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Originally Posted by Harmon
News to me. Most of the PC owners I know wind up asking me to fix things on their PCs. Which strangely, I seem to have a talent for even though I have never owned one of them. But they are an older demographic...
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Yeah, age could be part of it. I'm in my early 30's and have used iTunes for years despite not having owned an iPod nor iPhone. And most of my friends use iTunes as well, aside from a few tech heads/audiophiles that use separate ripping and encoding programs and something like Winamp for playback. Even my parents use iTunes, as that's what I set up for them on their PC. It's a very easy to use program.
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I think that the dragging might be a bigger deal than you think. The beauty of the Kindles is that there's none of that connecting & dragging business. It is actually the easiest & simplest ebook reading environment.
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Don't get me wrong, I love the convenience of that on the Kindle. But I went with the Kindle over the Sony as the selection and prices in the Kindle store were better than those in the Sony store when I did some searching before buying.
Not having to hook up and drag and drop is nice, but I'm so used to dragging and dropping files to my portable hard drives, mp3 player etc. that it's no big deal.
For an e-reader it's a nice touch as it makes it more useable for people that aren't very tech savvy--which is important for devices that appeal to older demographics compared to say iPods etc. which skew younger.
But I don't see it as a deal breaker, Apple doesn't market their products to older folks, non-tech savvy folks etc. Their marketing always features younger people so they don't care if it's too complex for the average 60 year old.