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The Billion Dollar iPod Accessories Market

Posted by Zonk on from the can-i-have-a-piece-of-that-pie? dept.

OleSurinam writes "The NYTimes has a story about the lucrative iPod accessories market." From the article: "Making add-ons for the iPod is a $1 billion business. Does that sound like hyperbole? Consider this. Last year, Apple sold 32 million iPods, or one every second. But for every $3 spent on an iPod, at least $1 is spent on an accessory, estimates Steve Baker, an analyst for the NPD Group, a research firm. That works out to three or four additional purchases per iPod."

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  1. Re:Billion Dollar Market.... by damsa · · Score: 4, Funny

    You obviously did not buy the matching iBook accessory to the iPod.

  2. Re:Billion Dollar Market.... by thermopile · · Score: 4, Funny
    According to this article, Belkin would now only own about half the market.

    Britain has just launched the HMS Daring, a 600 million pound-sterling (umm ... roughly US$ 1 Billion) battleship complete with iPod docks.

    That single ship effectively doubles the total market for "iPod Accessories."

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  3. Re:Griffin by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 4, Funny

    They sell it for 45$? That's just a fucking knob. I know knobs are cool and all, but why would you buy a knob for 45$?

    It goes to 11.

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