Adam

It was my understanding that the price point for iPhone Apps was capped at $6.99 or $7.99. Steve mentioned this in the last keynote (where he talked about the AppStore for the first time).

Either way... I think $10 is about the maximum I would spend.

Well - I think I can answer the reason they had all of the 'skin' in the episode. This episode was originally slated to air right after the superbowl. Then the strike happened... and those plans got shuffled around.

I loved this episode... and it would have been the PERFECT episode to run right after the superbowl. Everyone that watched this episode, would have watched it the following weekend.

I'm sure that at one point, someone said "Why would I want to use this mouse? This keyboard only thing works just fine."

I'm not saying this is the future... but I could see some cool benefits.

I mean really... $6? At that price, just let me pay $20 a month to Netflix and I'll get them delivered to my door. It might not be INSTANT gratification, but you can plan pretty well in advance.

I guess I haven't rented a movie in a store for years, as I go the subscription route. I'd love for that to happen in this case... but I doubt it.

I guess I'm torn. I love the idea of this kind of service - it needs to exist. But, I just don't think that the prices can get low enough for me, to make me bite. If I have to purchase it right away, and watch it within 24 hours, and then I lose it for good... I can't imagine spending more than $.99 per movie (HD or SD). Although, I'm fairly sure I'd be willing to spend $20 a month on a subscription, and I'd probably never watch 20 things per month. Who knows.

Billy Ocean - "Get Out of my Dreams (and Into My Car)"

To me it really comes down to this. The battery life. No matter how good or functional a device is, if it doesn't have the batterylife to get you through what you need it to, it's kind of worthless. I can go get an ultraportable laptop that weighs maybe a pound more, 5 inch bigger screen, just as thin, and battery of 4 hours?

The video iPod might have a smaller screen, but I'd assume it will be able to play atleast one movie?

On a personal level, if it's too big to carry in a pocket, then you've got to have some sort of bag for it when you carry it around. If i've got to carry a bag with me, is this product that much better than just carrying a laptop around with me? No touchscreen interface is going to be good enough to replace a keyboard (at this point atleast).

I can see where this product might find its niche... just like previous Tablet PCs. I don't think this will find mass appeal like MS has been promising however. I think that this is a good product, just nothing revolutionary. If this product had built in GPS and bluetooth, some sort of cellular service capability (EV-DO, UMTS, etc.), and a battery life of 6 or 7 hours with the screen on... everyone would buy one. I realize thats a pipe dream at this point.

As always, battery technology is what's holding back everything else.