umm ... everyone gets tricked into using inferior products (vhs/betamax and vhs is still being sold so that would make it alomst 30 it was introduced in 1976 and it was an INFERIOR product so thats my first point). The iPod is an inferior product and millions have been tricked. I will qualify this statement like this, look at a MD Recorder, it is in many ways better than an iPod save for the capcity of the storage medium (on hand, but if i buy 61 HiMD's I win on that but then i loose in terms of size(portability) and how much money I have spent), and ill give you the benefit of the doubt and say the UI may be better (with the scroll whee) and thats where it ends. Having all your music with you so that you have the option of listening to it is an error on all those who use iPods and have been fed this lie, im sure you would like to know what im talking about well, its very simple having 60gb of music with you and only being able to listen to 15hrs (and im being GENEROUS with that number) the ability to listen to "ALL" you music dimishes, so the fact that you have the option is null becuse when your battery dies those options that you have with your VAST library are now zero. However apple was able to convince the world that "having it with you, is better than listening to it". If apple could get its sh!t strate and instead "upgrading" to a color screen in a device for listening to music and focus on getting the battery life ANYWHERE CLOSE to being able to listen to 1/10 of said library (60gb @ ~15000 songs * ~3mins = ~45000mins/60mins = 750hrs/10 = 75hr batt life, which by all accounts would be reasonable) so when i can only listen to 1/50 (750/15 = 50) of my library yes that makes this iPod of yours an INFERIOR product. Just becuase you have 15000 songs doesnt mean you can listen to them whenever you choose. If I can only listen to 1 in every 50 songs without having to worry about my next charge thats assinine. To assume I would take such a loss just for the sake of saying I have my entire music collection with me is limited. I dont know about you but i wouldnt pay $450 for a product that doesnt provide as much music as another format and then PROCLAIM its NOT inferior. ps: btw the argument about the nh1 not having a back light on the unit is moot, they provide an extrodinary remote with the unit so that your not always pulling in/out of your pocket risking dropping your unit or unecessary scratches to your unit ... on the same hand i could ask an ignorant question like yours such as "wheres your screen on your remote so you know what song your playing or how to move through your precious little menus?" but i wont because everything has design flaws and with the few options we have its rediculous to harp on minute flaws
