In an article published for their August issue, Fast Company argue that the iPod is doomed because Apple's competitors are adding more features for their players while the iPod remains closed.
The author, John J. Sviokla, argues that the iPod's competitors are operating in an open "ecosystem" and that history has always favoured such.
Well that is debatable and there are precedents for suggesting that the inferior technology offered by this lumpen conglomerate of PC lovers could succeed ... but really it's beyond them now because none has the sheer effusive style and panache of the iPod.
Even consider for a minute the fact that Creative, one of the first company's on the market with a MP3 player, actually saw their profit fall last year.
How can they innovate and research when they have no money? Will Microsoft's support be enough? I would say their support would be a hindrance rather than a benefit.
The MSN music service is muddled at best with its typically timid washed-out MS design and featuring all this stuff that gets in the way of what I want.
Apple though have made a iTunes is a classic ... They have the classic paradigm ... The device combined with the application and augmented by the service (the Music Store) all with miraculous ease of use. Nothing can beat it. Not in a million years.
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