[ConceptVBS]

http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/337/C2050/

It does have the neat FM transmitting but with an improvement from the earlier version. Now you can choose which frequency to broadcast your music! Aint that cool?

Think about it: Your in the middle of traffic, the car next to you is playing music on a station you know (ex 101.3FM rap station). You wip out your Samsung, select the country music song you have, tune the transmitter to 101.3FM, point the player towards the car next to you, broadcast it and watch the priceless expression on the guys face.

 

[SpoonMan]

Why would this "bring down" iTunes...or the iPod?

 

[blessingx]

Maybe "take on" is a little more correct. Guess it could have been "smack down".

Since the players are listed to support MP3 and WMP, does anyone know which Napster 2.0 is going to use? Just wondering if Mac users are going to be left in the dark like Rhapsody, BuyMusic, etc. If that's the case, they're not really taking on iTunes & iPod (since ~40% of iPods are on Macs and until at least mid-Oct every iTunes).

 

[SpoonMan]

Well...the thing is ugly, so there's one scratch against it already. But seriously, after using an iPod one of the best things about it is the OS...hardware specs can be great, but a crap OS will bring it all crashing down in a hurry. It'd be nice if some of these hardware manufacturer's took some more time thinking out the software they're going to run on the player / computer instead of just picking the first thing that comes along.

 

[Rumz]

Competition is good, hopefully for pricing, etc. I can't really see Samsung and Napster taking down the iPod, not with the success iTunes has already had, and the success it will no doubt experience once iTunes hits Windows next month.

 

[ConceptVBS]

Just the response I expected from Apple fans.

 

[SpoonMan]

I'm not an "apple fan" in fact I've never owned or used a mac...but iPods have such a fan base for a reason. I'm all for competition, I just don't see this being the "iPod killer" is all

 

[DLP]

"Bring down?" The iPod and iTunes isn't exactly a drug lord or something. It's competition, but it's definitely not the first. But at the same tim e, Samsung has a small user base and very few people care for Napster anymore, the competition isn't going to be that great. It has potential for sure, but it looks like it'll have a good fight to give before it really has the user base of the iPod and the iTunes music store.

Quote:

Originally posted by ConceptVBS Just the response I expected from Apple fans.

With that response and the title, this is what I'd expect from a troll. Tread carefully ConceptVBS.

 

[MacDEF]

Quote:

Originally posted by ConceptVBS Just the response I expected from Apple fans.

With a title like "to bring down iPod and iTunes," I smelt a troll. Thanks for confirming my suspicions.