Why does no one release a competitor to the ipod/ipod touch devices?

[concise]

I only know that the Zune flopped, and I haven't heard much of anything else in that department. Is it really only about the phones?

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

you already mentioned zune. that was the major competition and it flopped. there were others but the only major competition was the zune. to be honest, i didn't mind zune that much...

 

[A$AP Ahki]

nobody wants to get crushed.


iPod is what EVERY MP3 player is called by people not in the know. They are the Kleenex of the portable music industry and will never be surpassed.

 

[Arcavian]

There is no point, I no need to try to compete for a while dwindling market

 

[Jone2three45]

Dell tried,
Creative tried,
Sony tried,
Phillips tried,
Microsoft tried,

Apple is far to powerful brand,
And with iTunes backing them up,
It was a done deal for most.

Zune was the truth though,
I always wanted one.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Because there are tens of tousands of devices that play mp3s. The feature is anything but unique...honestly if you own a media player youre a sucker. Just get a better phone.

 

[Bigbigguy]

A 32 GB Android

 

[Why-Fi]

yea i knew a few zune loyalists in my day...

 

[Tommy Fits]

Because more and more people are using their phones as a media device myself included. But Sony is putting out a really nice device soon and I had their first touch player and it was really good and sound quality was better than an ipod.

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Many tried before but honestly iTunes was great at organizing and the iPod interface was the best one out.

Now its pointless since newer phones/tablets have media players on the,

 

[Golayitdown]

Because even when you release a superior media device you still have to gain traction in the consumer market... This is where the Zune failed...

 

[smoove157]

pretty sure samsung makes a galaxy media player which is basically a gs2 or gs3 without the phone functionality.

but like someone up top said, basically every phone plays mp3's. they sell millions of ipod touches, im honestly not sure who is copping. i think its people with blackberry devices

 

[MikelArteta]

I just use my phone
Why carry around two devices? Market isn't that big anyways anymore

He'll I mostly stream music, is there even a stand alone iPod or MP3 player that can give you 3G or 4g to stream?

 

[concise]

pretty sure samsung makes a galaxy media player which is basically a gs2 or gs3 without the phone functionality.

but like someone up top said, basically every phone plays mp3's. they sell millions of ipod touches, im honestly not sure who is copping. i think its people with blackberry devices

 

[head shots101]

Zune was piff I had one.... I also had the dell joint back in the days