Comments on: I have been Ztumped http://www.slackcoders.com/2007/05/28/i-have-been-ztumped/ One Life Live It! Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:30:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Suneth’s Blog » Continued Innovation http://www.slackcoders.com/2007/05/28/i-have-been-ztumped/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Suneth’s Blog » Continued Innovation Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:29:15 +0000 http://slackcoders.com/suneth/?p=9#comment-24 [...] gives the your product the edge. The competition between iPod and Zen mp3 players proves this point. Clearly Zen offers more features but iPod seems to be the preferred choice since it looks and [...] [...] gives the your product the edge. The competition between iPod and Zen mp3 players proves this point. Clearly Zen offers more features but iPod seems to be the preferred choice since it looks and [...]

]]> By: Adrian Sutton http://www.slackcoders.com/2007/05/28/i-have-been-ztumped/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Adrian Sutton Mon, 28 May 2007 09:40:35 +0000 http://slackcoders.com/suneth/?p=9#comment-23 There are two reasons the iPod is so much more popular than the Zen: 1. The iPod is way cooler. Apple paid attention to style back at the start when the Zen focussed on features so Apple got all the street cred and it's kept it. The white headphones were a particularly important marketing tool because they make it obvious that you're listening to an iPod even when you can't see the player itself. 2. The iPod has iTunes and iTunes is just plain fantastic. Geeks will often prefer something else, but everyday users find iTunes so simple to use and it's so easy to load your songs onto your iPod. Apple also paid attention to usability way before Zen ever did - these days the Zen has probably caught up, but originally the iPod was a shining light of simplicity while all the other players were very complex and hard to use (mostly because they kept packing in more and more features). The iPod was popular because it left out features that people weren't using and that were making the players more complex. As for Warne and MacGill - Warne was picked over MacGill because Warne got on well with the team whereas MacGill tended to cause conflicts. On field performance doesn't matter much if you don't get on with your team mates well. There are two reasons the iPod is so much more popular than the Zen:
1. The iPod is way cooler. Apple paid attention to style back at the start when the Zen focussed on features so Apple got all the street cred and it’s kept it. The white headphones were a particularly important marketing tool because they make it obvious that you’re listening to an iPod even when you can’t see the player itself.

2. The iPod has iTunes and iTunes is just plain fantastic. Geeks will often prefer something else, but everyday users find iTunes so simple to use and it’s so easy to load your songs onto your iPod.

Apple also paid attention to usability way before Zen ever did – these days the Zen has probably caught up, but originally the iPod was a shining light of simplicity while all the other players were very complex and hard to use (mostly because they kept packing in more and more features). The iPod was popular because it left out features that people weren’t using and that were making the players more complex.

As for Warne and MacGill – Warne was picked over MacGill because Warne got on well with the team whereas MacGill tended to cause conflicts. On field performance doesn’t matter much if you don’t get on with your team mates well.

]]> 32408df3sf