I haven't. But then again, I fully admit (and revel in) not being cool or hip, nor do I own an iPod (but my wife does). Apple is suing an outfit who is filing trademark applications using the words MyPodder and Podcast Ready, because Apple claims that everyone refers to their Apple(tm) iPod(tm) as a "Pod".
If you come up to me and say that you have a "pod", I'm first probably going to think of a pod of seeds. Then there's the storage pods that you can have delivered to your house and load crap into. And there's the new Print-On-Demand industry. An iPod(tm) is not going to be the first thing to come into my mind.
Frankly, I don't like iPods(tm), if you have one and like it, good for you! I promise not to hold it against you. My main issue is two fold: first, I don't find the interface to be convenient or easy to use, I much prefer the interface design borrowed from the tape player standard with added features for controlling play lists and such. And second, you can't replace the battery without sending it in for a service.
But then again, in many ways, I am definitely a Luddite and again, that is something that I revel in. My cell phone makes calls. It doesn't have a camera (video or digital), it doesn't play music, I suppose you can play games on it but I never have. I've also never accessed the web on it, though supposedly it can also do that. Heck, I've never sent a text message in my life!
(Yeah, I'm a Luddite, sitting in front of a PC in which I've done two CPU upgrades in the last three days, with three printers sitting around him, a Palm Pilot with both WiFi and Bluetooth, and a very secure wireless installation. I'm just a Luddite in certain ways.)http://blog.wired.com/music/index.blog?entry_id=1562695![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
