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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. Perspective by ObligatoryUserName · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here's a comparison I put together from Wikipedia/Google.

    Nintendo DS: 39.8 million (total sales)
    Gameboy: 69 Million (total sales)
    Gameboy Advance: 77 million (total sales)
    iPod: 100 million (total sales)
    Cellphones: 2,000 million (currently in use)

    I think I have a better understanding of why they built the iPhone...

  2. Microsoft can be dethroned by Uksi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You're so right on the money.

    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).

    This is why Apple is sending shivers through the phone industry with the iPhone.

    I predict that 2008 will be the year of actually easy to use phones, because of the well-designed competition by the iPhone.

    Thank you Apple for raising the bar.