This is just a very brief little comment i wanted to make on both MP3's and the iPOD. With it being the last year of uni, and getting ever nearer the dreaded dissertation deadline!!!!!! many of my hours are now spent in the university library. On reflection, one of the things which keeps me sane and able to stay in the libra
ry so long is my iPOD. Like anything, it has become something used so often in my daily university routine that it is almost used subconciously. It got me thinking about how influential and iconic the iPOD has become. There are many MP3 players on the market, but almost everyone refers to MP3 players as 'iPODs'. It reminds me of how Sony became iconic for its 'Walkman'. Again other makes were called walkmans by people when in fact this was the name designed and used only by Sony. Take for example Hoover, people always say they are going 'to hoover the house', when in fact they are going to vacuum it. Hoover is actually the make of a type of vacuum but it was adopted as the general term for the actual action carried out. The iPOD was one of the first MP3's on the market at the time of the digital music revolution, but this is not why it is still the market leader. It is still a market leader because to go alongside the new technology, is the fresh, easy to use, no nonsesnse style which epitomises the 21st Century itself.
In my eyes, the iPOD has undoubtedly got to be one of the greatest icons of the 21st Century and will be even 20 years from now. Its white headphones and innocent look are likely to have influence for years to come- a CULTURAL and DIGITAL revolution!
(My random rant is now done! thank you!)
