It turns out a whole helluva lot. Apple announced this week that their iPod Nanos were starting out at $149. If you think about it, the amazing thing is what $149 has been able to buy you over the last two and a half years.
In January of 2005, only 32 months ago, Apple unveiled the Gen 1 iPod Shuffle. They came in at the $99 for 512MB and $149 for One Gigabyte. The shuffles are screenless and small plastic items that could play music and hold a few files, that's it. Still they were a big sellers.
A little over a year and a half ago, Apple released the 1GB nano at $149. Again, huge success - big seller. Now
