Apple celebrates its fifth iPod birthday

Five years have passed since Apple's first iPod model was introduced, and the music style of young people has shifted to a new "era" - the digital era, where the iPod is considered a literary phenomenon. new goods.

"IPod culture" and hundreds of millions of these music player products have helped bring Apple a billion dollars. In the fourth quarter alone, Apple sold 8 million iPod products, up 35% over the same period last year. In 2005 alone, 39 million iPods were shipped.

Source: freepay Apple began selling iPod mini models in October 2001, and never complained about sales of this product line. iPod is closely linked to Apple's online music, video and movie store, creating a perfect integration system that represents the new trend in the digital music era.

Apple has made the iPod popular and easy to use when it is able to sync very well with Windows PC systems. And in 2003, Apple began deploying the first online music store, allowing iPod users to download their favorite songs.

However, the road ahead that Apple is going does not always cover roses. The company is facing stiff competition from Microsoft, Samsung and a number of other personal music player manufacturers.

"The giant" Microsoft "threatens to beat the iPod with a stream of Zune music products - expected to be available in mid-November. Meanwhile, South Korean electronics firm Samsung has started selling the MP3 product line, YP-Z5, a major rival to the iPod.

One of the factors determining the success of iPod is the size of this device. The iPod mini can be easily removed in a pocket / shirt, bringing great convenience to users. Despite its small size, iPod storage capacity is not small. The 80GB iPod version (US $ 249) can store 20,000 songs, 25,000 photos, and 100 hours of video.