Apple to Face iPod Clone Attack

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday April 1, 2006 @09:34PM from the they-have-cool-armor dept.

chr1sb writes "The Age has a commentary piece outlining how Apple's domination of the online media market is continuing to grow, but speculating that significant competition from the likes of Nokia and Motorola will rapidly relegate Apple's presence in the market to a corner, just as clone manufacturing of IBM PCs dominated the initial success of the Macintosh. From the article: 'The iPod/iTunes system will move into a niche with Macintosh computers because Steve Jobs has again stuck with closed architecture and total control. This will happen quickly because mobile phones are being turned over about every year.'."

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What? by davidstrauss · 2006-04-01 21:36 · Score: 5, Funny

Companies are trying to compete with the iPod. I shall need a replacement monocle.
I have got to stop getting so surprised.
Obligatory by jibjibjib · 2006-04-01 21:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Begun, this iPod clone war has.
1. Re:Obligatory by jcr · 2006-04-01 22:47 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Over, it is. Won, Apple has. When to quit, the others know not.
  
  -jcr
  
  --
  The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."