iPod Takes Japan by Storm

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday February 24, 2006 @09:14AM from the extremely-well-designed-storm dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek reports on the soaring popularity of the iPod in Japan. From the article: 'iPod mania is alive and well in Japan -- one of the most competitive consumer-electronics markets on the planet. Despite an array of well-entrenched Japanese rivals, such as Sony and Matsushita, the iPod had cornered 51.3% of the digital-music player market as of the end of 2005, up from about 32% in 2004, according to research firm BCN. Sony was a distant second with 16.2%, while Panasonic grabbed just 8.2% of the market.'"

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Re:One way to look at it by TheBogie · 2006-02-24 09:56 · Score: 0, Troll

You are correct, that statement would be misleading. But the phrase "iPod Takes Japan by Storm" suggests that the iPod is crushing the competition in Japan. With a 51% market share I wouldn't call it a "storm", especially in light of it's dominance here in USA.
With that said, I do think the iPod is one of the best products to come out in many many years. One day it may even have 80% market share in Japan!