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Article: Live at five: 5 reasons for the iPod's runaway success.
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- Macworld
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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The iPod hasn't been a part of Apple's product line for that long--after all, the Mac is already into its third decade as the centerpiece of Apple's offerings. But that just makes what the portable music player has accomplished since its October 2001 unveiling all the more impressive. Apple has sold more than 67 million iPods in the last five years. The iPod has inspired an entire subindustry devoted to building compatible accessories--there are more than 3,000, according to Apple. And it's a prime driver for Apple's digital media business, which sells downloadable music, TV shows, and, now, movies. How has the iPod managed to achieve so much so quickly? We can think of ...
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