The stony secrecy go forth from this quad during the past couple of weeks can be impute to a pair of barter show — the massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and San Francisco ’s far - more - manageable Macworld Expo . As a Guy Who write About iPod , I was tasked with shoot the pulse of the iPod economy during my visit to each show . I ’m pleased to report that neither was about the iPod .
And , may I add , give thanks god for that .
I say this not only as the author oftwo iPod bookswho is giddily relieved that his work , in the course of a day , has n’t become completely obsolete . I also direct my gaze heavenward because I have the sneak misgiving that much of the domain has had it up to here with novel iPod announcement . It ’s time to give it a balance and let us enjoy the iPods we own without the worry that somehow the top - of - the - air euphony player we purchased just last week is all of a sudden second well .
My Leslie Townes Hope is that Apple ’s pay attention to how we palpate about a changeless onslaught of iPods . Slogging down CES ’ interminable aisles I get the sense that — except for the folks running Creative — the world has pretty much accepted that when you ’re talk portable music player , the conversation begins and ends with the iPod . uncouth as toaster , the iPod has become a commodity . Apple could carry on to bomb us with iPod ads , release Modern models every two months , and update the iTunes Music Store with every stern Sun Myung Moon , but doing so risk us acquire sick of the whole affair .
We get it . The iPod is nerveless . We ’ve got one . Leave us alone !
Steve Jobs certainly was n’t going to leave out the chance to crow about the iPod ’s winner during his Macworld keynote speech , but after that crowing he and the interview were in all probability as projected to be able to leave the iPod just the way it was and talk about the caller ’s progress in regard to the Macintosh . Apple is , after all , also a computer company .
Of course Moscone South was crammed with booths that featured iPod accessories , but , unlike last class , I heard far fewer squawk about Macworld Expo being an “ iPod show . ” Far from this being an indicator that the iPod ’s old lid , it show up me that Apple ’s portable medicine instrumentalist is exactly the fixture its Godhead hoped it might be . While Apple ’s sure to propose up a even diet of cool newfangled iPods , I ’m nicely fill for the time being . Intentional or not , I ’m sure I ’m not the only one who appreciates the break .
