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MiniPod Success

I knew something was up when Erin McGlock emailed recently, subject "Is it normal to drool over an ipod?" She gave me permission to quote her message:

Hey dude,

Please talk me out of getting an apple ipod-mini!!!! They are so cute and I almost got one but i didn't and now i am having second thoughts! You probably already have one knowing you!

She's definitely a non-techy, and I think her favorite color might be pink... When I replied, of course, I talked her _into_ buying one (pink), which she picked up Friday.

Then Kimmy posted, "I'm so itching to get one of these."

Referring, of course, to a pink iPod Mini.

Wow, Apple must be on to something. My reaction to the MiniPod was, like most folks, "cool, but $50 too expensive." Then this, from the E-Commerce Times:

"Early indications are that iPod mini, which garnered more than 100,000 preorders since being announced in January, is outdoing the success of the original iPod, which sold 125,000 units in its first quarter of availability, Apple said."

Apple must really be on to something here. Right on.