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There were plenty of options for playing music otherwise. I think playing music while on the road is useless.

Except maybe for some commuters on the train. But I don't think most buyers were commuters.



I remember when people used to carry around large binders of CD's. That all seemed to stop after the iPod became popular.


I don't have an iPod, and I don't use CDs anymore. I suppose it could have been MP3, BitTorrent and cheap external HDs that killed CD binders, not iPods per se.


I think playing music while on the road is useless.

You are unlike much of the human race. Music is part of every culture and part of the way your brain works. http://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Music-Obsession/dp/045...


I like music, just not when I am traveling outside. But granted, I don't commute much. I tend to bicycle, where iPods would be hazardous. Also, I don't want to blank out my environment.

I listen to a lot of music at home.

As I said, I can understand if somebody has to commute a lot.




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