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Oh, so you're not really up to date with tech. Well, iTunes is what most folks use to sync their calendar and mail and music and podcasts and App Store apps and iTunesU lessons etc etc etc to their iPhones. Unless a competitor's phone can do that, it's not likely to win over anyone who already has an iPhone, and when it comes time to compare the two in action, the one may be pretty but vacuous, and the other will be an iPhone.

You should definitely do some research on iTunes before you start making buying decisions for the stock of Apple's competitors. It really is that important.

In fact, if you've never heard of iTunes you have a whole lot of research ahead of you, and probably shouldn't be investing in the tech sector at all.

It's kind of like deciding to invest in a gun company, only to find out that while your competitor's gun has all kinds of different bullets and barrels and triggers and handles to go with the gun, the gun you've invested in is limited to styrofoam BB's.