cheer up -- they make passable paperweights
The Observer | UK News | Why the iPod is losing its cool
... The iPod, the digital music player beloved of everyone from Coldplay's Chris Martin to President George Bush, is in danger of losing its sheen. Sales are declining at an unprecedented rate. Industry experts talk of a 'backlash' and of the iPod 'wilting away before our eyes'. Most disastrously, Apple's signature pocket device with white earphones may simply have become too common to be cool. ...
Or maybe folks have finally figured out what I've been saying for years: If your music sounds good on a iPod, you're listening to crap.