Yup, another contender for the Dead Media brigade. Enjoy it while it's hot -2 years tops? See http://www.deadmedia.org/notes/index-cat.html[1] bp Donald Koeleman wrote: So, it will fade into oblivion... d. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Benham" <cliff.benham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>[2] To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>[3] Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 5:44 PM Subject: [opendtv] Re: iPOD The iPOD is no fad. It is simply the latest iteration of ameans of = portable entertainment to take with you whenever=20 and wherever you are.=20 Handel had musicians on a barge in the Thames floating alongside the = King's barge and his entourage got to hear the famous "Water Music = Suite" live.=20 Much later, electronic versions began with with huge battery operated = tube radios in the 1920s and 30s, smaller tube radios in the 1940sand = early 1950s, then progressed to tiny transistor radios in the late= 1950s, portable "walkman" cassette players in the 1960s, CDs and = minidisks in the 1990s and now a tiny hard drive with a difficult to = replace battery and flimsy headset which I somehow get the honor of = repairing for all the kids at work!!! Portable entertainment will be = aroundforever. They just need to make the headsets more substantial... The iPod is a fad that will only keep the public interest for a short time.=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[4] with the word unsubscribe in thesubject line. --- Links --- 1 http://www.deadmedia.org/notes/index-cat.html 2 mailto:cliff.benham@xxxxxxxxxxxx 3 mailto:opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 4 mailto:opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.