Ol' Bill opined recently that the iPod will likely lose a large chunk of it's market share to cell phones in the near future and I have to agree with him. I love mp3 players but I won't carry one around with me just to hear music. That's just the way I am. I won't pay several hundred bucks for a largely one-trick pony.

     My wife has a Blackberry (she needed a new phone) and while I have never actually laid hands on hers (I bought it for her while I have been here in Iraq) the feature list on the damn thing is impressive. With hard drive miniaturization screaming ahead it won't be long before they manage to cram a 40+Gig drive into a RIM Blackberry without even changing the functional and attractive formfactor of the 7100T.

     Combine the PDA, phone, and music player functions in one device that size and I will be hard pressed to maintain my long standing aversion to carrying a cell phone (electronic leash I tell you!). Unless Apple figures out some killer application or new niche product they face another Mac slide and soon.

If you can make me want a phone... you win.