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Saturday, November 8th, 2008 | 99 views
And though Steve Wozniak already has had time to bury players iPod, at the American car industry, similar, other opinion. According to data of
iSuppli, next year there is more than half of new cars in the USA will be equipped by the interface for connection of popular devices.
If this year of such support iPod 39 percent of all automobile in the future this indicator will reach impressing 58 percent, and it already almost two thirds could brag only.
And in general the steady tendency on expansion of possibilities of automobile multimedia systems is observed. So, next year interface USB it will be equipped about 30 percent of new cars (against 16 percent in present), and modules Bluetooth will be had by 82 percent.
“The automobile industry has reached that point when multimedia technologies - or their absence - directly affects sales”, speaks Phil Magney, the vice-president iSuppli. As he said, tone today set Honda and Hyunday which the first have started to equip the majority of the serial cars with interfaces iPod. Behind them all were pulled also the others.
The cart, can be iPod while early to write off in breakage?
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Saturday, November 8th, 2008 | 88 views
As informs Seeking Alpha, today in the market the set of MP3-players but if who can make a worthy competition iPod this device of corporation Microsoft under name Zune is presented. This player, unlike iPod, is free from restrictions iTunes DRM, and also has the built in FM-radio and the whole set of possibilities for detection and sharing of musical files that represents doubtless interest for users. And Zune, possibly, will aspire to contend with family iPod, judging by the traffic on sites of manufacturers.
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Saturday, November 8th, 2008 | 59 views
As informs edition Rolling Stones, the commission on author’s deductions of the USA has made decision not to raise the rate of a royalty for online resources. Thus, in Cupertino can sigh with simplification - last year the company has threatened to close the service iTunes Store which, in case of the positive decision the commission, would become unprofitable.
In due time (Eddy Cue), director Apple on iTunes, has declared: “unprofitability of shop would become Result of such sharp increase of deductions with the big share of probability. We more than once and not said two that in this business we to gain money. If service ceases to be profitable we simply will close it”.
According to estimations of experts, the decision of the commission which will operate next five years, has allowed to save Apple 300 million dollars. For such money really it was necessary to be overcome.
However, it is not necessary to forget that fact, that the service main task iTunes Store, at all gravity of statements Apple, consists not in music sale, and support of sales of players iPod, and now also communicator iPhone.
In due time Eddy Cue, director Apple on iTunes, has declared: “unprofitability of shop would become Result of such sharp increase of deductions with the big share of probability. We more than once and not said two that in this business we to gain money. If service ceases to be profitable we simply will close it”.
According to estimations of experts, the decision of the commission which will operate next five years, has allowed to save Apple 300 million dollars. For such money really it was necessary to be overcome.
However, it is not necessary to forget that fact, that the service main task iTunes Store, at all gravity of statements Apple, consists not in music sale, and support of sales of players iPod, and now also communicator iPhone.
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Friday, November 7th, 2008 | 113 views
The analysis of the markets of the various countries (all 62 countries participated), spent company CommSec has shown recently, that the most favourable country to get player Apple iPod is Australia. To inhabitants of this continent to become happy owners Apple iPod Nano 8GB it is necessary to spend 199 Australian dollars that is equivalent to the sum of 132 US dollars.
The most expensive country for purchase of the same player, on data received CommSec, is one of the countries of the South America, namely Argentina: here for Apple iPod Nano 8GB it is necessary to lay out $354 that is not three times more expensive almost, than in Australia. The Ukrainian market in research did not accept participation, however, by means of our own supervision, we managed to find out, that average price Apple iPod Nano 8GB in Ukraine makes $230. This sum answers an average level of the price of the given device.
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008 | 69 views
 During the announcement of financial results of the last quarter Apple has informed that to it was possible to realise during the accounting period of 11,052 million players iPod for the sum $1,678 billion Annual growth of these indicators has made 8 and 3 percent accordingly.
In comparison with previous accounting quarter the quantity sold iPod practically has not changed, and the gain from their realisation has decreased for 1 %. Nevertheless the last three months from the point of view of sales iPod became the most successful not Christmas quarter in company history.
Apple has informed that, according to NPD, belongs to it more than 70 % of the market of digital musical players in the USA. The share of the market of the players, belonging Apple, continues to grow in Australia, Canada, France, Germany and Japan.
Warehouse stocks iPod as of the end of quarter should suffice for 4-6 weeks of sales.
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Saturday, October 4th, 2008 | 134 views
In Russia start sales of new generation of players iPod. After the loud announcement on September, 9th, novelties have reached and the Russian market. To a greater or lesser extent, all models iPod have been updated. We will remind, that the most cardinal changes have been brought in iPod Nano the fourth generation. It was extended, became even more thin, has got built in accelerometer, is presented in several bright colors, 8-Gb and 16-Gb versions.
iPod touch has received the new design which has been built in dynamic, support of accessories Nike + iPod and longer operating time from one additional charge of the accumulator. iPod classic it is presented to variations with the winchester on 120 Gb, but in same thin forms-factors, as former model on 80 Gb. All three updated models have received new function Genius. Have not forgotten and about tiny iPod shuffle now it is presented in new bright color scale.
# the Recommended cost iPod shuffle makes from $78 to $109
# the Recommended cost on iPod nano 4G makes from $255 to $326
# the Recommended cost on iPod classic makes $411
# the Recommended cost on iPod touch makes $392 - $697
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008 | 103 views
Despite the fact that what during presentation of new generation Nano versions with 8 and 16 Gb have been shown, but in Europe less capacious players with 4 Gb of memory have been found out also. There are they thus about 130 euros.
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 | 138 views
British representation Apple has begun carrying out of promo-action Back to School which purpose is the increase in sales volumes of computers Mac in educational institutions.
Unlike the similar action spent to the USA, teachers and students at purchase Mac receive free iPod nano 4G, instead of iPod touch. However, at desire they can instead of reception free iPod nano 4G get other model of a player, having taken advantage thus the discount at a rate of £95.
The action will last from September, 16th till October, 31st. On its conditions count on a free player teachers and the students registered properly on a web site of the company can, at purchase of laptops MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air or desktop computers iMac (on purchases Mac mini, Mac Pro and Xserve action action does not extend).
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Friday, September 19th, 2008 | 185 views
The Internet portal iLounge has summed up interrogation of 3800 visitors on a theme “What your reaction to the updated ruler of players iPod?”. Respondents could choose between various answers, from magnificent”to awful”, and also to tell, that they do not have opinion in this occasion.
Interrogation has shown, that the new ruler iPod has pleased to visitors of a portal. 80 percent from them have declared, that new products Apple are at least quite good. These of 80 percent are distributed so: 24 percent recognized updated iPod as magnificent and are going to buy one of them by all means.
24 more percent of the interrogated have declared, that new players are good, and consider possibility of their acquisition, and for 32 percent updated iPod have seemed are good, but there is not enough to spend for them the money.
11 percent think, that the new ruler is bad and Apple should make more to win their purses, and only 5 percent of visitors consider recent updating by an awful miss of the company. Only 4 percent of respondents admitted, that they do not have accurate opinion concerning a new ruler of players iPod.
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 | 62 views
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As usually in “apple” affairs happens - the more close the prime minister of a new product, the it is more in the Network flows away the “confidential” information. Here such, according to sources, will be new iPod Nano already the fourth generation. It, of course, not a player, and only a cover, but its forms are indicative enough. Something is difficult to tell about functionality, but judging by the image, manufacturers have decided to return to traditional forms-factors.
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