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Posted by David Field on 01/02/06 09:09
NRen2k5 <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Wrong. Creative is doing great business.
Interesting definition of 'great business' you have there. It was just a
few months ago that the company warned investors of softer than expected
MP3 player sales.
And while year on year their sales were up, sequentially they were down
8%. Oh, and they LOST US$39.1million in the 4th quarter of 2005.
They're supposedly gunning for another loss. If this were Apple you'd be
crowing about how badly it was doing and that this was proof that they
were dead. Yet with Creative you call it 'great business'.
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> Their "Zen Micro" sold like hotcakes this Christmas. It uses the same
> storage method and has about the same capacity as Apple's "iPod Mini" -
> which Apple has discontinued (OOPS!). And it has an FM tuner and a
> microphone, neither of which /any/ iPod has.
Bet it didn't sell as many as the Nano :)
>
> When you buy an iPod, you're paying more and getting less. You're just
> paying for the brand name. And most people are finally wisening up to
> this. They're really starting to buy from Creative, iRiver, Samsung, etc.
shitty Korean manufacturers with shitty firmware that you have to hope
they update to make the things work properly? Been there, done that. No
thanks.
And no, I don't have an iPod.
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