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I definitely accept the argument that perhaps Apple went a little too far toward the pedestrian, but it was a much better choice than going too far the other way, assuming your goal is to have a widely appealing and profitable business :-)


I think you and I are in the same ballpark, then. I believe Apple went too far toward the pedestrian because they knew they hit a grand slam with iTunes and ITMS. Those selling points gave them the luxury to kick back and slowly perfect the iPod, rather than having to pit feature against feature and design against design.

That's just dandy, but I think it's time for them to seriously innovate. The fact that there's no gapless playback is *inexcusable*.

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BTW, I don't think we're really arguing, just passing the afternoon by elaborating our points


Without question. (Though, it's evening here already.)
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