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04/13/2005, 8:45am, EDT

Wednesday, April 13th

iPod dominates flash, drive markets in February

Apple's iPod continues to dominate the music player market, according to TheStreet. In February, Apple's iPod accounted for nearly 90 percent of hard-drve based players sold in the US retail market, according to NPD Group. The same research group also said that the company's flash-based offering, the iPod shuffle, dominated the market with 45 percent of all unit sales in February in the US retail market. "They had a strong February," says Stephen Baker, a hardware analyst with NPD Group. "I expect them to have a pretty strong March, too." The research firm has not yet released its March data. The report says that the "halo effect" will continue to drive Mac sales--especially with the release of the Mac mini and the release of Mac OS X Tiger yesterday: "Bumping up market share by just 1 percentage point or so could add billions to the company's revenue -- and likely millions to the bottom line."


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04/13, 10:01am, EDT
you mean the Sony 40GB-HD-MS-FU-BS isn't going to be an iPod killer???

does this mean I'm still stupid for owning an iPod, like Napster says?
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04/13, 11:24am, EDT
yes bringing up marketshare by 1% could result in millions in sales...but why look on the bright side, pollyanna.

its going to take mult millions in sales, just to improve marketshare by a lousy 1%


he,he,he...I'm just joshin' I think apple is poised for a great year in mac sales, and I'm glad, because I mostly am interested in apple because of mac os x, I'm not as a big a fan of the ipod, although I do own one, I still want a media player that does video.
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