Colossal MP3 Player Spotted at Walgreens!

GeekSugar — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:00:12 -0700

Need a GIANT MP3 player? Spotted in the aisles of Walgreens, a $22 dollar MP3 player - the size of your head! Walgreens and their genius digital music player manufacturer have apparently glossed over the fact that iPod's success came largely from its convenient small size to bring you the Colossal 256MB mp3 player! Who cares if you don't own any bags big enough to fit it. It's COLOSSAL!

Who knows what they were thinking with this thing - it has just 256MB and requires 2 AA batteries, and the packaging gives away no sense of irony whatsoever.

Don't bother checking online for this bad boy - I could only find it in person at a downtown San Francisco store. I have half a mind to go back to that Walgreens and buy it, just so I can wear it around town as a social experiment. And it's pink, because, you know, a white one just isn't attention-catching enough!

Do People Spend More on Gadgets as They Get Older?

GeekSugar — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:00:30 -0800

This Friday's USA Today featured a look at the fact that Tech giants target older buyers - and their cash. I understand the move from a market perspective, but I'm not sure people in their 50s and 60s (most notably my parents and their friends) will ever be as in tune or interested in technology as younger generations. Am I being ageist? USA Today reports:

Many 50-plus consumers "have been using personal computers and Sony Walkmans since they were 20 or 25 years old," he says. "They've spent years updating their cellphones, buying MP3 players, installing GPS navigators in their cars and shopping for the latest gadgets."

Combine that tech history with this demographic's colossal size (now more than 91 million) and its trillions in spending power - and it adds up to a massive sales opportunity for tech companies, most of which have not courted older adults before.

What do you think? Do people in their 50s spend more on gadgets than younger people?
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