Apple today announced that the 100 millionth iPod has been sold, making the iPod the fastest selling music player in history. The first iPod was sold five and a half years ago, in November 2001, and since then Apple has introduced more than 10 new iPod models, including five generations of iPod, two generations of iPod mini, two generations of iPod nano and two generations of iPod shuffle. Along with iTunes and the iTunes online music store, the iPod has transformed how tens of millions of music lovers acquire, manage and listen to their music.
“At this historic milestone, we want to thank music lovers everywhere for making iPod such an incredible success,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, in the press release. “iPod has helped millions of people around the world rekindle their passion for music, and we’re thrilled to be a part of that.”
“It’s hard to remember what I did before the iPod,” said Mary J. Blige, GRAMMY Award-winning singer, in the press release. “iPod is more than just a music player, it’s an extension of your personality and a great way to take your favorite music with you everywhere you go.”
“Without the iPod, the digital music age would have been defined by files and folders instead of songs and albums,” said John Mayer, GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist, in the press release. “Though the medium of music has changed, the iPod experience has kept the spirit of what it means to be a music lover alive.”
The iPod has also sparked an unprecedented ecosystem of over 4,000 accessories made specifically for the iPod that range from fashionable cases to speaker systems, and more than 70 percent of 2007-model US automobiles currently offer iPod connectivity.
“I take my running shoes and my iPod with me everywhere,” said Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France champion, in the press release. “I listen to music when I run. Having my music with me is really motivating.”
Every iPod features seamless integration with iTunes 7. The iTunes Store features the world’s largest catalog with over five million songs, 350 television shows and over 400 movies. The iTunes Store has sold over 2.5 billion songs, 50 million TV shows and over 1.3 million movies, making it the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store.
So, what does it mean for the sales of past quarter?
Cool.
The juggernaut keeps moving.
I bought one this month, too!
Howzat Zune Tang!
Microsoft hits major milestone: 10 Zunes sold (all in the Seattle area, guess which campus)
How long before it eclipses 30 years of Walkman sales?
From the Book of Steve:
“It is better to throw one chair than to curse the iPod”.
Live it.
Love it.
Learn it.
Wanna place bets on when it will hit a billion?
Well, they said they sold 10 million iPods back in January 2005.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jan/12results.html
They sold the first 10 million in about 38 months and the other 90 million in about 27 months – about 10 million iPods every three months thereafter.
You do the math – btw, how’s that going, Napster?
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No wonder why iPod is the #1 player on the market.
The Walkman sold 50 Mio. times in 10 years regarding this website:
http://lowendmac.com/orchard/06/0915.html
And where does the iPod sales go?
I am wandering, when the 200 Mio mark will be broken.
Before or after 10 years on the market?
Hey Ballmer….can you say game over? I knew you could.
I hit a milestone once. Really messed up my bumper…
Following on from macnut,
10 million was announced in Jan 2005 as he said.
The total for all the quarters from Q2/FY05 to the end of December was another 78.39 million.
That’s 88.39 million, which means around 12 million for the quarter which is the third highest quarterly figure for iPods after the previous two holiday quarters. That’ alone equates to around $1.92 – $2.16 billion in sales for the quarter that’s due to report shortly.
I’d buy a new one if my G1 iPod wasn’t still running like a champ.
Of course, if they come out with an iPod like an iPhone without the phone, I’ll be getting one.
I’m just back from a ski holiday in the Alps – 2 families of 5 with essential kit only which included 7 iPods and 4 Mac laptops!
(And if any of us had had a Windows computer I would have put money on them wanting to sell it by the end of the week, as they’d have been blown away by the movies and slideshows we produced..)
Go Apple!
I make it around 10.27 million for the 1st quarter. (90 days)
That’s 20% up from last year.
Although it is not black all over it seems to me that is resemble the Monolith in 2001.
It is the begining of a new era like 2010 as it will give life to a whole new way of buying music and anything digital on-line
too bad that had to mention that Lance Armstrong asshole/cheater.
My best iPod decision
I’ve owned one of just about every iPod made so far.
If you run/excercise a lot then also get the iPod nano.
Get the biggest iPod possible and put all your music on it.
Make sure to Disk Utility Erase w/Zero option the iPod hard drive first. This greatly increases the reliability from bad sectors hosing your iPod.
Create playlists of bands with your opinion of their best music so you can just scoll down and jam out right away without listening to “filler music”.
(If you need to access the “off tracks” of a particular artist they are still there under the regular iPods menus)
Create lots of different “smart playlists” of music based upon stress level using iTunes “Grouping” feature to tag each song. Like “light classic rock” or “hard metal” or “popular medium new alternative”.
Use the 1-5 star rating system if necessary, just remember the higher rated songs play more often which can result in them “wearing out” prematurely.
Now set up these smart playlists to start with a number (example: “1: very light classical” or “9 Medium Holiday Rock) so they appear at the top of the iPods playlist menu, set them to randomize play.
It’s a lot of work tagging each song, especially for a huge library, but the result is you can select exactly the stress level and type of music for any mood or occasion.
As you buy new music, listen to it and Group Tag it right away, the smart playlists and iPod updating will take care of the rest.
Do copy the entire iTunes folder to a few hard drives as all this work would be very time comsuming to replace.
“…too bad that had to mention that Lance Armstrong…”
not that i’m an Armstrong fan or anything but that has to be one of the dumbest comments i’ve seen here in a while. ranking on par with the Zang Tunery posts. having lost a family member or two to cancer i appreciate Armstrongs efforts in bringing a higher profile to the issue.
the fact that he uses a ‘Pod only makes him cooler.
(see how i did that? off topic then… zoom… back on topic. pretty good, eh?)
Lance may be an arse, but a cheater is yet to be proven.
In related news, Microsoft’s Zune reached the 25 sold mark……
Associated Press reports that customers are holding off buying until the Pink one comes out.
Associated Press reports that customers are holding off buying until the Pink one comes out.
Comes out of where?
What’s with the iPod talk. My pants are soiled.
@ Martin, Tempus Fugit and KenC
The first one of you might win the Tour himself and try to set up his
own foundation before posting those intolerant comments.
And please do not cry in case of cancer and they might not help you…
And thanks two you, Tempus Fugit and KenC to get back to facts.
Everybody might feel free to check this out:
http://www.livestrong.org/song
From my point it doesn’t hurt too much to spend .99$ to help a bit…
and the music is not bad, to be honest.
80Gb is about half my MP3 collection :/