Free iPhone

Nice piece on ArsTechnica about how all Apple employees whoÕve been with the company for more than a year are getting a free iPhone in July.

Well, thereÕs more to it than that, but thatÕs the part technophiles will drool over first. In the company-wide meeting, Apple honcho Steve Jobs called iPhone the third leg on the Apple chair (Mac and iPod being the first two). A staffer asked if the iPhone would cannibalize iPod sales. According to Ars TechnicaÕs notes, Jobs responded that if Apple were to be cannibalized, heÕd prefer Apple to do it.

ErÉSteve-oÉfirst of all, the only way Apple can be cannibalized is by itself. Second, what does this do to your three-legged chair metaphor if the second leg is all chewed up. Third, whatÕs the deal with the three-legged chair?