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iPod Charger for Car

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

For a musically inclined teenager that owns an iPod, it would be nothing close to a disaster to not be able to have it all charged up and running at all times. Going out on a trip means being out on the road, driving to one’s destination. At such a time, being unable to listen to music of one’s choice would be such a disappointment. Therefore, one of the most essential iPod accessories is an iPod charger for car, installed for the purpose of charging your iPod while driving.

In spite of having all the iPod accessories available, the main cause for an iPod to fail would be lack of power due to the battery running out. An iPod charger is therefore an essential accessory to have for your iPod.

There is, however, another option. You could also get an inverter which can be plugged into your car’s cigarette lighter or power port. In fact, it will also save you some precious dollars investing in just an inverter instead of buying the iPod charger. Besides helping you charge your iPod, an inverter will also be useful to help power up your other electronic items like a cell phone charger, a laptop computer or a portable DVD player as all you have to do is plug it into a wall socket or your car power port.

Though an inverter seems to be a wise buy, it would still be recommended to invest in an iPod charger for your teen as it would surely come in handy for him at all times. iPod charger should definitely be there in your collection of iPod car accessories.

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iPod and iPhone sales in 2010

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Apple recently reported that sales of iPods stood at 10.89 million in the second quarter of 2010 in comparison with 11.01 million iPods sold during the same period last year.  Compared to the previous quarter sales too, there is a fall of 48 percent.

In the second quarter 2010, 8.75 million iPhones were sold – an increase of 131 percent in comparison to same period sales last year, and an increase of an extra 0.05 million pieces sold as compared to the first quarter.  For the second quarter, Apple has posted $13.5 billion as revenue and $3.07 billion as net quarterly profit in comparison with $9.08 billion revenue and $1.62 billion net quarterly profit earned for the same period in year 2009.

In the iPod accessories category, sales in the international market contributed 58% of the total revenue for the second quarter.  In comparison with the same quarter last year, sales were up 27% compared to same period last year for other related products and services in music.  In comparison with Q1 2010 sales for the same products which included sales from the iTunes Stores, Apple revenues, iPod services and iPod accessory sales by third-parties the increase was 14% in Q2 2010.

Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs declared that the launch of their innovative new iPad has taken the market by storm and that they plan on launching many more extraordinary products later this year.  Apple’s CFO Peter Oppenheimer foresees an increase in both revenue and per share diluted earnings in the third fiscal quarter 2010.

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