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03-17-2010, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jbradfor View Post
In the same way that people used to call all portable cassette players "walkmen", even though strictly speaking only those made by Sony were really "Walkmen". Same with facial tissue vs Kleenex, adhesive bandages vs Band-aid, etc.
That is news to me. Everyone I know calls non-iPods, "mp3 players". Maybe it is just where I live, but there is such an Apple culture, it would feel odd to call a non-Apple mp3 player an "iPod", just as it would feel odd to call a non-Apple cell phone an "iPhone".
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