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Prospect · 08-26-2008, 03:27 PM

I think Koland has a point.

The comparison is of course meaningless and stupid but if you do compare the sales figures of the ipod to the Kindle estimates, they are in most respects equivalent.

http://www.systemshootouts.org/ipod_sales.html

One important point is that when Apple introduced their player in 2001, most people already knew what a mp3 player was all about, so the marked was already there, but most people does still not seen an e-reader live.

08-26-2008, 03:27 PM	#9
Prospect Other Posts: 143 Karma: 644 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norway Device: Cybook, Kindle	I think Koland has a point. The comparison is of course meaningless and stupid but if you do compare the sales figures of the ipod to the Kindle estimates, they are in most respects equivalent. http://www.systemshootouts.org/ipod_sales.html One important point is that when Apple introduced their player in 2001, most people already knew what a mp3 player was all about, so the marked was already there, but most people does still not seen an e-reader live.