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Monday, October 23, 2006 12:00 AM

iPod: I love you, you're perfect, now change

Apple's ingenious music player is 5 years old -- gorgeous, exciting, tempting. So why do I often wish it had never been invented?
By Farhad Manjoo

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  • Sunday, October 22, 2006 08:35 PM

    Big deal

    It's a Walkman. Granted, it's one that requires you to put in a CD, rip the tunes and then copy them to the device, rather than just popping the disc or cassette in.

    Or you can buy the tunes at a buck a pop.

    OK, it's like a Walkman but harder and more expensive to use, with mediocre, compressed MP3 sound, to boot.

    This is a revolution? Feh.

    Charlie

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