If this is old, sorry; I didn't know where to begin as far as searching goes.

Here's an archive of a thread in a mac rumors forum from when the iPod was just announced:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=500

Quote :

"Great just what the world needs, another freaking MP3 player. Go Steve! Where's the Newton?!"

Quote :

"hey - heres an idea Apple - rather than enter the world of gimmicks and toys, why dont you spend a little more time sorting out your pathetically expensive and crap server line up?"

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"I still can't believe this! All this hype for something so ridiculous! Who cares about an MP3 player? I want something new! I want them to think differently! Why oh why would they do this?! It's so wrong! It's so stupid!"

5/21/2007 7:11:39 PM

haha, good laugh.

Quote :

"iPoop... iCry."

5/21/2007 7:16:28 PM

A guy I knew in high school...we used to kid him...
"The only way you're ever going to get any is if Apple comes out with the iPussy."

5/21/2007 7:25:35 PM

Windows people.... are not.




[Edited on May 21, 2007 at 7:37 PM. Reason : ]

5/21/2007 7:36:57 PM

5/21/2007 8:06:08 PM

What's really gay is technology religion.

5/21/2007 10:30:25 PM

good read. thx

5/21/2007 10:58:42 PM

Quote :

"I really wanted to like it. Really. But do the math: 20GB hard drive: $199 from APS tech. MP3 player: $50 from Best Buy. You save $150 plus get an extra 15 Gig of storage!"

5/22/2007 9:56:36 AM

5/22/2007 4:23:16 PM

Quote :

"$400 for an Mp3 Player! I'd call it the Cube 2.0 as it wont sell, and be killed off in a short time...and it's not really functional."

5/22/2007 5:50:35 PM

Oops.

5/22/2007 7:17:01 PM

It took me seeing one in person to realize how awesome it was.

From the original pictures you couldn't really get a scale of how small it was for its time, or the crispness of the screen relative to other players.

5/22/2007 7:46:57 PM