iPod Called "Cabbage Patch Doll" of 2004 Holiday Season

in several publications (here and here) but is it? Of course, they mean that the iPod is a "must have" purchase or gift and that demand is so high that they are virtually impossible to come by. We vividly remember belatedly, desperately, relentlessly and unsuccessfully searching South Florida for a Cabbage Patch Doll for our young daughter before Christmas Day in 1983. iPods are not that scarce, at least not yet. There are news reports of iPod shortages here and there but the UTC Apple Store in San Diego still had a bunch yesterday afternoon. We also hope that the iPod will have greater staying power than the relatively short-lived Cabbage Patch Doll madness. [Dana Baggett and Bill Fox]