iPod jazzes up accessory market

By Zoë Barton
Posted on ZDNet News: Jan 19, 2005 12:53:00 AM

Since its October 2001 launch, the iPod has been a huge success for Apple Computer. Sales of the portable digital-music players now generate about 35 percent of the company's total revenue, and some customers who want to get their hands on the new iPod Shuffle face up to a four-week wait.

Less noticed is all the non-Apple business the iPod has been generating. Popular and inventive accessories marketed toward iPod users include a recorder add-on, a runway-ready speaker-tote, a living-room remote and car adapters galore. In addition, sites such as iPodlounge.com devoting space to sorting through iPod extras have seen their own surge in traffic and advertising revenue.

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It is kind of boring: ZDNet does indeed have a tendency to just print press releases like this one, rather than real stories. Boring.

Then again, one difference here is that they're talking about products that alre... (Read the rest); Posted by: tic swayback Posted on: 01/19/05 You are currently: a Guest | Log in | Terms of Use