[sebascrub]

According to a report on iLounge, Apple sold about 217,000 iPods a day last fiscal quarter. The article is about a quarter of the way down the page.

That is an amazing amount of iPods - comes out to about 20 million in 92 days. Hehe, Microsoft wants to sell 1 million by June - Apple can do that number in a week.

 

[davidd]

yeah, Apple is having no problem selling iPod's.

though, Apple did only sell like 350,000 iPod's in their first year IIRC, so MS wishing to sell 1 million in less than a year is a pretty high target I think, especially since the iPod has been the domiant player for years.

 

[canhead]

That is amazing. Ipod is a great tool for music and podcasts. I got a 8 gig nano for Christmas and I couldnt imagine not having it now. I use it everyday while I work.

 

[shigzeo]

but in the ipod's initial release, they were available only for the mac platform, bringing that goal of 350.000 to much higher number than microsoft's 1.000.000 goal as mac has never had a market share over 5%. that number is amazing. open it up to windows and you know the story, the numbers have flipped over

 

[trose49]

When the touch screen version comes out without the phone the Zune and Others are DONE!

SIMPLY AMAZING!

 

[LFC_SL]

Quote:

Originally Posted by shigzeo /img/forum/go_quote.gif but in the ipod's initial release, they were available only for the mac platform, bringing that goal of 350.000 to much higher number than microsoft's 1.000.000 goal as mac has never had a market share over 5%. that number is amazing. open it up to windows and you know the story, the numbers have flipped over

Yep. That's gotta be the epitomisation of irony

 

[Schalldampfer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by trose49 /img/forum/go_quote.gif When the touch screen version comes out without the phone the Zune and Others are DONE! SIMPLY AMAZING!

What about other touchscreen players that are ALREADY out?

 

[Thelonious Monk]

i really do hope apple doesnt EVERYTHING a touchscreen in the future... i always adjust my volume and controls and stuff in my pocket... oh well. i will just be able to by a 4G ipod photo for even cheaper refurbished and get it iModded.

 

[sebascrub]

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidd /img/forum/go_quote.gif yeah, Apple is having no problem selling iPod's. though, Apple did only sell like 350,000 iPod's in their first year IIRC, so MS wishing to sell 1 million in less than a year is a pretty high target I think, especially since the iPod has been the domiant player for years.

On the other hand, when Apple first released the 1G iPod in 2001, mp3 players still hadn't exploded on the market; they were still considered geeky gadgets by then

 

[Csidinim]

the article doesn't specify which model of ipod the numbers are for (or does it...) so I'm going to assume it's for everything from the shuffle up to 5.5 ipod. that accounts for such a wide sector in the dap market- the smallest of flash to the largest of hdd- so while that is impressive, it is not as shocking. the zune is just one option, so it couldn't hope to capture even 15% of those numbers.

 

[Lacene]

So, who IS saying that iPods are cooling down? Did we ever establish that?

 

[OGTL]

They just need to improve the DAC and I'll be happy..

True, everybody and their uncle has a Nano.

 

[Dzjudz]

Quote:

Originally Posted by trose49 /img/forum/go_quote.gif When the touch screen version comes out without the phone the Zune and Others are DONE! SIMPLY AMAZING!

We'll see, we'll see. Currently iRiver's 4 to 5 year old products are better than the current iPods.

 

[sebascrub]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lacene /img/forum/go_quote.gif So, who IS saying that iPods are cooling down? Did we ever establish that?

There was a thread a while ago about whether or not iPods were reaching their saturation level in the market, and how the 2G Nanos had not been as eagerly gobbled up as previous incarnations, at least in the opinion of the poster

 

[aluren]

i think alot of it has to do with the price drop. apple now has an ipod line that everyone can afford, and with the popularity behind it, i'm not quite surprised at how much they are selling.