Apple unveiled it’s new renditions of both the iPod Touch and the iPod Nano on Tuesday, along with several other software upgrades. And at first I was surprised by some of the price-point decisions:
1) I had thought the Nano might go to $99 from $149 in line with Apple’s new, more populist "recession pricing" ideas [...]

A little while ago I told you about Apple’s carefully crafted Archetype Branding of Steve Jobs as a "Wizard of Oz"-like character, the magician who disappears behind the curtains and reappears with new, ever-more-amazing wonders of technology.
Since then, there have been a number of developments that both prove the power of this form of marketing, [...]

Apple’s second-generation iPhone 3G is set to hit the market Friday to the by now customary camping lines and fanfare, and, more importantly, high sales expectations.
And while it’s fun to partake in all of the speculation and hand-wringing over specific features (iPhone App store, enterprise IT compatibility, battery-life), the truly important underlying dynamics can often [...]