ok two articles I've read on this blog, two full of statistical numbers...wrong!!!! I don't know you but:
1) I've got an ipod since 5 days (thank you to my girlfriend).I've used ipaq for more or less 3 yrs without problems
2) Many friends of mine don't use an ipod, they are too expensive
3) people aren't hidden anywhere, simply your statistics are made by apple, maybe, because I can't think that you believe really to what you are saying!! :) Maybe in US there are many ipods, but not everywhere it's true.
4) for who said that ipod couldn't be used with linux, let's try again: Floola, free, runs on mac, linux and windows, it could manage almost everything.
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