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To: OrionX who wrote (49476)	11/26/2005 9:25:28 PM
From: Dave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

70% of the market is a "fad"?

To: OrionX who wrote (49476)	11/26/2005 10:54:29 PM
From: Jeff Hayden	Respond to of 213182

MP3 players are a new way to listen to music. iPods are a fad. Just ask some kids. A kid knows what a fad is? Kids haven't yet lived through fads, they're in the middle of their early experiences, which may include fads - but they have no concept of what is or is not going to be a fad. Kids are not the majority of iPod users anyway. It appears to me that the iPod/iTunes/iTMS system, third party accessories, and automobile accommodations JUST for the iPod are an economy. This economy has legs and likely continuing innovation on Apple's part will keep that economy moving up. This is a fad?

To: OrionX who wrote (49476)	11/27/2005 9:35:23 AM
From: Jill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

Not so. They're even being used in college courses now--for instance a friend learning Chinese at an Ivy League uses her nano to download, learn pronunciation, record her own and email the recordings to her teacher for a grade. They're not a fad, they're a new tool with many applications. And because ITunes is so seamless and good, and the design of Ipods so beautiful, they're likely to stay way ahead of the curve of imitators.