Has Apple Jumped the Shark?

<a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaworskihouse/8270386450/” title=”Engraved Ipod?”><img src=”https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8224/8270386450_d9b2124f44_n.jpg” width=”320″ height=”177″ alt=”Engraved Ipod?”></a><br />nI got an email this morning from Apple, again trying to lock me in, er, sell me in to their i* world. But this time, I took notice. They offered to engrave an ipod with a custom message.<br />n<br />nIsn’t this something that’s best left to third parties? Has Apple just jumped the shark? Let’s note this moment, just in case.