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News is all around that the iPod nano scratches easily and it was just a matter of time before the sharks smell the blood. A lawsuit has already been filed buy one disgruntled nano owner after scratching his nano with a piece of tissue paper. But one writer thinks that the lawsuit will only benefit the attorneys.

An analyst warns that consumer electronics companies should fear Apple with its gently prodding of the masses towards the Mac platform. But Apple users also have something to fear. Because Apple is a closed system with its Mac OS and iPod digital music player, a time may come that Microsoft or Sony will gain the upper hand and wrest from the iPod and iTMS' dominance in the market. What will happen is millions of iPod owners left out in the cold.

While Apple is sneaking up unawares, a judge scolded Microsoft for proposing to make an exclusive Microsoft-music player.

Where is the iPod-killer? It's been about a year since Apple's competitors have been trumpting around for the "iPod-killer" and yet nothing has happened yet. If you want to get a glimpse of the *snicker* iPod-killer and a couple of laughs, click here.

Paul Thurrott calls the iPod as "the new standard by which all are measured", and highly recommends it. A Chicago Tribune writer in the meantime calls the iPod 5G as a showstopper, and what separates the 5G iPod from other video capable players is the ease of downloading video for the player.

A writer asks, "Why do you own a Mac?", and he says his justification for switching was because of a Mac was the best solution for integration with his newly bought digital camera.