Big companies piss me off sometimes. MS and Apple. The iPod isn't bad but companies like SanDisk make much better players on the low end market and companies like Creative, Microsoft make much better players players on the high end. But the vast majority of people are so oblivious to these things! I had a Creative Zen for several years and people would look at it and scowl "why don't you have an iPod?" was asked to me for weeks on end. I later heard the same people complain "I wish my iPod had a radio!" or "I need to see if I can buy a microphone attachment so I can record lectures!".
Are these people that shallow? I am happy to see the Zune finally breaking people's perceptions of MP3 players but I am still somewhat irate that they ignore all the other companies. Back when the Zune still sucked I heard a TV newscaster say "the iPod is no longer for everyone, the "Zune" is starting to get some of the market!"
Of course he makes no mention that while the Zune had just claimed 1.2% of the market, Creative and Sandisk had been holding 8% of it for more than a year. I mean, it's like the non Apple-MS players don't even matter to people, it's either Zune or iPod... no way in hell will anyone buy anything else.
