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Originally Posted by jehane
I confess to an aversion to iAnything, but perhaps the plateau/decline in iPod sales is simply because they haven't done anything new with it for a while and everyone who wants one already has one?
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Well, I chose the iPod/iPhone example so we could have a more Apples to Apples comparison (pun intended). BTW, Apple has done new things with the iPod most of which you can see in the form of iPod Touch. The Touch IIRC is the only growing category of iPods and it is not hard to see why - it is essentially the iPhone minus the phone. Finally, I believe the entire PMP market is experiencing lower sales growth not just Apple.
As for gaming, somebody from Nintendo recently grumbled about iPhone killing the portable gaming market and Sony is building a PSP phone.
I am sure different people would continue to prefer different types of devices but multi-purpose devices would own the lion's share of the market provided they can provide a good enough experience to the varied tastes of their users. The users for whom only the best would do would of course stick by single function devices but this category tends to be a small chunk of the market.