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To: OrionX who wrote (49456)	11/25/2005 11:12:12 PM
From: rnsmth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

Fairy tales does not sound like you really get all of the iPod story. It has become an important part of information exchange via the podcast phenomena. It is becoming an important part of higher education, including medical education. It is not just a discretionary music player. Now, with with the video Pod it will become a vital tool to pornographers and perverts. If 10% of perverts buy them, that is tens of millions of additional sales grin But seriously, it is part of a new ecology, a central part. It has already expanded way beyond the initial music function. Before too long, when it can easily plug into a box and have its video content displayed on a 40+ inch TV screen, it will drive more sales and become a potent force in video. It is at the beginning. The ecology is just emerging. It will rapidly evolve. We will watch it do so. Some of us will profit from it. Some of us will sell when it gets to ridiculous heights and buy back later. I am thinking AAPL may get slammed after earnings and rise again after Macworld, and I am going to play some of my shares that way.

To: OrionX who wrote (49456)	11/26/2005 3:52:57 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

>>unlike Apple where most of their revenues and profits are coming from a product line that will no doubt see major competition.<< Orion - Where do you get that? Most of Apple's revenues and profits come from computer and software sales. Says so in the quarterly reports. And let's not forget that people have been talking about all the major competition that the iPod was going to see since the iPod was introduced four years ago. The competition has had plenty of time, and they've been introducing products at a rapid clip. When is this competition going to start making a dent in Apple's sales? - Allen

To: OrionX who wrote (49456)	11/26/2005 11:54:56 AM
From: Jill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

Ipod is not a fad. It's like desktop computers--its a new way of listening to music that everyone is going to use eventually. And probably videos too. Walkmans didn't have any of the features Ipods do, and Itunes, and how seamlessly it merges with your computer and how you can direct your own music collection like a permanent spontaneous DJ. Think of telephones, cellphones, computers, laptops. Its that kind of innovation though perhaps not as necessary/widespread but it is not fad. And I"m not in AAPL right now.