Look, it's simple and obvious - Gates has a great business mind, great for computers, but lacks the zing of Apple's Steve Jobs who has designed gadgets people are willing to trade their grandmother's for...
 Bill Gates's sprawling Washington state compound is, as you might expect, packed to the gills with bleeding-edge gear, from the heated floors and 20-seat home theater to the X-ray machine (for screening the mail, of course) and miles of fiber-optic cabling. But here's what you definitely won't find at chez Gates: an iPhone.
Brutal, yes—especially for Bill and Melinda's three kids (two daughters and a son, aged 12, six, and nine, respectively), who'll just have to grin and bear it as their little pals make merry with the latest and greatest iPod.
And even Melinda herself admits to an occasional pang of Apple envy: "Every now and then I look at my friends and say, 'Ooh, I wouldn't mind having that iPhone.'" (Ouch!)
So, which phones and MP3 players are on the Gates's "good-to-go" list? Well, there's always the Zune for music and video— not the sexiest MP3 player out there, mind you, but at least it's got Wi-Fi and a snazzy interface.
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