Pogue: iPod mini competitors lack the ‘little things’

The New York Times’ David Pogue looks at four iPod mini competitors and finds that it’s the little things that put Apple’s player on top. “When your player contains a thousand songs, you need a way to scroll through them quickly. You can run your finger around the iPod’s famous click wheel fast to jet down to the W’s and then slowly to pinpoint ‘What a Wonderful World.’ But the Rio’s thumb wheel has no such variable speed; it’s four songs per turn, period.

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