No More iPod Time
The iPod was released on October 23 2001 and in its various formats has sold over 220,000,000.
The company decided that they would tackle this market as they found that the technology in the personal MP3’s were either too big and clunky or too small and useless. This is when Steve Jobs decided to get his team to design something that would work and be of use to people listening to their music on the go.
The original iPod did not include a windows format on it making the sales quite small simply because more people have windows than they do Mac. Of course the snd generation of iPods were able to be used on the window systems. They have since built many, many other generations including the mini, shuffle, and video are of course the most recent form of the player, touch. The real question is, how often can this success carry on for?
The sales of the pod itself have actually seen a bit of a dip this year and this is the first time that this has ever happened before. However there is a likelihood that this is not down to the fact that people do not want iPods anymore but down to the fact that Apple now have the iPhone on the market.
The iPhone of course comes with an iPod already built into it which means that although the sales are down on the iPod the sales of the iPhone are soaring. Many people have issues with the pricing. The main problem with the ipod is that with each new model comes a bigger price and half the problem seems to be that the recession is making people steer away from the expensive things.
Insurance is important for these gadgets, which is why you should look into gadget insurance or even mobile phone insurance this could really help if something bad happens to it like of course dropping it. Sat Nav Insurance could also be something worth looking into.
