iPod Glory (post #4)

You have an iPod? I do. My neighbor does. Most of all my co-workers do. I think America is becoming an iPod nation, or even an iPod world. The President of the United States has one as well as the Queen of England and Chanel designer Karl Legerfeld who owns 70 of the little gadgets. One of the best things about it though is it universal appeal. Without the iPod, iTunes would have went nowhere fast. Its been adopted by not just teenagers but also business men and women, mom’s and dad’s, as well as grandma’s and grandpa’s. Everybody HAS ONE. Go into any coffee shop or Mall anywhere in the world and you see so many white ear buds you’ll think the Apple invasion has already begun. In 2006 Apple sold more than 43 million iPods since 2001. It sold twice as many as before every 3 months. Its holds a huge %75 market share world wide according to Apple. Did you ever think the iPod would get this big? Apple doesn’t. Although I sometimes think they knew exactly what they had and what they was doing. Remember, Steve has an uncanny ability to know what the world needs before it does. “We had no idea it would get this huge.” Phil Schiller told USA Today. So the iPod has become the signature technology of the digital music era and has changed the course of music history forever. Apple has a funny habit of doing that to whatever industry they decide to enter. Coincidence? I don’t think so.