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Nice character design + endless marketing = profit.

Incidentally this player looks really stylish - kind of a 'lacquer' theme going on there. I think a pink one remains more appropriate, though :)]]>Dec 7th 2009 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/
The same thing that made the Jonas Brothers popular. All the men were like ".....Um, No." and that got them popular.]]>Dec 8th 2009 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/
Hello Kitty is popular for one simple reason: CUTE.

Do not underestimate the marketing power of CUTE.

Even Japanese men cannot resist a product that's been cute-ified.]]>Dec 8th 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 7th 2009 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 7th 2009 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 7th 2009 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 7th 2009 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/
She normally wears a LOT of makeup...]]>Dec 7th 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/

Afro Kitty.]]>Dec 9th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 7th 2009 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 7th 2009 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 7th 2009 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 7th 2009 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/
ok, seriously guys, please dont look up that song. ]]>Dec 7th 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/
damn i looked it up and now im convinced we have to implode the world, blood on the dance floor have doomed the human race, we must act now this is even bigger than the climate threat(www.cop15.net), the human race *will* get destroyed as soon as we make first contact because of this atrocity]]>Dec 8th 2009 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 7th 2009 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 7th 2009 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 7th 2009 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 7th 2009 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/
actually the makers of hello kitty do make a "black hello kitty" called Choco Cat.]]>Dec 7th 2009 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6205/kittyrifleci5.jpg]]>Dec 7th 2009 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 7th 2009 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 8th 2009 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 8th 2009 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 8th 2009 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 8th 2009 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Dec 8th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/iriver-takes-the-leash-off-new-black-hello-kitty-pmp/Jan 22nd 2010 12:52AM