"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
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reddred wrote:
"Garrett Cox" wrote in message
iPod isn't a money maker neither is the iTunes music store. It's kind
of a whack marketing chain. At least this is how my Apple sales rep
explained it to me. The iTunes music store helps sell iPods which in
turn helps sell Macintoshes.

Well, that's the theory, but most of Apple's significant wad of ready
cash
came from iPods this year, not macs. And only a very tiny bit came from
iTunes.

So what's the next rabbit from the hat?

A follow-on to the Newton.

That's like what I was thinking, or in the short term partner with Sirius to
compete with XM's portable players. But yeah, I don't see any reason not to
have a pc inside an iPod.


Apple is really good at pulling disconnected rabbits out of hats, and they
have been doing so since they started. Aside from a couple mistakes, like
the Apple III

I don't think they supported that much. Things like the Newton were just too
weird at the time for people to embrace. I kind of like what they're doing
now, coming at it from the entertainment gadget angle.

jb