tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012689.post112035762643133187..comments2024-01-19T10:55:15.346-08:00Comments on chummachumma: Caught in the Netgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04576528133434077283noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012689.post-1120502067570642772005-07-04T11:34:00.000-07:002005-07-04T11:34:00.000-07:00i think that it's only a matter of time before iPo...i think that it's only a matter of time before iPods will take off in india, especially since they are now cross-platform (mac and windows). apple needs to build the iTunes store for india and load it up with regional indian music including bollywood hits and voila, sales will take off. <BR/><BR/>rums, welcome to the world of apple. when something you own is that cool and fits so smugly into your life, you'll naturally want to buy everything that makes it even cooler and even mroe integrated with your life. first and foremost, steve jobs and his design team created a brilliant product, that is classic form-and-functionality-par-excellence underscoring apple's DNA. then they had this awesome marketing campaign (with the colourful silhoutte ads) that really drew consumers in to the iPod phenomenon. then they even made it available to the rest of the world (agh!) by allowing iPods to sync with windows and having a storefront compatible with windows.<BR/>iPod's phenomenal growth has helped many, many companies including audible.com. <BR/><BR/>ask sanjoy to check out:<BR/>http://www.everythingipod.com<BR/><BR/>on second thoughts, maybe not :)luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192392471288555657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012689.post-1120496063244409362005-07-04T09:54:00.000-07:002005-07-04T09:54:00.000-07:00well rums,you have a point.repression does create ...well rums,you have a point.repression does create a reaction.like going for the forbidden fruit.<BR/>thanks for the info on shure headphones.from what you say,shure is something 'surely' to go for.gshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576528133434077283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012689.post-1120469525160999932005-07-04T02:32:00.000-07:002005-07-04T02:32:00.000-07:00so you think uncle :). indian youth are alarmingly...so you think uncle :). indian youth are alarmingly sex-obsessed and the large number of hits on porn sites goes to prove it. much of it because of the general repressiveness around. the internet offers a certain kind of anonymity to people in search of such forbidden pleasures. <BR/>you could be right about the gizmo part though. shure headphones travel all the way into the ear canal and gives a pure musical experience. according to sanjoy, when he listens to music using these headphones he discovers sounds he had missed before. <BR/>actually, the ipod has spawned a huge range of accessories and most ipod owners succumb to these hi-tech ad-ons. it's brilliant marketing at work, perhaps lulu can explain the phenomenon better.rumshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903437048078472926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012689.post-1120369108874032842005-07-02T22:38:00.000-07:002005-07-02T22:38:00.000-07:00rums,i am not too sure about that.yes youngsters a...rums,i am not too sure about that.yes youngsters are the same the world over,but then,there is a difference too.i don't think our youth are as sex-obsessed as their counterparts in the western world.<BR/>about gizmos too i am not very sure.they are just getting used to walkmans.for them ipods are miles away still.<BR/>what you are saying,i think,is restricted to a niche market and to very techsavvy persons ,like sanjoy.and what are shure sound isolating headphones anyway?gshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576528133434077283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012689.post-1120360087140702362005-07-02T20:08:00.000-07:002005-07-02T20:08:00.000-07:00young indians like porn, much like young people ev...young indians like porn, much like young people everywhere else in the world. porn sites have the highest hits. a close second would be gizmos and technology. sanjoy is a gizmo enthusiast and his gizmo interests revolve around sound systems as he is a music freak. his latest aquisition: a pair of shure sound isolating headphones for his ipod!rumshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903437048078472926noreply@blogger.com