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The big TechCrunch story yesterday was the news that Apple are likely to start selling ringtones on iTunes to coincide with the release of the iPhone. I think it's a very natural step and the video linked provides some compelling evidence. Judge for yourselves.

Jobs really is a genius. Since dropping the Computers piece of the Apple name and rebranding as a media company, this would appear to be a killer move on their part to further dominate in the mobile media world.

As for Mike Arrington's dismissal of consumer opinion on the high pricing, well I wouldn't be so quick to do so.

This news comes as others are talking about the price of the iPhone, which studies are sayingis too high for consumers to stomach. My instincts tell me the studies are meaningless, though, and that Apple will sell these things as fast as they can produce them in Taiwan.

These pro bloggers eh, what happened to listening to the consumer? Yeah they'll sell, but not like the iPod, until the price drops, period.

technorati tags:Apple, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, Ringtones, TechCrunch, Arrington, Consumer, Opinion, Survey

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Posted by Jim at 2/25/2007 10:15:00 p.m. | Permalink | Comments (0)

BlogPatrol was down again today so while well and truly pissed off I thought I'd try sign up for what looks to be an excellent offering from W3Counter. Hey what do ya know, it's invitation only.

Despite the then black text in the form heading I filled out the usuals and clicked Submit, only to find the text gleefully turn RED (about the same time I did!) and I could almost hear it say "I cant let you do that Dave".

Answer me this W3Counter, just what do you call "early 2007" eh? And how do you choose who to invite? You have a great looking service, if only people could use it. If I'd tried to buy a pig in a bag and chosen the $4.95 a month Personal Account offering at signup would we be having this problem? I think not.

Shame how something great can be so easily ruined by lack of insight. How can you expect people to shell out for paid offerings before taking the test drive? Alienating customers at signup...pathetic.

technorati tags:W3, Counter, Web, Traffic, Stats, Analysis, Blog, BlogPatrol, Metrics, Visitors, Measurement

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