A voyage inside the iPod Shuffle

Ok, let's just toss out...: The costs of design, advertising, packaging, shipping, assembly,testing, insurance, employee's, etc...

What the hell. Doesn't dent that 40% margin much anyway, right?

Sheesh. Someone needs to go to business 101.; Posted by: BitTwiddler Posted on: 02/28/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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