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&AST FORWARD AND NOW THE ENTIRE COLLECTION CAN lT INSIDE A SMALL WHITE BOX THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF A PACK OF CARDS 4HIS TO ME IS A MIRACLE ! CROWNING ACHIEVE MENT OF TECHNOLOGY 4HAT UNWIELDY PILE OF VINYL AND CARDBOARD HAS BEEN FREED FROM THE LIVING ROOM AND IS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE ) GO FROM THE EAR LIEST REGRETTABLE SINGLES TO MY LATEST OBSESSION )NSIDE THE I0OD A MUSIC COLLECTION COMES ALIVE 4HERES DELIGHT IN LOADING UP A TON OF STUFF FROM ALL GENRES ERAS AND STYLES AND SEEING WHAT THE MACHINE COMES UP WITH 3ELECT 2ANDOM 3HUFmE AND THE I0OD DREDGES UP TUNES YOU MIGHT NEVER CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE TO PLAY "UT CHOSEN FOR YOU THEYRE A DELIGHT 4HIS MODE OF PLAY ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO DISCOVER GEMS IN A COLLECTION THAT PREVIOUSLY SAT UNPLAYED ON A SHELF OF #$S 3ONGS PREVIOUSLY NEGLECTED CAN BECOME TOP FAVORITES !ND THEN THERE ARE ALL THOSE TUNES YOU NEVER KNEW YOU HAD 2ANDOM SHUFmE CAN CREATE GREAT SURPRISES SELECTING JUST THE RIGHT SONG AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME /R IT CAN THROW TOGETHER UNEXPECTED COMBINATIONS "URNING 3PEAR FOL LOWED BY ,UDACRIS )T DOESNT ALWAYS WORK BUT WHEN IT DOES YOURE IN POP HEAVEN 4HE I0OD HAS CHANGED FOREVER MY LISTENING HAB ITS .O LONGER DO ) WANT TO HEAR AN ALBUM ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH RARE EXCEPTIONS 7HAT ) WANT IS A PLAYLIST OF MY FAVORITES ,ISTENING TO THE I0OD MAKES A CINEMATIC ADVENTURE OF A TRIP TO THE SUPERMARKET OR A BORING CAR DRIVE )T ADDS A SENSE OF OTHERWORLDLINESS TO WALKING DOWN THE MOST FAMILIAR STREET 4HERES NOTHING BETTER FOR EXERCISEPOUNDING BEATS AND BREAKS TO GET YOU ENERGIZED TO MOUNT THE SUMMIT OF A HILL ) LIKE LISTENING TO THE I0OD WHILE RIDING MY BIKE YEAH ) KNOW ITS DANGER OUS AND PROBABLY ILLEGAL (IGH AS A KITE OFF THE EXERCISE THE MUSIC TRANSPORTS ME TO NIRVANA 3OMETIMES WHEN THE RIGHT TUNE POPS UP )M TRULY IN HEAVEN
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"UT ALL THIS DIGITAL MUSIC WAS TIED TO THE COM PUTER "URNING #$S OF DOWNLOADED MUSIC IS A HEADACHE 4HE NATURAL SOLUTION IS TO COPY IT FROM HARD DRIVE TO HARD DRIVE !PPLE TOOK THE TINY *APANESE HARD DRIVES JUST COMING ONTO THE MARKET SLAPPED A NIFTY INTERFACE ON THEM AND PROVIDED A FAST CONNECTION TO SUCK MUSIC FROM THE COMPUTER !PPLE HAS A NO COMPROMISE APPROACH TO PROD UCTS )T USUALLY MAKES THEM AS WELL AS IT CAN NO MATTER THE COST AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ADVANTAGE NOT AN IMPEDI MENT 4HE I0OD WAS BEAUTIFULLY CONCEIVED AND EXECUTED )T WAS MARKETED EXPERTLY AND BECAME A WORD OF MOUTH HIT 4HE MEDIA CHATTER ON THE )NTERNET AND THE WHITE HEADPHONES CATAPULTED THE I0OD INTO EVERYONES POCKET AND BACKPACK 4HE I0OD IS DEAD EASY TO USE 0ICK IT UP AND IN SECONDS YOUVE MASTERED THE BASICS "UT IT GOES DEEPER 4HE I0OD IS BEAUTIFULLY INTEGRATED WITH THE COMPUTER WHICH FEEDS IT TUNES AND WITH AN ONLINE STORE TO lLL IT AT CENTS A POP 4HE I0OD IS AMAZINGLY VERSATILE 9OU CAN LISTEN TO IT WHILE DRIVINGTHROUGH THE CAR STEREOOR USE IT AS AN ALARM CLOCK TO WAKE YOU IN THE MORNING )TS NOT ONLY A PERSONAL STEREO ITS THE HOME STEREO THE OFlCE STEREO OR THE STEREO AT THE GYM )TS BOTH PERSONAL AND PUBLIC USED BY $*S AND IN BARS AND HOTELS )TS EVEN STARTING TO TAKE OVER SOME NIGHTCLUBS 4HE I0OD HAS CREATED $*S OUT OF MERE MORTALS ! HOST OF NEW CLUBS ENCOURAGE PATRONS TO SPIN TUNES OFF THEIR I0ODS FOR OTH ERS TO DANCE TOIF THEY DONT GET BOOED OFF !ND THE I0OD HAS SPAWNED ALL KINDS OF NEW BUSINESSESFROM SERVICES THAT LOAD I0ODS FOR PEOPLE WITH MORE MONEY THAN TIME TO SONG STYLISTS WHO CRE ATE PLAYLISTS FOR SURGEONS TO OPERATE TO TO THOSE WHO COMPILE PLAYLISTS FOR NEWBORNS FRESH OUT OF THE HOSPITAL NURSERY 4HE COMBINATION OF HARDWARE SOFTWAREAND MUSICPROVED TO BE A HIT !PPLE TOOK IT TO 7INDOWS AND THE REST IS HISTORY
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*/ ,ÊÓ INTRODUCES THE I0ODS UNACKNOWLEDGED FATHER 4ONY &ADELL WHO SOLD !PPLE ON THE IDEA OF A DIGITAL PLAYER TIED TO AN ONLINE MUSIC STORE "EFORE GOING TO !PPLE &ADELL TRIED TO INTEREST 3ONY WHO TURNED HIM AWAY
*/ ,ÊÎ LOOKS AT OUR NEW LISTENING HABITS THE REVELA TORY JOYS OF SHUFmE PLAY AND HOW LETTING PEOPLE PEEK AT YOUR MUSIC COLLECTION CAN RUIN YOUR IMAGE OR ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TO SLEEP WITH YOU
*/ ,Ê{ IS ABOUT THE I0ODS RUNAWAY WORD OF MOUTH THE EMERGENCE OF HOMEMADE I0OD ADS AND CELEBRITY USERS SUCH AS THE FASHION DESIGNER WHO OWNS I0ODS AND A GILDED CARRYING CASE TO LUG THEM AROUND IN
*/ ,Ê x EXAMINES I0OD CULTURE )T DESCRIBES -0*S AND SOFTWARE THIEVES WHO USE I0ODS TO STEAL EXPENSIVE APPLICATIONS FROM COMPUTER STORES )T ALSO TAKES A LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO DRESS UP AS I0ODS FOR (ALLOWEEN
*/ ,ÊÈ LOOKS AT I0OD HOMAGES FROM FANS THE THOU SANDS OF SNAPS OF I0ODS IN FAMOUS PLACES THE FANTASTIC FUTURE DEVICES FANS DESIGN TO SHOW THEIR WISHES AND DESIRES AND I0OD CULTURE IN .EW 9ORK AS REVEALED BY ONLINE PERSONAL ADS
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STORIES 4HE I0OD HAS MADE THE COVER OF MOST MAJOR MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS AND SEVERAL PUBLICATIONS RUN REGULAR PIECES ON CELEBRITIES I0OD PLAYLISTS )TS BEEN FEATURED ON /PRAH 7INFREYS 46 SHOW AND HIGH LIGHTED IN SEVERAL MUSIC VIDEOS AND MOVIES !ND THEN THERES THE LUCKY ACCIDENT OF THE WHITE EARBUDS /N THE STREET THE DISTINCTIVE EARBUDS SERVE TO ADVERTISE THE PLAYER HIDDEN IN THE WEARERS POCKET h4HE WHITE EARPLUGS ARE A SORT OF -ASONIC HANDSHAKE TO OTHER USERS THAT THEYVE GOT THE @RIGHT -0 PLAYERA SUBTLE SHARED CODE v SAID !TKIN h)TS IMMEDIATELY OBVI OUS THAT ITS NOT A 3ONY OR ANY OF THE OTHER PEDESTRIAN BRANDSv #OLORING THE EARBUDS WHITE SEEMS LIKE A STROKE OF MARKETING GENIUS BUT IT APPEARS TO HAVE STEMMED FROM A DECISION SIMPLY TO KEEP THE COLOR CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE DEVICE @@) REMEMBER THERE WAS A DISCUSSION @(EADPHONES CANT BE WHITE HEADPHONES ARE BLACK OR DARK GRAY !PPLES HEAD DESIGNER *ONATHAN )VES TOLD THE .EW 9ORK 4IMES !CCORDING TO THE 4IMES h5NI FORM WHITENESS SEEMED TOO IMPORTANT TO THE PRODUCT TO BREAK THE PATTERN AND INDEED THE WHITE HEADPHONES HAVE BECOME A KIND OF SECONDARY UNPLANNED ICON )NDEED THEY ARE ICONIC 4O $OUG (OLT AN /XFORD 5NIVERSITY MARKETING PROFESSOR AND AUTHOR OF (OW "RANDS "ECOME )CONS (ARVARD "USINESS 3CHOOL 0RESS THE I0ODS SUCCESS IS DUE TO FORTUITOUS DESIGN DECISIONS LIKE THAT h4HIS IS PRIMARILY A DESIGN STORY INCLUDING THE BUDS v HE SAID "6 ®Ê !DVERTISING THE I0OD AT
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