The Perfect Thing pg 26-50

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The iPod was such a big hit when it came out because it was so easy to contorl, it had alot of space for music and also anyone could use it.
The iPod was so popular that even the president, vice-president and the queen even had one.
The iPod was the presidents first priority whn there was only one power outlet that worked on aiforce 1.
There wer test done in peoples office buildings to see what was on their iPod and to see what kind of music they listened to no iTunes/computer.
There was no major music player for the computer before the iPod came out.
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Why did it take so long for Apple to get involved in the music industry?
Why did the iPod become so popular when there were so many other MP3 players out there?
Why doesnt the NBA allow their players to listen to their iPods during warm-ups?
What is really in Queen Elizabeths iPod?
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Impverished (pg 29): reduced to poverty; make poor
Denizen(pg 29): an inhabitant; resident
Colleigal(pg 50):of or characterized by the collective responsibility shared by each of a group of colleagues, with minimal supervision from above.
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"...seemed like islands of stability in a churrning sea of cacopohny, attitude and menace."(pg 39)-Metaphor. Its comparing stability to the iPod.
"In other words...wimp."(pg 41)Metaphor its comparing wimp to the choice of acoustic instruments in your music.
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This section of the book mostly talks about the popularity of the iPod and then in the last pages it talks about the origin and how the idea came along to make it.