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iTunes outstrips Walmart

This reminds me of when the first cassette tape outsold its vinyl counterpart.

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Latest comment by: The Grim: "Frankly, I'm surprised it happened at all, considering the crap sound quality of audio cassettes. That's pretty much what I've been saying about the crap quality of MP3s for the past eight years."

It's like the iPhone, without the, you know, Phone

For those of you who love your gadgets (like I do), Apple has release the iPod Touch ... which is more or less an iPhone without all the phone nonsense. It has a nice big(ger) screen and is wifi-enabled, which is nifty. The sad/dumb thing is the storage size, only 8GB and 16GB, but the price is much less than an iPhone if you want a pretty widescreen handheld gizmo.

Of course, the even stranger thing is that they now have video on the iPod Nano. Itty-bitty video. 

Latest comment by: Imaginary Ed: "the ITouch is tempting.. but now the Iphone can be easily hacked to allow the user on Tmobile and other networks. For like 25 bucks you can get the software to change the network. As for monthly fee... they don't charge because they're not giving you any type ...