âZune doesnât shake iPodâs market leadâ
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Troy Wolverton reports for the San Jose Mercury News, âMicrosoftâs Zune had a decent debut last month, but Apple Computerâs iPods continued to dominate the MP3 market, according to new data from market research firm NPD Group released this week.â
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MacCentral - With the iPod leading the way for Apple Computer Inc.'s charge into the consumer market, NPD Group analyst Ross Rubin said the iPod is reaching iconic status. While the iPod Shuffle aims to openly compete with many other players in the MP3 market, the upcoming release of iLife '05 may quietly threaten products of third-party developers.
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Chris Gorog is convinced people won&#39;t continue to pay $1 a song for online music. By Evan Agostini, Getty Images. That is despite Apple&#39;s (AAPL) record string
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Even with Microsoft Zune looking to knock the iPod from its lofty perch, Apple&#8217;s portable music player is expected to remain at the top of the charts for MP3 players during the holiday shopping season. In fact, market-research firm NPD Group says the iPod will joins the ranks of plasma and LCD televisions, notebook computers, and digital cameras as the hot-selling items this December.
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Despite the success of Apple's iTunes, few people stock their iPod with tracks from its online store, a study says.
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Juliana Sasaki didn&#39;t bother checking out Sony Corp.&#39;s digital music player in Tokyo before buying her green iPod mini. ``I knew Sony and other companies had MP3 players, but they can
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LONDON Sony essentially created the market for portable music devices with its Walkman, but it missed a beat in the digital music revolution as Apple&#39;s iPod grabbed the spotlight.
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It can store 10,000 songs, but weighs mere ounces, slips easily into a pocket, and has flown off the shelves as one of the most desirable Christmas gifts of 2004: Apple&#39;s iPod digital music player seems to be every hip youngster&#39;s favourite stocking filler
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SAN FRANCISCO - In one of those good news, bad news stories, think tank IDC said sales will explode for Apple Computerâs extremely popular iPod music player this decade, but the huge market is attracting several portable jukeboxes based on 1-inch or
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Investors usually get nervous when a company relies on the sales of one product. The exception is when that product is an Apple iPod. Just as consumers can't seem to get enough of the iPod, investors are foaming over companies having anything to do with the digital music player.
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Sure, Apple is expected to report healthy earnings on strong Mac and iPod sales, but the buzz is still about the iPhone.
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Apple Computer&#39;s stock has continued to soar along with sales of its iPod digital music player, topping $50 a share for the first time in four years.
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The Motley Fool - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) is waking up to the music. In the latest attempt to capture the fast-growing market of online music the big M is fighting to break the hold Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) iPod has on the market. The deal is to join up with a big-name financial company in hopes of making the sale of music more attractive.
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Taking us through the highlights of each of the new iPods, David Pogue (New York Times) anoints them âthe best players you can buy.â iPod touch, for example, offers âthe iPhoneâs spectacular widescreen video playback, wireless Wi-Fi Internet features and its now-famous two-finger touchscreen operating system.â And wireless access to iTunes:  âYou can browse or search the catalog, listen to 30-second samples, buy songs for $1 eachâand download them directly to the iPod.â These iPods, Pogue says, âare nearly impossible to beat; there are other 160-gigabyte multimedia players, for example, but theyâre much bigger and more expensive than the iPod classic. And if you do value things like beauty, software elegance and trouble-free computer integrationâwell, good luck resisting that new Nano.â
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Microsoft&#39;s effort to send a message to Apple via legions of iPod users isn&#39;t quite as elaborate as RealNetworks&#39; Freedom of Music Choice campaign, but the gist is the same.
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Retailers expected Apple Computer Inc.&#39;s iPod music player to be a hot item this holiday season but are still struggling to keep up with demand.
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By Troy WolvertonMicrosoft's Zune had a decent debut last month, but Apple Computer's iPods continued to dominate the MP3 market, according to new data from market research firm NPD Group released this week.