I’m on record saying that the iPod mini would be a hit, so I want to make sure that Operation Gadget readers see the results of a Jupiter Research survey that indicates that 77 percent of the people surveyed think that 1,000 songs is plenty of capacity for portable audio player. These findings confirm the insight that Apple Computer must have had into likely buyers’ preferences before they shipped the
Apple is clearly knocking the competition dead with this product. I haven’t been to a store that sells iPod minis recently that had any stock. This is not because they are having manufacturing problems, unless you count situations where a company can’t meet demand as a manufacturing problem.