this, if you recall is still a commercial industry, with very competitive players all trying to win out on product differentiation, and market share. The company with the best business model wins.

People can complain about apple/iphone all they want but they must be doing something right. The Iphone is as popular in Europe as it is here, and people are churning to different carriers just for the opportunity to get one .

dont hate apple for the product and service, hate the industry for not being innovative and fluid enough. Give the consumer some credit, they know good product when they see it.

jmho.

Having been unable to plug into the hype, Palm should make a deal with a competitor, like Amazon, or Rhapsody, both of whom have plenty to offer in this space, and all of whom need a leg up in the market iTunes dominates.

Apple, while doing a famously great job of slapping together just enough software to be nearly all things to all people, hasn’t done any particular thing very well, and has thus left plenty of room for also-rans to break in by providing a better player, better store, and better user experience, not least of all in this highly prized and visible space.

It would serve Apple right if the vendors they’re blocking (via hardball tactics) from driving business to the iTunes store, were to team up with their competitors and hit them right where they’re most vulnerable.

In another year we’ll have a complete bathroom set.

Investors will take a bath.

Other puns left as a reader exercise.