...as long as they have reasonable co-operation from networks, and provide enough free content themselves, someone out there will spend the money.
Free content is exactly what they need. I would be ticked off if I just purchased a three hundred dollar machine, and then needed to spend even more on content. Providing free video would be instant PR for Apple. Real's Rhapsody has immediate likability because you can listen to 25 songs as soon as you download it.
Apple missed the home video market by not including a built-in speaker in the video iPod. Without a speaker, it's impossible to share your movies with anyone else. Video content is usually more fun when you watch it with someone else.
They don't advertise this on any of the pages, but if you look at the quicktime VR of the iPod Nano, you'll see that the headphone jack is on the bottom, next to the dock connector. This makes sense for the lanyard headphones (which hang the iPod upside-down) but under normal use I prefer the jack on top.
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Apple missed the home video market by not including a built-in speaker in the video iPod. Without a speaker, it's impossible to share your movies with anyone else. Video content is usually more fun when you watch it with someone else.
They don't advertise this on any of the pages, but if you look at the quicktime VR of the iPod Nano, you'll see that the headphone jack is on the bottom, next to the dock connector. This makes sense for the lanyard headphones (which hang the iPod upside-down) but under normal use I prefer the jack on top.
I'm frustrated that iTunes 5 does not allow you to search by genre in the new search bar. You have to use the cumbersome "browse" window instead.