The stupidity is astonishing. If the iPods were sold at inflated prices, it seems to me that a lower-priced equivalent, which would play lower-priced music would be a great big hit.
I tried one of those lower-priced devices, and it was a dog. Way to complex for the average person to understand or use. It was worth a lot less than I paid for it. Got a real iPod and everything was suddenly easy. It may have bee sold at an "inflated" price, but the thing worked.
Well, as an economist, I can tell you that any good or service ALWAYS sells in an uncontrolled market for the "right and fair" price. That's the price where a willing buyer buys it from a willing seller. . . a where neither party has a gun pointed at his head.
This trial is an attempt by some whiners (crooked lawyers, working in cahoots with a corrupt judicial system) to get out a retroactive gun and point it at Apple's head and say "Lower your prices, or I'll shoot!"
It was a big mistake. What a hassle getting music put onto that thing and the menu navigation on the device was a joke. You pretty much had to set everything up on the computer application, which itself was clunky and constantly crashing.
Finally broke down and got an iPod. Then an iPhone, then a MacBook Pro and then the iPad. As well as a few more iPods. So Apple got me into their eco-system after all - only because the alternatives sucked.
Prior to the iPod, many thought that Apple was going to eventually go belly-up. And I think it almost did. The iPod was a big risk at the time but it probably saved the company.