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The iPod was released on October 23 2001 and in its various formats has sold over 220,000,000.

They felt that the current portable music hardware was either too small and rubbish or too big and clunky which is why they went about thinking about the iPod. This is when Steve Jobs decided to get his team to design something that would work and be of use to people listening to their music on the go.

the first iPod diod not allow windows users to use it and that was sown out of spite more than anything but was later put into the mark 2 as more people would buy the product. However they optimised on this by building the 2nd generation and allowed Windows users to use the hardware on their pc. They have since built many, many other generations including the mini, shuffle, and video are of course the most recent form of the player, touch. The real question is, how often can this success carry on for?

Well the sales have seen a dip this year for the first time since the launch of the first pod which could mean the gadget is set to fall. The truth behind it is that the iPhone can now be bought almost everywhere which is why the sales could be seeing a drop.

The iPhone actually comes with an iPod already built within it which means that alrthough the sales of the pod are down the phone sales are up. One of the big issues is the price. With each new iPod comes a bigger price and half the problem could be that with the recession people are just finding it hard to come up with the money for a new gadget every year.

Insurance is important for these gadgets, which is why you should look into gadget insurance or even mobile phone insurance this could really help if something bad happens to it like of course dropping it. Sat Nav Insurance could also be something worth looking into.