Wednesday, March 15, 2006
iPod HiFi
The iPod HiFi misses the boat in my opinion. It is, for all intents and purposes, just giant iPod speakers. Speakers are a dime a dozen.
If Apple had mad the iPod HiFi networkable with, perhaps, airport express functionality, they would have had a winner. As it stands, it is SO much easier for me to just hook an airport express up to my stereo and stream tunes directly from iTunes to my home stereo. I have no real reason to buy the HiFi.
Just as Apple missed the boat with the newest iMacs (they should have included a TV tuner and DVR software), they have missed the boat with this product. It might be good, but leaving out networkability prevented it from being killer.
If Apple had mad the iPod HiFi networkable with, perhaps, airport express functionality, they would have had a winner. As it stands, it is SO much easier for me to just hook an airport express up to my stereo and stream tunes directly from iTunes to my home stereo. I have no real reason to buy the HiFi.
Just as Apple missed the boat with the newest iMacs (they should have included a TV tuner and DVR software), they have missed the boat with this product. It might be good, but leaving out networkability prevented it from being killer.
