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LMFAO! Oh, yeahhhh ... that makes sense. Use the demo model in the store that's been dropped and handled by hundreds of people -- and barely has any battery left. Nice

He's right. None of them have as good an interface as the iPod, you can't select your songs or playlists as quickly, and none have such ergonomic controls. Others may beat the iPod on price, capacity, or the addition of a radio or such, but none are as high quality and easy to use.

When is Apple ever going to learn its lesson on market dynamics? The iPod isn't a bad device but, at the end of the day, it's just a MP3-ish player with a hard drive strapped to it. Apple charges a boatload of cash for it. Far too much, now that it's facing competitive pressures from superb devices costing half its price and offering twice as much capacity. I don't care how much ease of functionality that litle interface wheel provides -- or how much better you think the player electronics are. Apple isn't going to maintain its market share by charging those kind of prices. My prediction is that Apple will blow its lead in this market by clinging to its premium pricing strategy -- and it's already trying to stem its losses by introducing lower cost devices with a fraction of the capability of the more expensive devices. It won't be enough, though. Watch.