iPod, a social product
on November 05, 2006
Unfortunately, iTunes doesn’t run on Linux. This is one of the reasons why I decided to install WindowsXP. My additional motive was using Adobe Flash and my webcam.
During the installation, I was playing with my new iPod nano, amazed by the advances they made since the iPod-mini. A few days earlier I ordered the device from the online Apple store. Here, I could customize my design by engraving some text, which I think is a nice Apple-strategy to eliminate the expensive costs of retailing (like Dell does). I was amused by the marketing setup on the Apple store website:
As you can see they shaped their color, capacity and pricing model to the customers. It’s a trick, but I’m OK with that, I think it’s social. And it works! My dad came back from a business vacation this morning. He incidentally bought one as well, which made my little sister complain that everyone has an iPod except her. This shows the broad market range they cover.
After installing Windows, I installed the iTunes, downloaded some tunes and played with my iPod. Every time I play with it, listen to it and even look at it I think: Yes, I bought a nice product!. But during my playing I noticed an irritating warning message popping up every once in a while, so I clicked it:
A little side note about computer viruses: A computer-virus is a viral-spreading algorithm to exploit faults in a software system. It does not compare to a biological-virus. This means, the software vendor is responsible for preventing them. After clicking on recommendations you will be send to a page that tries to sell you anti-virus products. I didn’t know that this could be legal, it’s like selling medicine for a disease you’re creating yourself!
It’s pretty obvious who’s trying to make money in what way, this is just the beginning: my next operating system will be MacOS.
