What cellpods need
Carlo Longino writing in TheFeature has drawn similar conclusions about music enabled mobile phones to mine a year ago.
Writing about the differences between cellpods and iPods, he notes:
There’s only one real significant remaining difference between iPods and music phones, and it’s significant, but certainly not insurmountable
The diff? Usability, especially the UI. I agree with Carlo when he suggests:
Vendors should…offer users full-featured media players where users can manipulate files and playlists and do other functions, but the primary interface should be a simple play button that quickly fires up the tunes
Cellpods need simple external controls a la iPod Shuffle. If they add that, comparable storage capacity (at least 1-2GB), and reasonable music fidelity, they’d finally be getting into the ballpark of iPod.
Maybe Apple’s seen this writing on the wall, too, and that’s why they licensed iPod tech to Moto to begin with? Should be interesting to watch as more interesting cellpods are announced and come on the market this year.
Watch this space for more info on upcoming models.
