Here are a couple interesting stories from Yahoo Tech. 
They are both from Ben Patterson “The Gadget Hound”. The first one is New iPods vs. the Rest: Two Players Enter, One Leaves and the second story is “Small Number” of iPod Screens Faulty.
They are not the end-all-be-all about iPods/iPhones but good reading and the comments do make me laugh.
Since iPod is the undisputed leader (market share) in MP3/personal video players this obviously going to happen.
I don’t own one and will not (mostly because of the iTunes and file type issues) but that doesn’t stop me from admiring the design and marketing power of Apple. Even if Steve Jobs hasn’t changed his outfit since 1980, his marketing delivery and power of design surpasses his mock turtle necks (I’m just trying to get the Apple zealots fired up).
Here is how I see it, the products are innovative for the US (see the comments about touch and UI in Japan - again Apple Fanboys unite) but problems happen in all tech product launches.
Get over it and lets hope that Apple takes care of its users. Like Apple or not, they are pushing the industry like they always have and it makes the slower moving companies try and keep up. Size of company and profit directly change focus, I hope this doesn’t happen with Apple.
If we can learn something specific from Apple: design, usability and functionally are king over everything else. Marketing those 3 things are an easy sell. Achieving those 3 things is not, if you loose focus.
I’m getting way off track but the posts on Yahoo Tech are interesting and worth reading.
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