The Wall Street Journal has run an article claiming the iPod will be able to fend off the threat from MP3-capable mobile phones…the first such story I’ve seen in the main press in a while, if at all. It cites brand and ease-of-use as being in Apple’s favor…”Moreover, while the mechanics of transferring songs from a computer running Apple’s iTunes to an iPod are straightforward, questions abound about how it would work with a cellphone. Could you transfer music to a PC? Back it up on a CD-ROM? Restore it if the phone is lost? Reclaim it if you get a new phone?…Then there’s that pesky business model. A hot new feature only helps wireless carriers if it makes money.”
And of course, the most pertinent fact when comparing future mobiles to current iPods: “Finally, there’s the fact that too many tech boxing matches get handicapped as if the leader is content to sit on its lead — something you don’t do if you want to survive in the Internet biz. There’s no way Apple will hold still as cellphone makers take aim at it — not after digital music allowed the company to muscle its way back into the home-computing mix.” (via Ringtonia)
Related stories:
–Mobile Phones Accused Of Planning iPod Death
–Gates Sees Mobile Phones Overtaking iPods
–Will Music Enabled Cell Phones Replace MP3 Players?
–Is The iPod/Mobile Debate Irrelevant?
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