the iPod’s demise
Cheap multigigabyte flash cards will be ubiquitous (to the point of being superfluous, haha, stupid word plug) next year which will probably have many questioning why the hell should I shell out $400 for an Apple iPod.
And here’s Apple’s contingency(?) plan — contracting w/ a cellphone manufacturer to design an iPodesque interface and license such technologies and designs (along w/ iTunes integration, of course):