Mike Perham

This article spurred me in a completely unexpected technical direction over the winter break: Massive Christmas iPod Touch Sales Boost App Store Downloads. Two facts struck me:

An application which makes farting sounds was selling 40,000 units/day.
I’ve had a secret dream for a year…

My dream? To make a $5 keychain sold at the checkout [...]

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Kindle will flop, hard.

$400???
$10 per book? I like $6 paperbacks.
User-defined RSS feeds cost money? Good grief.
Uses Sprint’s EDVO but not Wi-Fi.

The Kindle should sell well to millionaires who love gadgets and to read. Everyone else will stick with their laptops.

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