In article <eo2rko$gni$3@reader01.news.esat.net>,
Calum <com.gmail@scottishwildcat.nospam> wrote:

> I still don't. Just give me the widescreen iPod without all that other
> crap

In due time, and possibly even when the phone actually ships. I can
easily imagine something with a similar form factor that is just a
little thicker for the 80GB drive (or 120GB or whatever the max is when
the next iPod upgrade comes out). The beauty of the $500 pricing, if
there can be beauty in that, is that Apple can not only compare it to a
$200 nano + $300 phone in one direction, but it can also ship a similar
looking 6G iPod at $350 and say "look at all you could get if you went
with an iPhone for just $150 more". That might not convince someone
with a huge media library they want to have with them at all times, but
it does help keep tiers to keep extracting "another $50" from people.

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