Steve Jobs Keynote at San Francisco, Apple Options

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Steve Jobs Keynote at San Francisco

[_guest_Jeff_]

I'm a first-timer here, and I apologize for the wordiness.

I completely agree! On one hand, the flash market is expanding in size (see Rio's new 4GB flash MP3 for $250), and has always been the dominant MP3 market. But, Apple wants to grow market share and be competitive, so they offer the same thing. Not very different, Apple. I personally don't think that this is the way to do it. Also, I personally wouldn't buy one, knowing that I could spend $50 more, and get almost 4 TIMES the space, with all of the extra capabilities (games, PDA, voice recorder, etc. etc.)

On the other hand, as it was stated above, I'm sure they did research to see the viability of the product, and they feel that a flash entry into that market makes financial sense. I'm just not sure how they will be able to compete with the already-considered standard-setter of the MP3 market, Rio. And, I'm not sure that flash memory vs. the shrinking (in size) harddrive iPod will win. I would always go with the more power, more options, for not much more money.

Being a musician, I was excited about GarageBand, and even the iPod. Overall, though, the Keynote left me looking for other company's announcements at the Expo.