As much as i don't get the appeal of Apple products I have to give they huge credit over ipod, iphone and ipad. Especially ipod and iphone. They entered these market when there was already a lot of competition but still managed to build massively succesfull products. Apples brand building is really something else. I know a lot of people that have bought iphone just because it is ''cool'' to own. They really don't use many of its features that much. It's status symbol for them. Also success of Apple has leaden the competition to also make better products. Samsung's smarphones are damn nice and hopefully Nokia also makes comeback (as I am finnish guy lol). Realy one market that could use alternative choices is PC OS market. It has stagnated little because MS can do whatever it wants with its monopoly. Not to mention Windows is probably the most profitable product on the planet so for prices competition would be damn nice.
