Alex Salkever of Business Week humorously sums up what many people think about the new miniPod: "Far less capacity in a slightly smaller device for nearly the same cost? Sorry, Steve, this tune is off key."
SMALLER BUT WIMPIER. Less music in a device marginally smaller at about the same price. Get it? I didn't, and few others will, either. In fact, while I was watching Jobs give his spiel, my mind replayed the infamous scene from the cult classic mockumentary Spinal Tap where the dim rock band tries to explain that dials on their amplifiers go to 11 — and that's what makes them louder. I was left with the same sense of befuddlement after watching Jobs show off the smaller but much wimpier miniPod.
