ian said:
>   hmm iRex is a spin off of Phillips - thats fairly deep pockets.

oh, right.  why do you think they didn't put the big name on it?


ian said:
>   And besides - an ipod is $300 and it only plays music ...

"only"?

i'd guess people are willing to pay a lot more for music
than for books.  i don't have figures on music, but the
number of books read annually by the average american
is _one_.

-bowerbird