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As I Cringley observes in the [url=http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20080111_003899.html]End Game[/url] article, Apple hardware is a dongle.

You can only run their software applications on their hardware, with only a few exceptions.

They need to diversify because with recent changes to expanded drm-free music availability (e.g, SONY to sell rights to Amazon) they won't be able to control the cash cow music revenue stream anymore.

I personally feel that getting charged on a per song basis and the tedium of managing music to that level of manipulation will eventually become passe and obsoleted by WiMAX streaming on demand music.

As for the future of the digital music market, Real Rhapsody is a good example of a reasonably priced, well implemented, on demand monthly streaming music subscription service--very simple to use and all of that file transfer syncing avoided. Just go to a genre, artist, album, whatever and just listen.

If Apple doesn't open up they risk being left behind in a world of increasing 'openness'. Same goes for Microsoft.

When it comes to cell phones and convergence, Nokia have a good product development philosophy, marketing concept and are a force to be reckoned with: 'Open to Everything'.

iPhone doesn't have anything going for it, excepting a unique interface which will be copied within a short period of time by the competition.

It is relatively 'featureless' when compared with for example the Nokia N95.

We'll see what next week brings and if Jobs can 'walk on water' or not. My prediction is it will be more closed architecture glitz. If you are into that well then by all means please enjoy.
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