Comments on: Apple debuts new U2 iPod

The video edition holds 30GB, is black with a red click wheel, and comes with the band's signatures engraved on the back.
Photos: iPod rocks on with U2

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Undocumented feature

The U2 Special Edition iPod will periodically stop between songs and whine about its perceived injustices in the world.

[ballssalty]

Actually...

It will stop between each and every song with a long annoying pause because the iPod is a broken freakin' music player! CD's do not have gaps and digital music should not also! Fix your broken player Apple!!!

[SeizeCTRL]

LMAO

Great comment :)

Personally I was thinking who gives a f***! Who still listens to them now anyways. They haven't put out a CD worth anything since Joshua Tree.

And that U2 iPod is god awful ugly... OK, time now to go feed the starving children of the world and try to rid the planet of nuclear weapons while pushing for free trade so the farmers in Africa can buy more machine guns...

[regan2]

iPod wasn't loaded

was it?

I thought that was the original intention, but instead they opted to
give the $50 voucher for later purchase.

anyone remember?

[Galley]

U2 box set

The original U2 Special Edition iPod did not come with the box set pre-loaded. A coupon was enclosed for a $50 disocunt on the purchase of the box set from the iTMS.

[skeptik]

uh yeah...

That's pretty much what the story said. Thanks for clarifying. Sheesh.

"As part of an Apple partnership with Universal Music Group, the device came with a coupon toward the U2 digital box set"

[KsprayDad]

Nice to get a free ad.

There is NO new tech in this. Why is this a story?

[KsprayDad]

Nice to get a free ad.

There is NO new tech in this. Why is this a story?

[Pie4Weebl]

ugh

So I guess this means it is going to be a few more months before the g6 ipods are out...

[CBSTV]

6G iPods

I'd expect new iPods in time for the back-to-school season.

[El Kabong]

whoopee.

Let's all run out and buy another piece of proprietary junk from Apple for three or four times it's actual worth.

repeat: whoopee.

[bufu3284]

Amen

So true...

[J.G.]

Can't afford an iPod?

A case of sour grapes if I've ever seen one.

[CBSTV]

Misinformation

What's "proprietary" about using the iPod? Every day, thousands of
people load their audio CDs and MP3s onto their iPods.

If you prefer another company's music player, by all means use it.

[BruceLawrence]

Who cares ?

I mean, really... How many flavors of an iPod does Apple have to create?

Consomers are getting MILKED by this company

[City_Of_LA]

You don't have to buy it

If people wanna be THAT stupid then let them be. I'm still on my original IPOD and will be until something totally new the actually appeals to me and that I find useful shows up.

[J.G.]

And, loving every minute of it

If consumers (that is how the word is really spelled) believed they were being taken advantage of by Apple, the iPod would not be a marketing marvel. Consumers are getting what they want.

[BruceLawrence]

Who cares ?

I mean, really... How many flavors of an iPod does Apple have to create?

Consomers are getting MILKED by this company

[City_Of_LA]

You don't have to buy it

If people wanna be THAT stupid then let them be. I'm still on my original IPOD and will be until something totally new the actually appeals to me and that I find useful shows up.

[J.G.]

And, loving every minute of it

If consumers (that is how the word is really spelled) believed they were being taken advantage of by Apple, the iPod would not be a marketing marvel. Consumers are getting what they want.

[206538395198018178908092208948]

Undocumented feature

The U2 Special Edition iPod will periodically stop between songs and whine about its perceived injustices in the world.

[ballssalty]

Actually...

It will stop between each and every song with a long annoying pause because the iPod is a broken freakin' music player! CD's do not have gaps and digital music should not also! Fix your broken player Apple!!!

[SeizeCTRL]

LMAO

Great comment :)

Personally I was thinking who gives a f***! Who still listens to them now anyways. They haven't put out a CD worth anything since Joshua Tree.

And that U2 iPod is god awful ugly... OK, time now to go feed the starving children of the world and try to rid the planet of nuclear weapons while pushing for free trade so the farmers in Africa can buy more machine guns...

[regan2]

iPod wasn't loaded

was it?

I thought that was the original intention, but instead they opted to
give the $50 voucher for later purchase.

anyone remember?

[Galley]

U2 box set

The original U2 Special Edition iPod did not come with the box set pre-loaded. A coupon was enclosed for a $50 disocunt on the purchase of the box set from the iTMS.

[skeptik]

uh yeah...

That's pretty much what the story said. Thanks for clarifying. Sheesh.

"As part of an Apple partnership with Universal Music Group, the device came with a coupon toward the U2 digital box set"

[Pie4Weebl]

ugh

So I guess this means it is going to be a few more months before the g6 ipods are out...

[CBSTV]

6G iPods

I'd expect new iPods in time for the back-to-school season.

[El Kabong]

whoopee.

Let's all run out and buy another piece of proprietary junk from Apple for three or four times it's actual worth.

repeat: whoopee.

[bufu3284]

Amen

So true...

[J.G.]

Can't afford an iPod?

A case of sour grapes if I've ever seen one.

[CBSTV]

Misinformation

What's "proprietary" about using the iPod? Every day, thousands of
people load their audio CDs and MP3s onto their iPods.

If you prefer another company's music player, by all means use it.