I'd like an MP3 with my Slurpee please

7-11 CEO James Keyes announced that the company would begin exploring selling digital downloaded music, as well as iPods. This is a pretty cool idea, but once raises the problem of the interface in the store. Is a relatively fragile device such as a USB/Firewire iPod connector going to survive the average Slurpee-swilling patron (I include myself in that crowd, by the way...) plugging an iPod into it over and over? Oh, if only Bluetooth were easier to use. Or perhaps WUSB will finally catch on. Of course, 7-11 is no stranger to the music download biz, having already run a promotion with Apple's iTunes. This would be a really interesting play combining digital music sales with Intel's WiMAX solution. Imagine pre-paid/pay-as-you-go broadband Internet (WiMAX), "cell" service over UP (Skype) and downloaded music under a 7-11 brand. Watch out Tesco...