Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 Could you please post the article. Paid access only. Thx. Need bugmenot. Anyway, I think the iPod is so closely identified with Apple …

Quote: Originally Posted by danman TECHNOLOGY ALERT from The Wall Street Journal. July 29, 2005 Hewlett-Packard has decided to stop reselling Apple's popular iPod portable mus…

HP only made up 5% of iPod sales. Turns out Apple didn't need HP after all! tooki

I don't know one person who bought an HP iPod.

Quote: Originally Posted by tooki HP only made up 5% of iPod sales. Turns out Apple didn't need HP after all! tooki This was still a batter "marketshare" for HP than for s…

Quote: Originally Posted by danman They have a greater presence in retail stores. Pfffff. Never seen an HP Pod anywhere, see iPods EVERYWHERE.

Ditto. Only one I've ever seen was at Costco. Everywhere I look is apple iPods (and all the variations, too).

Wait...they're identical...how would you know if you'd seen one?

Quote: Originally Posted by Helmling Wait...they're identical...how would you know if you'd seen one? The box for one and the logos on the back. Never seen a store that ha…

Quote: Originally Posted by Randman I don't know one person who bought an HP iPod. i have one, because 8 months ago i was using a pc, but then i realized 1 of 2 things: 1. …

When the deal was announced back then, I thought it was pretty pointless. *shrug*

Quote: Originally Posted by waiting4life i have one, because 8 months ago i was using a pc, but then i realized 1 of 2 things: 1. it worked with the apples at school (and later …

Another possibility: Since Costco is selling them, and they are pretty accommodating, bring it back to them and ask if they would exchange it for you?

Quote: Originally Posted by Randman I don't know one person who bought an HP iPod. i know a guy who got it off the freeipods thing because the "real" ipods took too long to…

Costco guy: HP iPod. Take it back to them and demand you get another one or a complete refund. A product 8 months old should not break, and if the MFR stops making them that soon…

yay! piss off HP!

im debating whether or not i should get an ipod. i work out alot and i need something durable that can handle some activity. i really like the ipod for its high memory capacity, bu…

Only windows users.....

Go for it, kill bill. They might occasionally freeze up, but you just hit the reset button and all is well, music intact. They're great little devices. My iPod was my first portabl…

Yep, get a shuffle to start out with then move up. Maybe when the next round of iPods come out, likely at the end of the year.

Well, kill bill, i got an ipod shuffle and ive had some problems, havent retunred it for another tho. It is annoying, but nothings perfect.......right?

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