Apple&#39;s iPod takes the lead on Sony&#39;s home turf
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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. &quot;I knew Sony and other companies had MP3 players, but they can&#39;t beat the mini,&quot; said Sasaki, 23, a language teacher.
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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.
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Sales of portable digital audio players like Apple Computer Inc.&#39;s trendy iPod are booming and are expected to generate $58 billion in revenue worldwide by 2008, according to a research report released Tuesday.
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The players are all about convenience and size. They are like carrying around hundreds of CDs without the load. The iPod dominates the MP3 scene, but new competitors hope to take a bite out of Apple&#39;s business.
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Apple today introduced the new iPod, the best digital music player and most popular portable video player in the world. The new iPod features a 60 percent brighter and more vibrant 2.5-inch color display perfect for watching TV shows and now Hollywood movies right in the palm of your hand.
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Since Apple Computer Inc. introduced the iPod in 2001, competitors have been scrambling to match the simplicity and style of the popular digital music player. But try as they might, the original just keeps getting better.
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Sony may soon compete directly with Apple and its popular iPods and iTunes, producing its own movie download service and products, company officials said Tuesday.
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As Apple Computer&#39;s IPod has become a cultural phenomenon akin to Sony&#39;s Walkman, the market for IPod accessories has exploded--some of the biggest names in computer and home audio have responded with speaker systems specifically made for the IPod (and
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Apple iTunes has even more competition on their hands. HMV has joined hands with Appleâs primary challenger in the digital music stores market Microsoft.
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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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Introducing his iPod User&#146;s Guide, the Wall Street Journal&#146;s Walt Mossberg writes, &#147;By all accounts, millions of people will buy or receive Apple Computer&#146;s iPod digital-music players this holiday season. The gadgets are beautifully designed and simple to operate, which is one reason they&#146;re so popular, even after three years on the market and despite a rising number of competitors.&#148; [Dec 15]
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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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Apple has been gaining share in the higher-margin laptop business, and its iPod franchise is a hit, but the company&#39;s worldwide market share in PCs fell from a peak of 9.6 percent in 1991 to 2 percent last year.
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Blog: Microsoft sent out an update on the device today: pink is selling, and the device is holding on to its No. 2 spot in the market for hard drive-based music players.
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It&#39;s no secret that rivalry in consumer electronics is heating up, and today the Associated Press reported that Japan&#39;s Sony (NYSE: SNE) is &quot;more aggressively&quot; pursuing
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By completely overhauling its line of iPods, Apple cements its lock on the portable-media-player market. Analysts say no one else is close in combining features with aggressive prices.
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That&#39;s the number of music players that Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) said it sold in its most recent quarter.