“By now Apple’s sainted ipod should be seeing real competition. Some enterprising company should be developing a dandy new device that costs the same as the clickwheeled darling but performs significantly better–or a pure knockoff that looks great and works as well but costs a lot less. Luckily for Apple the competition just doesn’t seem to get it,” Stephen Manes writes for Forbes. “The burgeoning culture of iPod accessories, both software and hardware, helps ensure that those who think different and shun the iPod will remain in the minority. For the foreseeable future, the greatest competition for an iPod is the next one.”
Manes looks at would-be iPod killers and why they are failing to slay in his full article here.
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