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Lets consider the Walkman
"When the fad passes, just like the Walkman fad passed? Or that newfangled television fad?"

Lets look at Walkmans, Sony created the market, the Walkman was a premium playback only with excellent audio quality.

You paid premium prices for extras, car kits, leather straps etc. They could do that because it was new, special...

Now its $9.99 everyone makes them and all the extras are thrown in the box.

Same will happen to iTunes, AAC is viewed as a premium format, and people are prepared to pay for and put up with the DRM. But down the line, when iTunes isn't so new and the iPod looks have faded, who will put up with limits?

I think iTunes is an iPod accessory and just like the $39 carrying case it is overprice and under featured.
Posted by: Nigel Johnstone   Posted on: 04/28/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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MS Bias?  bidemytime | 04/28/04
Or the 70%...  frgough@... | 04/28/04
windows media player is lousy  hipparchus2000 | 04/28/04
I know it's on the way  bidemytime | 04/29/04
70 million songs  Rick_K | 04/29/04
Ummmm.  bidemytime | 04/29/04
Expectations  solprovider | 04/28/04
RE: Expectations  JakAttak | 04/28/04
Yeah  bidemytime | 04/28/04
All those features ...  worknman | 04/28/04
Define "useful"  tic swayback | 04/28/04
Yes?  FirstNLastN | 04/28/04
Re: Yes?  Dan__ | 04/28/04
Yes? No.  tic swayback | 04/28/04
Lots of ways  tic swayback | 04/28/04
RE: Lots of ways  JakAttak | 04/28/04
It's really not meant to be foolproof  tic swayback | 04/28/04
Music is an iPod accessory  Nigel Johnstone | 04/28/04
Or  tic swayback | 04/28/04
Lets consider the Walkman  Nigel Johnstone | 04/28/04
Fads  tic swayback | 04/28/04
Walkmans vs iTunes  Nigel Johnstone | 04/28/04
Missing the point of the store  tic swayback | 04/28/04
Thing I hate the most about iTunes  fgreyfox | 04/28/04
So.... while I understand your feelings  el1jones | 04/28/04
re: Thing I hate the most about iTunes  JakAttak | 04/28/04
re: Thing I hate the most about iTunes  morgande | 04/29/04
think that's bad, try windows media player 9  hipparchus2000 | 04/28/04

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