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iPod users feel connection, share music

updated 03:10 pm EST, Fri November 21, 2003

iPod users connect

Wired News has published a story on the unique camaraderie between many . "During his regular evening walk, software executive Steve Crandall often nods a polite greeting to other iPod users he passes: He easily spots the distinctive white earbuds threaded from pocket to ears." Crandall also describes the sharing of music by iPod users, "We listened for about 30 seconds," Crandall said. "No words were exchanged. We nodded and walked off."

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Cool...

yet creepy :)

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once you are addicted you can't help yourself.

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Its totally true. Apple products are like addictive drugs. I am hopelessly in love with my iPod and couldn't part with it and don't even get me started about my dual G5.

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11/21, 05:15pm | report spam | close Reply |
white earbud cult

I see a few people every day with the distinctive white earbuds. On the subway. On the street. They were everywhere in NYC when i was working there over the summer.

I've contemplated going back to my white earbuds, but i like the sound and isolation of my Etymotic ER-6es better. Sadly, i am no longer part of the white earbud cult. :(

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Visibility

Those white earbuds are very recognizable. I was on the subway in Manhattan recently and saw three unrelated people next to each other with iPods. I wish I'd had a camera handy.

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weird, man

that is a very strange thing to do

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wow.

This is amazing!@# I tried this once with a walkman, and it didn't work at all.

The first thing I did when I got my iPod was buy a real pair of headphones that didn't sound like c***. I guess I'm not special anymore. (like someone else posted, you've never heard good earbuds until you've used the Etymotic ones.)

Jackasses.

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11/21, 05:49pm | report spam | close Reply |
When you've spent

500$ on a walkman you sure do recognize other gullibles like yourself.

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Etymotics

They're great when you're sitting still, but not so great when you're walking.

The cords brushing against clothing transmit those vibrations right into your ear canal. And foot impacts also seem quite loud in comparison.

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Earbuds don't work . . .

. . . for everybody. I have a strangely shaped left ear. They work in the right ear, but keep falling out of the left one. I finally found a comfortable pair of behind-the-head phones that I like a lot, though.

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not a bud fan either

Well...ear bud headphones that is. I got some of the white sony "streetstyle" behind the head headphones , and I'm much happier. Albeit they're not nearly as good as the Etymotics, they're still a million times better than the buds. True, I miss out on the casual iPod camaraderie on the street, but I can still make plenty of friends rocking any house party.

On another note...what's the deal with people carrying their iPods around in their hands? This blows me away. Mine is always safely stowed in a pocket somewhere to prevent drops or, heaven forbid, a grab. There's flaunting, and then there's **flaunting**. Please...for the safety of your iPod...stash it.

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I smile and...

nod to everyone I see with them when I am listening to my iPod...and they get it lol They are all over San Francisco...heck...Apple has advertising in everyone of the Powell billboard spots just for the iPod. Powell is also the stop where when you get out of the station you get out to see the Apple Store in development.

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Me too

I got rid of the earbuds soon too, just because I don't care for the sound quality of them. I still see iPod users walking all over campus, in fact, I find myself watching people walk by to examine their earbuds they are using. I usually keep my iPod in my pocket, but sometimes I'll carry it around, just so people recognize that despite the Sony headphones, I am still an iPod user.

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this is becoming a bit

silly.

you idiots realize of course that this is nothing but a pickup move.

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Tee Hee

poverty will make any man or women cynical. If you are too much of a poor b****** (white trash or what ever else they're calling you people now a days) to afford one....tuff....ROTFLMFHAOff.

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No more strange looks

when I approach a dude and ask him if I can plug myself into him =o)

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Philadelphia's iPod Craz

During a recent trip to Philadelphia (great city by the way), I was amazed at the number of iPod users I passed. My wife laughed at all of us as we smiled or nodded to one another as if we had all met before.

The best part if the amount of advertising Apple is doing with the iPod in Center City. Its kind of like that VW commercial where every time the guy looks down a VW passes. Only in this case, every time the guy looks up there's an iPod ad in his view. They were on the bus billboards, signs at the bus stops, in the subway, on the subway...the list goes on.

I wish I had read this article prior to my trip. I'm crazy enough to just walk up and offer my headphone jack to a stranger.

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What a moron. Thinks that because I criticize a******* who brag their little cuddly toys around, I'm a jalous f*** who can't afford one. well hear this. I have a 20 g pod. But I'm ashamed to have it, when I see all those stupid f***-yuppies showing off as if the world starts and stops at their navel. I bought it to have an external disk, a good mp3 player, backup my cds and pay less income tax next year. Not to show off at other farts or to pick up stupid nodding chicks. Get a life you all. Oh sorry, you're too stupid to do that.

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budz su

buds are great sounding if you isolate the sound. but who wants to walk around with tehir hands over their ears? Too much sound leaks out so the overall sound is wack. Getting inner earplug like headphones makes it sound so much better.

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That story shows...

...what a g** thing is this whole Apple c***.

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Interesting Mutation

It's amazing how Apple products create micro-cultures. There's a kind of unspoken connection with others who appreciate the extraordinary vs. the mundane. It's always been a Mac thing, now iPods are creating their own aura. Cool.

Living in New York, I literally see scores of people wandering around with their iPods every day. Who'd have thought that people would spontaneously have anonymous music sharing on the street!

I'd probably feel uncomfortable plugging into somebody else's iPod, but hey, it can be extremely difficult to get exposed to eclectic ranges of music, so why not?

I'm not really into walking around listening to music, so the iPod thing eludes me, somewhat. If the digital photo memory card reader thing worked at FireWire, not USB speed, I'd get an iPod for that and portable storage. if you could boot from an iPod... nirvana!

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The Joy of Jacking

If this jacking goes bluetooth, we'll probably see an expansion of playlist behaviors that we're seeing on college campuses, where a person is judged not by the quality of their character, but by how much hip-hop/britpop/techno/shoegaze is in their playlist.

What'll be more interesting is if anybody gets lucky from podjacking. "It's not the size of your playlist..."

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i did this once

i did this once on the metro in DC. the owner of the iPod looked totally frightened, as if i were holding my stiff c*** right up to her a** and slapping her with it. i plugged in and she screamed in ecstacy.... OH MY GOD... Wha Wha WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?
It was kind of strange. afterwards, I think we both oddly felt satisfied...

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wow.

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