for their xbox 360s or invest in a modest sized HDTV.
This was a feeling I had in the back of my mind for a while now, but I feel it very strongly today after reading this article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/te...in&oref=slogin
New York City is pretty senesitive to what is hip or not. If a newspaper as reliable as NYT publishes something like this, it is bound to catch people's attention.
