February 28, 2010
Is The End To The iPod
The iPod was released on October 23 2001 and in its various formats has sold over 220,000,000.
They felt that the current portable music hardware was either too small and rubbish or too big and clunky which is why they went about thinking about the iPod. Steve Jobs then got his team on a newer design that people would actually be proud to have and get out of their pockets.
The original iPod did not include a windows format on it making the sales quite small simply because more people have windows than they do Mac. However they optimised on this by building the 2nd generation and allowed Windows users to use the hardware on their pc. Since the early years that have been many new models such as the mini, shuffle and of course the video, not to be forgetting the touch. The real question is, how often can this success carry on for?
The sales of the pod itself have actually seen a bit of a dip this year and this is the first time that this has ever happened before. The truth behind it is that the iPhone can now be bought almost everywhere which is why the sales could be seeing a drop.
The iPhone of course comes with an iPod already built into it which means that although the sales are down on the iPod the sales of the iPhone are soaring. Many people have issues with the pricing. The main problem with the ipod is that with each new model comes a bigger price and half the problem seems to be that the recession is making people steer away from the expensive things.
Insurance is important for these gadgets, which is why you should look into gadget insurance or even mobile phone insurance this could really help if something bad happens to it like of course dropping it. Sat Nav Insurance could also be something worth looking into.