iPod’s Market share

Around the world when it comes to music gadgets, it’s just the iPod that has commanded the lion’s share in the of new music devices sold in the recent past. That’s why iPod is also known as killer MP3 device. Talking about numbers even in US it’s just the iPod which is making money in the MP3 player category, total revenues for which category (in US), jumped from just $80 million in 2000 to a whopping $5.56 billion in 2006, as per estimates by consumer electronics association, an industry trade group. An interesting thing to note is that not many cell phones today can match an iPod or a Creative Zen, in terms of playback quality and user interface. With iPods you can watch movies, store images and text files, play songs and games and it is also known as killer MP3 gadget. iPod is one of the top-selling media player in the United States.