Is the iPhone legitimizing iPods for adults?

Sometimes, adults feel dumb carrying iPods or other music players. We smuggle them into the gym where everyone else is using one. We may use them in the car but not for a walk in the neighborhood.

I've had them for years but always felt like a awful doofus in public.

But now, I notice that a lot of grown folks who have iPhones are enjoying the iPod function more than anything else. After all, since you can take calls with the earbuds that come with your phone, no one really knows that you're not being a grownup.