Gapless users only a vocal minority? Apple and Cowon don't think so

@roj wrote:

No, we own a ton of Fuze’s, specifically THREE of them (two 8Gb and one 4Gb).  We also own a Clip (4Gb).

@roj wrote:

My pocketbook is a means to make the market do what I want - as every consumer’s pocketbook is.

Your pocketbook has already spoken…four times.

I was on the big iPod forum (ipodlounge) back before they had gapless, and I can tell you: it was a vocal minority there as well. It was iPod owners, of course, with the same argument: that they wouldn’t buy an iPod without gapless…but they already had!

Apple implemented it as they implement nearly all features: new players only. If you want gapless, you buy a new iPod. Its not a strategy for supporting existing customers, its a strategy for getting existing customers to buy the same thing twice. Apple is one of the few companies that can do things that are very anti-customer and still be loved by its fan base.