Continuing on the topic that intrigues me is how much vertical integration is needed in consumer products to make them a great consumer product. Just like the Palm Pilot before it, the IPod is the quintessential 21st Century consumer hit, however it is characterized by a highly integrated experience from design all the way through [...]

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As you have seen from previous posts I have been pondering why Sony failed to match the success of the iPod with it’s Walkman line of products when all of the good money was on Sony doing just that. This failure of Sony to capture this market could hold some good lessons for Microsoft as [...]

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