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100 Million iPods

Posted by samzenpus on from the that's-a-lot-of-music dept.

prelelat writes "I find it somewhat hard to believe but this story over at PC world, indicates that the iPod has sold over 100 million units. It also asks how many are broken and replaced which makes me believe the number may be more accurate."

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  1. Obligatory. by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny

    "No wireless. More space than a Zune. Lame."
    - CmdrBallmer

    1. Re:Obligatory. by RedElf · · Score: 3, Funny

      To summarize the article: "The sheeple are consuming!"

      Slow news day.

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  2. Lame. by cgrayson · · Score: 4, Funny

    No wireless. Less space than 100 million nomads. Lame.

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  3. Re:But What About... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all iPods are created equal."

    I have a dream that my iPods will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their case but by the content of their hard drive.

    Let music ring.

  4. Re:Comma chameleon, come and go, come and go by yada21 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cammas have, another use, to indicate, a pause. You are, William Shatner, AICMFP.

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  5. Re:Comma chameleon, come and go, come and go by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I personally, find it funny, how some people, tend to abuse commas.
    It's a common (NPI) source of comedy:

    Rimmer: After intensive investigation, comma, of the markings on the alien pod, comma, it has become clear, comma, to me, comma, that we are dealing, comma, with a species of awesome intellect, colon.
    Holly: Good. Perhaps they might be able to give you a hand with your punctuation.
    Rimmer: Shut up.
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  6. Re:Hmm by tzhuge · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is what the RIAA will demand from world leaders after they have completed their dooms-day device, the DRMStar. Sources claim (possibly /. sources) liquid magma and freaking sharks with lasers strapped to their heads are involved.

  7. I Don't Love You by Dogtanian · · Score: 4, Funny

    I used to have a no-brand hard disk based player that would cause a horrible screeching noise in the earphones whenever the disk spun up. The company returned this guy's iPod with the following message: "Not faulty. Supposed 'horrible screeching noise' turned out to be My Chemical Romance's latest single."
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  8. Re:Comma chameleon, come and go, come and go by Nasarius · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least the submitter didn't write "I AM A FISH" five hundred times.

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  9. Comma problems? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    There was a single comma in the entire summary. It wasn't really used correctly, but it really shouldn't have taken you four tries to understand.

    Well, now I know how to obfusticate any sensitive documentation. Just insert commas where they don't belong and a certain proportion of slashdot readers will waste valuable brain cycles attempting to decipher it. Whereas my loyal minions, having simpler brains, will ignore any and all punctuation marks and will implement my open source doomsday devices first.

  10. Re:It doesn't matter how many were replaced. by darkshadow · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bill Gates could try buying all the iPods so people will be forced to by Zunes instead.

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  11. Coincidence by BasilBrush · · Score: 4, Funny

    * What's the exact figure of how many iPods have been lost (I once left mine on an Air France flight) or stolen?


    That's a coincidence, I found mine on an Air France flight!
  12. Re:Microsoft can be dethroned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is the reason that Microsoft can be dethroned--when you have good design, you can beat the giants. When you have shitty design and you are a giant, your product doesn't sell (Zune, case in point). So, do you think windows is dominant because it's a "good design"?
  13. Re: 15 Units? by rvw · · Score: 3, Funny

    Only if you count the 15 that Beve Stalmer bought He has a deal with his local furniture dealer. For every chair he buys, he gets one Zune for free.
  14. Re:But What About... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now the real question is... did the 100 millionth iPod shipped with an invitation to Steve Wonka and the iPod Factory?