The IPod Revolution

THE IPOD REVOLUTION The world's first commercially available mp3 player, the MPMan F10, was released in May of 1998. It boasted 32MB of storage, enough to hold at least one album, and was a steal at just $250! Three years later, the first iPod hit the market. After that, the rest of the mp3 player market never stood a chance. The first generation iPod was introduced 5GB 1000 songs $399 on October 23, 2001 By the end of 2001, Apple sold 125,000 iPods. By 2005, 11% of American adults owned an iPod. That's 22 million people. By 2010: 225 million iPods have been sold. Microsoft: 1% Touted as an "iPod killer" the Zune was released by Microsoft on November 14, 2006. SanDisk: 7% Other: 18% Mp3 player market share as of 2009: Apple: 74% iTunes Market Share vs. The Competition Other Amazon Rhapsody Zune iTunes: 69% 16% 8% 4% 3% Feb. 24, 2010 1 in every 4 songs sold in the U.S. are sold through iTunes 71 year-old Louie Sulcer downloads the 10 billionth song on iTunes. No. of retail music chain stores in operation in 1991:9,500 "Guess Things Happen That Way" by Johnny Cash. In 2006: 2,000 His prize: a $10,000 iTunes gift card. The average teenager's iPod has 800 illegally downloaded tracks on it. $10,000 would only buy enough iTunes downloads to fill a 160 gb iPod Classic to 25% capacity. The Ting Tings record sales spiked by 2181% after their song Shut Up and Let Me Go" was used in an iPod commercial. Cost of a 10GB iPod in 2002: $499 Cost of a 64GB iPod Touch in 2010: $399 Cost to download "Who Let the Dogs Out" from iTunes in 2003: $.99 In 2010: $1.29 iPod Touch 58 million users App Store 280 million apps downloaded in Dec., 2009 $250 million in revenue Robbery rates decreased nationwide in the U.S. each year from 1993 - 2004. However... coincidence? 3.7 million 2004 2005 3.7% 2006 6% 32 million 46.6 million iPods sold Increase in robbery rate And speaking of crime, illegal downloads also skyrocketed in 2006 to 5 billion, a 47% increase. Design & Illustration by Ricky Linn UnlineSchools onlineschools.org Sources: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/consumer electronics/stats/ipod.html http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2009/09/09/ipod_market share at 73 8 percent 225 million_ipods sold_more_games_for_touch_than_psp_nds_apple http://www.apple.com/itunes/10-billion-song-countdown/ http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938 105-10460098-1.html http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/what-is/ipod.html http://www.pewinternet.org/Commentary/2005/February/iPods-and-MP3-Players-storm-the-market.aspx http://www.diczune.com/2006/09/zune_release_da 1.htm http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579 3-10311907-37.html http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/may/05musicstore.html http://gigaom.com/2010/01/12/the-apple-app-store-economy/ http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411552 icrime_wave.pdf http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/steve_jobs.html http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and web/personal tech/article4144585.ece http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/files/2009/08/npd-digital-market-share.png http://www.twice.com/article/254998NPD_Illegal_Downloads_Outpace_ Legal Downloads By_10 1 Margin.php