100 mil in perspective
so apple just announced they sold 100M ipods in 5 years, the fastest to ever reach that milestone.
who else has done that kind of volume? sony had a few hits: it took 13 yrs for the walkman, 5 yrs 8 mos for the playstation 2, and 10 years for the playstation. nintendo took 11 yrs with the gameboy. and that’s the whole list.
the runner ups are far behind: 60M Motorola RAZRs (they’ve hit the wall), 7M blackberries, and the amazing microsoft zune which is on track to sell a whole million units in it’s first year.