Ted Todorov
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Walking around New York City that last month or two I've noticed something remarkable: Over 60% of the portable music players are iPods. Now just to be clear, I'm not talking iPods vs. Rios or other MP3 players. I am talking iPod's vs. ANY portable player (most commonly portable CD players). And obviously the most common way to distinguish is the earphones, so in that 40% of non-iPod users I am counting any iPod users who have switched from the Apple earbuds to something else...
Now simply looking at the number of iPods that Apple has sold vs. the vast installed user base other portable music players will tell you that this can't be the same everywhere.
Am I witnessing some weird geographically based phenomenon? Or is it that 95% of the iPods are in active use, while 95% of all other portable music players are in a drawer gathering dust?
What do you guys think?
Ted
Now simply looking at the number of iPods that Apple has sold vs. the vast installed user base other portable music players will tell you that this can't be the same everywhere.
Am I witnessing some weird geographically based phenomenon? Or is it that 95% of the iPods are in active use, while 95% of all other portable music players are in a drawer gathering dust?
What do you guys think?
Ted