The New Ipods

[morphius]

Originally Posted by patteeu

That's a minority opinion... no a fringe opinion, right there. Apple didn't "start the mp3's" but they sure exploded it into a business that is about to overtake their computer business. A business that many competitors including Microsoft are dying to get a piece of. It's not all marketing. They innovated when it comes to the user interface if nothing else. Was there another harddrive-based mp3 player in existence when the first iPod came out? If so, it was such a marginal product that no one remembers it.

Well, I think one of the things that you are overlooking is that most the other companies that make these devices are mostly small computer part companies, and have never had a TV advertising budget to get their name out there.