iPod Touch: Selling Like Gangbusters?
via appleinsider.com
Check out the above chart. It's no secret iPod sales had steadied, or even dropped a bit over the last couple years. Still, it's generally believed a lot of that is due to people buying iPhones, which are iPods that don't show up in these sales figures.
In any case, look at the first two months of the last three years. From Y/Y of -28 and -13 to +5 in January, and from -5 and -16 to +10 in February. While the iPod nano may have some hand in this, the iPod touch is clearly selling very well.
TAB - Microsoft: We Couldn’t Kill the iPod, Maybe We Can Kill the iPod touch
You’ve got to give Microsoft credit. Having failed at making the Zune an “iPod killer,” they’ve given up and are trying to make it an “iPod touch killer.” Why go after big brother when little brother has kicked your butt for two years? Beats me; you’d have to ask Microsoft. All I can do is look at the Zune HD and see what it’s about...
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