iPod Mini Worldwide Rollout Delayed

falcon5768 writes "Apparently those 4-gig, $249 little buggers are selling faster than anyone expected.... So fast that the original April rollout worldwide has been delayed till July to keep up with the demand in the states and to get enough in production to meet worldwide sales. Given that there where 100,000 pre-orders alone, does this mean that yet again Apple hit on a niche that no one else (including me) thought would sell. I have been hearing a lot of rumors that the biggest buyer of the iPod mini has in fact been those female tech geeks out there. So much for the idea a $249 4-gig iPod was a mistake." Rob Glaser of RealNetworks, though, claims that not opening the iPod (big or small) to other formats is a real mistake; he wants to see iPod support other proprietary formats (like, say, Real's).

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don't worry.....

[Daltorak]

..... in another year or so, the EU will be punishing Apple for dominating the market with their capitalist American-made iPod product. Then they'll force Apple to ship the iPod with competing media players (i.e. Real Player), force them to open up the specs to competitors, and fine them half a billion euro to boot.

But, like I said, don't worry! It's all in the consumer's best interest!