30th January 2006, 9:17 AM
http://www.forbes.com/personaltech/2005/...ntech.html
Okay, no idea on the credibility here, but this guy at Forbes.com says after 3 years or so the ipod has gained around 10 million installed while more than twice that number has gone to TAPE players, as well as CD players. It's obvious why but the market is what we're looking at.
I cant find sales data anywhere about the video ipod, however since the ishows or whatever it's called started, it has sold "more than" 8 million shows at about 2 bucks each while Cartoon Network's VuGo video/MP3 player says it has around the same numbers. So I dont see how this is a huge market, atleast not yet. Taking the number of shows one person would buy (let's say they'd buy 10 shows a month) you get a pretty good idea of the installed base of the video ipod which puts it around 800,000 installed. (8 million divided by 10).
I think my info is pretty ballpark albeit it rough. I'm still looking for more official data. It seems very "popular at Christmas but failed to grab a real market" to me. I think my statements hold pretty true, but anyone feel free to find some more official data.
Okay, no idea on the credibility here, but this guy at Forbes.com says after 3 years or so the ipod has gained around 10 million installed while more than twice that number has gone to TAPE players, as well as CD players. It's obvious why but the market is what we're looking at.
I cant find sales data anywhere about the video ipod, however since the ishows or whatever it's called started, it has sold "more than" 8 million shows at about 2 bucks each while Cartoon Network's VuGo video/MP3 player says it has around the same numbers. So I dont see how this is a huge market, atleast not yet. Taking the number of shows one person would buy (let's say they'd buy 10 shows a month) you get a pretty good idea of the installed base of the video ipod which puts it around 800,000 installed. (8 million divided by 10).
I think my info is pretty ballpark albeit it rough. I'm still looking for more official data. It seems very "popular at Christmas but failed to grab a real market" to me. I think my statements hold pretty true, but anyone feel free to find some more official data.