... and for the first time kids have the disposable capital to make those purchases. As a kid in the 80's, thinking back, I can't believe all the crap I had. I laid my transformers side by side and they went on for 10 feet. I sold all of them (and G.I. Joes too) and got a Sega Genesis when it first came out.

I think the youth market will be a lot more forgiving. An interest in things socio-political has left me looking for trends. I notice (and this is a huge generalization) that people with a little bit of youth under their belt (whether chronologically or in spirit) are far more willing to adapt to things that are different. I was showing the 770 to a coworker and they kept talking about familiarity, their old Palms. "The Palm did it like this, it should do that the same way". If people like that ran the world we'd be rubbing sticks together before dinner.