NewsFactor - The rush for Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) new flash-based music player -- the iPod Shuffle -- created a backlog of orders several weeks long. The profits generated by holiday sales of all iPod models helped Apple to a record-breaking year. So why slash prices on the immensely popular iPod Mini now? Because Apple sees the handwriting on the wall, according to Yankee Group's Mike Goodman.{br}{br}View the Entire Article (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nf/20050225/tc_nf/30686){br}