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iTunes Use Surges Past QuickTime, RealPlayer

QuatermassX writes "Forget increased sales of Mac computers, think media players. The iPod 'halo effect' shows its true power in recently compiled statistics from Nielsen/NetRatings and Apple. From the report on WebSiteOptimization.com: 'Podcasting is taking off and iPods are seemingly ubiquitous. Unique users of Apple's iTunes player should pass RealPlayer by mid-2006 with nearly 30 million users in the US alone. People are tuning in over twice as long with iTunes than with RealPlayer or Windows Media Player. As broadband penetration increases we are spending more time on our computers.'"

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  1. The Halo Effect by Mattygfunk1 · · Score: 5, Funny
    The iPod 'halo effect'....

    I've never heard of the "Halo effect" but apparently it kicks Slashdot's arse

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  2. I wonder... by Seta · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...if it has anything to do with the fact that everyone and their dog I see these days owns an ipod. Hmm.

    1. Re:I wonder... by pubjames · · Score: 4, Funny

      My dog doesn't have an iPod!

      But then, I don't have a dog.

  3. Apple of my eye by digitaldc · · Score: 4, Funny

    As broadband penetration increases we are spending more time on our computers.

    Broad penetration, however, has been decreasing as we are spending more time on our computers.

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    He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
  4. Re:And the thing is by Thrakkerzog · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't think Microsoft would be a fat moose. Maybe a somewhat attractive lady, but you can't shake the feeling that "she" is a "he" under that skirt.