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Kevin Rollins: “It's interesting the iPod has been out for three years and it's only this past year it's become a raging success. Well those things that become fads rage and then they drop off. When I was growing up there was a product made by Sony called the Sony Walkman - a rage, everyone had to have one. Well you don't hear about the Walkman anymore. I believe that one product wonders come and go. You… Read More

During the Q&A, Mossberg noted that Apple has been criticized for not playing in the low end PC market, and asked if the iPod is the company's US$400 computer. “Yeah, we actually approached it that way,” Jobs said. “We said we're going to invest in the iPod rather than a PDA and we also said it looks a lot like a $400 computer. And for us the volume is pretty good, so yes. But we want to make them cheaper… Read More