Some smart thoughts on why some gear IS selling

We all know that plenty of gear isn't selling right now. What can we learn from pondering the gear that is? A variety of companies are still enticing consumers into the stores, and as you navigate your Wednesday, it may be edifying to think about who and why.

To start you off, Paul Resnikoff at Digital Music News has a nice editorial comment today on what the continued success of the iPod tells us about where we are at the moment.

Did you think by now that we'd all have simply switched to listening to music on our phone handsets? So did a lot of industry folk -- but that wasn't the most astute analysis of the situation on the ground. Read his (short!) commentary and see if you don't find ways to subtly readjust your thinking on other product offerings, both those doing well for utterly mundane reasons (Pure Digital's Flip phone, those weird Slanket things) and those that seem to have a tough time finding consumers despite tons of hype (Blu-ray, Second Life).