http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 4th 2006 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 4th 2006 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 4th 2006 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 4th 2006 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 4th 2006 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 4th 2006 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/ The man's a legend!


Keep it real your holiness.]]>Mar 4th 2006 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 4th 2006 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 4th 2006 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 4th 2006 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 4th 2006 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/"Though the white iPod nano is tiny, it still made an impression on the pope. When the head of the radio's technical and computer support department [...] handed the pope the boxed iPod, the pope was said to have replied, 'Computer technology is the future.' "

Also from the article:
"With his new iPod, the pope can access the radio's daily podcasts, as well as download music and audio books from the Internet."

Given the pope's comment about "the future", I somehow doubt it ;-)]]>Mar 4th 2006 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 4th 2006 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/classical music is awesome in my opinion.
rap is awful. I hate rap.]]>Mar 4th 2006 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 4th 2006 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 4th 2006 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 4th 2006 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/When did Engadget become some wannabe scientist's pulpit?

The article is about the pervasiveness of technology and the success of a company and its products. When did science ever enter the topic? Even if you want to spout off about how the iPod is the result of science at work, why is “the pope’s way” suddenly taking a backseat to science?
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haha, just messing.]]>Mar 5th 2006 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 5th 2006 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 5th 2006 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 5th 2006 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/
That's why the iPod is "winning": its simple and it works. Think about the marketing. iPod marketing is exclusively images of people dancing. That's not a "hard sell". No booming voice telling you to buy buy buy. No lists of features. No endorsements. Just images of people dancing. No one is being brainwashed by iPod marketing. iPod ads build and maintain awareness, but its through exposure to the honestly useful functionality of the iPod+iTunes experience that the iPod has become so successful.

There are simply are not enough lemmings who buy something simply because it is "popular" to make a product successful on the iPod's scale.

Nope, iPods are popular and given to Popes because they work great and are simple to use. ]]>Mar 5th 2006 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 5th 2006 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/
Yes and no.

Rite of Spring? Clearly yes. Flat-out pagan.

Symphony of the Psalms? Well, obviously that's kosher. Or whatever the Catholic equivalent of kosher is.]]>Mar 5th 2006 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/
Then, when they sue him, he can have the Man Upstairs smite the little "fair-use-doesn't-exist-we're-going-to-sue-to-
keep-an-outdated-business-model-alive" sonsofbi....s.

]]>Mar 5th 2006 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/
For everyone else: Did the President buy his, or was it given as a gift? The Pope's engraving "To His Holiness" doesn't sound like something he would choose himself, also making me think it was a gift. Apple would get plenty of cred/exposure by giving a $400 player to high profile people.]]>Mar 5th 2006 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/
would you rather give jesus a game boy advance or a DS Lite?

damn you.]]>Mar 5th 2006 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 5th 2006 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 5th 2006 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 5th 2006 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/I hate Jews
I hate Muslims
They all need to SHUT UP!]]>Mar 5th 2006 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/
Faith (George Micheal)
I Believe In A Thing Called Love (The Darkness)
Heaven (Talking Heads)
All Is Full of Love (Bjork)
God Put A Smile on Your Face (Coldplay)
Like a Virgin (Madonna)
Fumbling Toward Ecstasy (Sarah McLachlan)
Oops!...I Did It Again (Britney Spears)
Bus To Beelzebub (Soul Coughing)
Devil Went Down to Georgia (Charlie Daniels Band)
Save a Prayer (Duran Duran)
Screaming for Vengeance (Judas Priest)]]>Mar 5th 2006 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/the photoshopper didnt make the pope completely black.
if you look at it closely, you can make out the face and details of the robe.

other than that:
the pope gets an iPod. remind me what the big deal is?
(just 'cus he's special....)]]>Mar 5th 2006 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 5th 2006 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 5th 2006 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/
This calls for US-flag burning and setting fire to American embassies world wide!

(kiddin)]]>Mar 5th 2006 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 5th 2006 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/
I wonder what he has to say about the Cult of Mac...]]>Mar 5th 2006 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/Mar 5th 2006 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/
"Cybert what are you talking about. THe catholic church is all about science these days. They always go about saying how science doesnt contradict the bible at all. They even except evolution. they are one of the only religions now where science is fully excepted. They even have their own scientists"

Are you trying to be funny with the usage of the word 'except'? If you substitute the word 'accept' for 'except' it completely changes the meaning of your statement. Saying the church 'excepts' evolution literaly means they don't agree with it.

The church tried to supress the findings of Galileo who claimed that the earth was not the center of the univers. It wasn't 400 years ago, and it isn't today. It wasn't until the year 2000 that the church apologized for its sins of the past 2000 years, including the awful treatment of Galileo, among other things. I am not saying the church is bad, far from it, just nowhere near perfect.]]>Mar 5th 2006 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/
as a matter of fact the queen does have an ipod. a 6G silver iPod mini.

as does bush ]]>Mar 5th 2006 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/
What's that? Humans aren't perfect? Why, yes!

I would say that science is more hostile to religion than religion is to science. Unless we're talking about Islam.]]>Mar 5th 2006 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/
@ #40
Don't forget the pope is also again sex before your married. But it in the human nature to only listen to things that you like and have someone to blame for your fault. I mean if people want to follow the pope without thinking, follow him completly not just the bits you like.
]]>Mar 5th 2006 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/04/pope-benedict-xvi-scores-2gb-ipod-nano-wanted-4gb/the photoshopper didnt make the pope completely black"

Wow, looks like Apple doesnt make the people completely black either... http://live.watchmactv.com/?p=91


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