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GGP is talking about the iPod, not the iPhone. GP is right that iTunes had no foothold when the iPod was released, and Apple had no "empire."
by nardi 12y ago
GGP is talking about the iPod, not the iPhone. GP is right that iTunes had no foothold when the iPod was released, and Apple had no "empire."
- personZ 12y agoHow did this suddenly get redefined to "when released"? If that is the case, Taco's widely criticized assessment was dead on - the iPod was initially a failure. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Total_ipod_sales.svg http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Total_ipod_sales.svg We know that it took off, but that was wholly on the back of iTunes - 0.99 tracks and much easier use than competitors sold the iPod, not some fundamental excellence of the device. People forget now but while we revile iTunes generally now, at the time it was the killer feature of the iPod, and the initial iPhone success.