Apple maintains dominance with iPod

Apple continues to lead the U.S. digital music player market in the second quarter of 2006 with 75.6 percent share, according to a recent study by the NPD Group. “Apple has done a great job of focusing consumers’ attention on digital music in their products through millions of dollars in advertising,” said Ross [...]

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New Nano rival offers twice the storage

Flash memory maker SanDisk has released a new MP3 player in its Sansa line and has reduced prices for its players across the board to compete with Apple Computer’s flash-based iPod Nano.

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Nvidia tops Broadcom for video iPod design win

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Nvidia Corp. has apparently won a major design win for Apple Computer Inc.’s next-generation video iPod product line — at the expense of Broadcom Corp., according to an analyst.Apple’s current video iPod line is said to use an MP3 processor from PortalPlayer Inc. and a multimedia chip from Broadcom. The [...]

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iPod sales help Apple beat Q2 profit forecast

Apple sold 1.1 million computers and 8.5 million iPods in the quarter

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