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The Mac Observer Launches iPodObserver!

Monday, July 11th, 2005 at 4:00 AM - by Staff

The Mac Observer (TMO) is pleased to announce the launch of iPodObserver, a new Web site dedicated to the iPod, as well as the music and podcasts that iPod users enjoy.

"The iPod has evolved beyond a product," said Bryan Chaffin, editor of The Mac Observer and iPodObserver. "There's digital music, podcasting, and a whole range of products to choose from. iPodObserver will bring iPod owners the news they need, as well as product reviews, music reviews, and user forums."

iPodObserver will bring you daily news and opinions regarding the iPod for Mac and Windows users. In addition, the site will serve up reviews of iPod gear including headphones, cases, chargers, FM transmitters, stands, speakers, and anything else that is related to the iPod.

Where the site will differentiate itself from the other great iPod sites already established is with the addition of music reviews and other ways for you to discover new music.

"The team at TMO has two things in common," said Dave Hamilton, president of The Mac Observer, Inc. "The first is a love of technology, particularly the technology produced by Apple, but the second is a passion for music. We all took different paths to writing about technology, but those paths made their way through the world of music before arriving at TMO."

He added, "We will leverage that passion to help iPodObserver readers find new music, and further develop their own musical interests."

iPodObserver will also look for the best podcasts out there in order to help readers wade through the growing library of audio content being made for iPod users.

Perhaps the most important aspect of iPodObserver will be its community resources. The site will offer user forums and article comments that share the large and diverse community at The Mac Observer. This means that registering at either site will give our readers access to the communities at both sites. Registered users can even add their own rating to album reviews at iPO.

We will be introducing additional community resources in the near future, as well.

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Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:45 am

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

what? another ipod site? zzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

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Bryan said:

member since 11 Jun 2001 with 7340 posts, TMO Staff, send him a message or view his profile

Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:41 am

And yet, here you are, Guest.

That said, this is not just another iPod site. This is a site put together by the same team that publishes The Mac Observer, and that's something no other iPod site can claim.

Mind you, there are some great sites out there, but I am confident that we'll be able to differentiate ourselves. There's plenty of room for all of us, as there are millions of iPod users.

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A guest said: (hide)

Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:12 am

I, for one, welcome our new iPodObserver overlords!

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A guest said: (hide)

Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:44 am

Very nicely done Bryan! I appreciate what TMO has offered. Will direct my customers to this site!

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squintbro said:

member since 23 Jul 2002 with 241 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:34 pm

This is really cool. I love TMO, and this is a great addition to the family!

Thanks for the hard work you've put into this.

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Bryan said:

member since 11 Jun 2001 with 7340 posts, TMO Staff, send him a message or view his profile

Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:46 pm

Thanks, folks.

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A guest said: (hide)

Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:39 pm

How long until RC posts here?

Something along the line that the iPod is the end of humanity.

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Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:44 pm

Great! Now only remove ipodobs stuff from the tmo feed - in the end, the idea is that people only subscribe to the stuff they care about, right?

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Bryan said:

member since 11 Jun 2001 with 7340 posts, TMO Staff, send him a message or view his profile

Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:26 am

We will eventually be able to do that, Guest, but for now, TMO is our primary vehicle for raising awareness for iPO. You should see our RSS options and customizability increasing as we go.

Bryan

Editor

iPO

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gslusher said:

member since 13 Nov 2002 with 2088 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:20 am

I like the idea, but the graphic design has some problems. The yellow-green text is rather nauseating and hard to see. That color does not make for sharp images, as it has quite low contrast with the white background (and even less with the grey background). As a result, it tends to look smeared and fuzzy. That's not a matter of pixels but the way our eyes work.

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