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davinp

10-14-2005, 10:41 AM

Steve Jobs is moving one step closer to religious entity with the new requirement by Apple for a tithe of all revenues from manufacturing iPod port-pluggable accessories. Currently the license fee sits between 1 and 2%, and the bump to 10% might see some accessory makers closing down their iPod lines. Seems like Apple wants to dominate the MP3 Player & Accessory business.

http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Entertainment/MP3/?article=/Entertainment/MP3/News/A9X6C3R5

phreddy

10-14-2005, 10:43 AM

Seems short sided to me. One of the biggest selling points for the Ipod are the accessories that are available.

merouby

10-14-2005, 04:05 PM

This could easily be the end of Apple if it were to do that!

phreddy

10-14-2005, 04:07 PM

Of course this could be a big break for Dell/Creative. If they don't have deals inplace now, they ought to jump on it.