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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It says you could use it without looking at it. Which was true of all music players at the time. Many didn't even have a display. What else ya got?

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] warm@kbin.earth 1 points 2 weeks ago

Iconic, not legendary engineering, the click wheel got annoying, scrolling over tracks you wanted select, scrolling when you click it, etc, it was far from perfect.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago