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mgaus77 join:2002-08-24 Miami, FL	reply to Thinkdiff Re: iPhone coming! Yes but now the iPod is getting competition from MP3 phones and phones are computers. It's all coming together and this gives Apple a great opportunity to computerize the portable device...and then sell a lot of desktop Macs based on the phone. I simply cannot see Apple charging $ 200 an iPod in 2007 for a device that plays music only.
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The Dv8or DSLReports Forums -- The Mouse House 2.0 Premium join:2001-08-09 Danbury, CT clubs:	said by mgaus77 : Yes but now the iPod is getting competition from MP3 phones and phones are computers. It's all coming together and this gives Apple a great opportunity to computerize the portable device...and then sell a lot of desktop Macs based on the phone. I simply cannot see Apple charging $ 200 an iPod in 2007 for a device that plays music only. You forgot videos. And people still will pay $200, $300, and $400 for an iPod in 2007 because it's functionality is only a part of why it sells so well. It's mostly about the name and the status symbolism. -- You're so vain... I bet you think this post is about you.
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jwsmiths4 Part Man, Part Mac Premium join:2003-10-25 Savannah, GA	You know what really makes the iPod (and I don't think its name or status) - it is the appearance of the iPod and its the accessories for the iPod. I used to own an archos, a creative zen and a rio and none of them had anywhere near the accessory count the iPod does. I used to have to use a cassette deck adapter to listen to my other MP3 players while driving and those sound horrible. Now I'm out walking listening to my iPod and I get in my car and I can open my glove box and plug my iPod into my iCruze and listen to my iPod (and control and charge it) via my head unit. Then I come home and I put my nano in my Logitech stereo system in my bedroom and I can listen to my iPod without having to wear headphones. The only way to get other MP3s to work with those sorts of accessories is to use AUX-in jacks. These days someone might buy an iPod just because they can so easily integrate it into their environment. -- »web.mac.com/jwsmiths/iWeb
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