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iPod market share ‘has only one way to go’

Last updated: May 14, 2021 4:40 pm UTC
By Adrian Cole

Calling the iPod “nothing more than an enormous marketing success,” CNBC’s Robert Walberg says there is only one direction for the player’s market share to go—lower. “Of course, one problem with the iPod’s market share is that it pretty much has only one way to go—down.

In the end, the iPod is nothing more than an enormous marketing success. Sure, it was groundbreaking at first.


But today you can find a number of similar products from other leading PC and consumer electronics companies, most at equal or better prices. The company’s iTunes and add-on strategy are likely to keep iPod No.


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