Funny Reactions To The First Ever iPod Announcement

The iPod is arguably one of the most iconic inventions of our generation, it changed the entire music industry and propelled Apple into the financial monster that it is today. However, just like when the iPhone was announced, there were a lot of negative people who didn’t expect the iPod to do as well as it did. Going by the people discussing the product launch on MacRumors, there was an overwhelming amount of people who expected the iPod to fail.

Check out some of the best (worst) reactions below.

1.) “iPoop… iCry. I was so hoping for something more.”

2.) “Great just what the world needs, another freaking MP3 player. Go Steve! Where’s the Newton?!”

3.) “All you wusses waiting for a Newton replacement I TOLD YOU SO IT WAS A MEDIA PLAYER CHARGED BY FIREWIRE.”



6.) “gee! an mp3 player with a HD! how original! kinda reminds me of a JUKEBOX i once knew…”


8.) “We live in the YEAR 2001… not 6000 years from now when ridiculously awsome technology will exist. No other mp3 player has a harddrive like this… 5gigs… A rio of the same size offers 64megs. Jesum Crow, get over your moping.. .this is revolutionary…. plus it’s just the beggining. This device litterally bests anything on the market by about 100x.”

9.) “All that hype for an MP3 player? Break-thru digital device? The Reality Distiortion Field is starting to warp Steve’s mind if he thinks for one second that this thing is gonna take off.”

10.) “The reason why everyone’s dissapointed is because we had our hopes up for this incredible device that would do everything you could possibly use the word “digital” in and most of the things you can’t. The truth is that is really is revolutionary. 5 gigs? Where do you see 5 gigs in an Mp3 player?”

11.) “OK, I’ll admit this thing is a very cool MP3 player, but it seems like it could be so much more. Why doesn’t it have the ability to record audio (compressed as an MP3 or uncompressed as well) directly to it? The Archos and Jukebox HD Mp3 players can do this, why not this one? Also, it looks like this thing may be hackable if you look at what it is made of. With 20 minute skip protection thats enough RAM to work with and a 5 gig hard drive, firewire connectivity… Why isn’t it a PDA as well. It sure looks and acts like one. Maybe it could be. Anyone know what is going to be lurking under the hood?”

12.) “Not exactly “revolutionary”. With the economy in its current state, You’ll be able to pick up MP3 players for peanuts soon. The Archos Jukebox does the same thing and it’s not blowing off the shelves either. $399 is just too much for an MP3 jukebox. Sorry Steve, this isn’t it…”

13.) “this really isn’t that revolutionary of a product. I have a Nomad Jukebox with a 6gig hardrive and it only cost me $250. It works great and syncs fine with the computer and the transfer is relativley fast. I don’t know what the big deal is.”

14.) “This iPod is for spoil rich kids with insane parents or an Apple fan as fannatic as a Taliban. It has good features but forget about getting it for $399!!!! Never, who gets that thing is a very stupid person. Steve Jobs is under terrible consuling or is under too much pot. This propusal is not realistic at all. If Apple does something like this again is going down.”

15.) “now all we need now is someone to hack the iPod so we can use it like a pda… now that’s thinking differently…”

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