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When asked at MacWorld about the Kindle, Steve Jobs replied that “[t]he whole conception is flawed at the top because people don’t read anymore.” So all those rumors and dreams about Apple building an iPod for Readers is dashed. Hey, Steve, many people read. They are called women. They also buy things. Like iPhones and iPods and oh, books.

The Times via Mobile Read.

Apple announced a new slate of IPods today including a 8 mm thick touchscreen one that looks just like the iPhone, only slimmer.

The current slate of iPods/iPhones are:

iPod Shuffle ($79)
iPod Nano ($149, $199)

iPod Classic, ($249, $349)

iPod Touch, ($299, $399)

iPhone ($399) - this is a two hundred dollar price drop

The cool thing is that there is an easy hack for the iPhone that doesn’t void the warranty that allows the installation of an ebook reader. I am totally happy with it and will blog about it once I can get the screenshot utility to work. With the new iPod Touch and the lower priced iPhone, Apple has a viable alternative for ebook reading.

Last Friday, the innovative iPhone went on sale. Since its announcement in January, I’ve been vacillating back and forth debating whether I would purchase one or not. However, on Friday evening, we decided to hop over to the Apple Store to see what they looked like. There was no line and there was plenty of stock left. Having seen it in person, we could not leave the store without one.

The Hardware

The phone works just as advertised. Its got a big, beautiful screen. As you can see by the pictures below, it is only a little smaller in screen size than the IPAQ 4700 which is one of my primary ereaders.

The screen size is substantially larger than the one my Motorola Q.

The hardware, or processor, running the iPhone is fast and strong.* The interface changes from phone to mail to ipod in matter of seconds. On my MotoQ, there was always a drag when switching applications. The biggest difference I noted was when I went to use the camera application. On my MotoQ, the object …

Who says digital copies don’t sell? Apple is now the third largest retailer of music in the country with a 10% market share. Wal-mart is number one with a 15.8% market share and Best Buy number 2 with a 13.8% market share.

Via Gizmodo.