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p2pnet.net News:- Is the iPod in a state of decline?
If it is, it didn’t happen before it almost single-handedly hauled Apple Computer into the mainstream of public attention, a position Steve Jobs is able to maintain by keeping the mainstream media on a virtual leash with product announcements that are a little like a non-stop striptease.
But, “Sales have peaked and are now on a sliding scale towards oblivion,” or so it goes according to media and blog reports, says Silicon.com, going on, “And all it took for observers to start sounding the death knell for the iconic MP3 player was two consecutive quarterly falls in sales.”
Yes, iPod sales fell over two consecutive quarters but the figures bear further analysis and, “JupiterResearch recently stated that the dominant position the iPod presently has in the MP3 player market will not be threatened in the short term, with sales of the devices likely to be buoyant for at least the next 18 months,” says the story.
The really interesting challenges to Apple’s music player lie, “”in the guise of an old adversary” and, “in the form of a predicted evolution in the way consumers will listen to their music” and undoubtedly, says Silicon.com, the biggest perceived competitor Microsoft’s Zune.
Due out this month in the US, it’s, “banking on wireless connectivity as the killer app that will differentiate it from the Apple player”.
Are MP3-playing mobiles the real threat to the iPod?
Couldbe but, “Equally it represents a massive opportunity for Apple to evolve the iPod and stake its own claim on a huge market,” says the storym, addibg:
“Speculation about the possible release of an Apple ‘iPhone’ has reached fever pitch in the last month, with bloggers, journalists, and in particular analysts, getting overly excited about the prospects of an iPod-mobile hybrid.”
Also See:
Silicon.com - Minority Report Part 1: The death of the iPod, November 3, 2006
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November 6th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
“Speculation about the possible release of an Apple ‘iPhone’ has reached fever pitch in the last month, with bloggers, journalists, and in particular analysts, getting overly excited about the prospects of an iPod-mobile hybrid.”
what could be the diffrence between an iPhone and a cellphone with iTunes on it, besides it being white, having a touch scroll wheel and being toted by every wana be trendy, starbucks devout jackass im forced to deal with daily?
a cellphone with a music player in it, how inventive and original!