When Apple’s iPod and iTunes ecosystem was first established, some analysts decreed that Apple was making a huge mistake, the same one it made when it originally decided not to license the Mac operating system. On the surface, having a unified standard might seem like a pretty good idea. This way, you can mix and […]

As expected, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unleashed the Motorola ROKR, the first cell phone compatible with iTunes, at a media briefing this morning. Jobs likened the flashy new phone as “really an iPod shuffle on your phone. Both devices can shuffle, both can autofill, neither has a click wheel — but the phone has a […]