The smart thing Jobs did was have this discussion after the iPhone’s been out a year and already eaten the lunch of every other smartphone on the market - even bits of RIM’s marketshare. The reason we haven’t seen any of the majors actually pull their songs from iTunes despite all the bitching - i.e., it’s by far the biggest game in town – is the same reason Jobs will use to get them to cave on iPhone sales.

Plus, he’s going to throw them a bone with more ringtone money (still can’t figure out how that shit is so expensive).