Today BusinessWeek ’s Alex Salkever fall on his sword byissuing an apology to Steve Jobsfor propose that the iPod miniskirt would be the same form of over - priced flop as the Power Mac G4 Cube . consider that I made the Cube / mini comparison and posited that the miniskirt was overprice by at least $ 50 a full day before Mr. Salkever , I speculate I should tolerate in wrinkle ( along with a few others , include theWall Street Journal ’s Walt Mossberg ) to ask for Mr. Jobs ’ forgiveness as well .
Steve , I ’m really , really , really sorry , man . Sure , I could make excuses . “ The iPod mini hints that much of Apple was on luncheon break when the ‘ Power Mac G4 Cube : Lessons Learned ’ memoranda circulate . ” is a good transmission line — and one that I was loathe to waste . But reportage is about more than good line . And , yeah , I guess the dead secretiveness that followed your annunciation of the mini ’s price had some influence on what I wrote . And , okay , when I read that the then - depleted - end iPod offered 3.7 times more entrepot than the miniskirt , I was slightly bedevil by the pricing structure for the two gadget .
But I stupefy one thing right . I had the good sense to fold the piece with these discussion :
“ Once I actually habituate one I may well appreciate the iPod mini ’s value — after all , I was just as shocked when I learned the price of the original iPod and chop-chop grew to have it away it ( and realized just how much economic value was packed into the diminutive gimmick ) . ”
Now that I have used one , I do appreciate its value . It ’s a beautiful gadget that fits well in the hand , it ’s got a nifty look display ( one that I prefer to the white iPods ) , 1,000 songs in your air pocket is enough for most the great unwashed who do n’t contrive to be away from their calculator for more than a month , and the click - wheel is a far superior pattern to the four too - touchy button detect on the third - generation iPod . I ’m here to say that the iPod mini is worth every one of the 24,900 pennies you ’re asking for it .
Every individual one .
So , no hard belief ?
Oh , and before I go , I ’d also care to offer my belated apologies to Steve Hammerslag who , during the seventh grade , I inadvertently shoot in the butt with a rubber eraser band .
