>> "They were shiny, but didn't always work as well as competitors." Actually the iPod had a click wheel interface that left the competition in the dust and ca

>> "They were shiny, but didn't always work as well as competitors." Actually the iPod had a click wheel interface that left the competition in the dust and catapulted Apple from a niche computer company for designers to a world power. Maybe you liked your Sony mp3-man better, but the rest of the world didn't care for it. That's just history.