NotPods: Forbes Explores Competing iPod Products I never understood why all the tech writer's kept thinking some of these other products would "kill" the iPod. For a couple of years, every 6 months or so you'd read an article about a raft of new "iPod killers" coming to market. I hope the folks who wrote those feel silly now. This is an objective look at some of the more worthy competitors to the iPod, and why they are failing to "slay the dragon." (The iPod isn't a dragon!)