Sounds like we’re not the only ones who were less than impressed with Apple’s new iPod mini. Alex Salkever of BusinessWeek complains that the new player just isn’t small enough or cheap enough to merit buying instead of a regular 15GB iPod and that Steve Jobs has made a serious misstep:
Less music in a device marginally smaller at about the same price. Get it? I didn’t, and few others will, either. In fact, while I was watching Jobs give his spiel, my mind replayed the infamous scene from the cult classic mockumentary Spinal Tap where the dim rock band tries to explain that dials on their amplifiers go to 11 — and that’s what makes them louder. I was left with the same sense of befuddlement after watching Jobs show off the smaller but much wimpier miniPod.
Also, our good friend Phillip Torrone was at MacWorld and sent us a few photos of the iPod mini, including the one above showing it side-by-side with a regular iPod.
Read [Thanks, Craig]
