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Originally Posted by Unleash_the_Phury
Maybe it'll change, but there's a thousand cheaper mp3 players out there that haven't stopped the iPod from having 90% of hard-drive mp3 player sales, and 70% of the total market. Know anybody with a Zune?
*Reference for the market share info: http://bindapple.com/how-many-ipods-...old-worldwide/ |
The MP3 player market is a unique one.. it was always a toy/gadget.. if tablets STAY in that space then sure Apple can continue to dominate... but we all know that won't be the case. I could also argue that Apple does NOT hold the market share on MP3 players... take the number of iPods+iPhones and compare that to the number of non-Apple phones with MP3 players built in... wanna bet which number is larger? As I stated a few pages back... the only dedicated MP3 players that will survive are the teeny tiny workout versions... hell, look at the massive dropoff in iPod sales recently... anyway, my point being that that was a niche that the big players stayed(mostly) out of until Microsoft (not even a hardware manufacturer) made a big push FAR FAR FAR too late.
ok, back to the actually topic...
Tablet's are NOT mp3 players and unlike iPods... the BIG BOYS are jumping in the water this year... you want a more accurate analogy? Apple dominated PC sales at one point too... then the IBM clones came onto the market and almost wiped Apple off the map entirely. That won't happen here, in my opinion, they will hold onto a solid 15-20% share.