Year: 2005

Keynote notes: iPod, iTunes sales numbers revealed

Posted by | Jan 12, 2005 | |

At this morning’s Macworld Expo keynote, Apple CEO Steve Jobs disclosed that more than 4.5 million iPods were sold in the December quarter–500 percent growth year over year. The total number of iPods sold to date is now at over 10 million units, with 8.2 million iPods being sold in 2004 alone. Jobs said the 10 millionth iPod was sold on December 16, 2004. Jobs also announced that more than 230 million songs have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Music Store worldwide since it was launched in April 2003.

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iPod shuffle commercial online

Posted by | Jan 12, 2005 | |

Apple has posted a commercial for its new iPod shuffle that features the song “Jerk It Out” by The Caesars. Like previous iPod ads, the new spot features silhouetted dancers with iPods, this time in front of a lime green background with a moving shuffle icon from iPod/iTunes.

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Keynote notes: Jobs shows off Tiger

Posted by | Jan 12, 2005 | |

by Larry Angell – During his keynote speech at Macworld Conference & Expo this morning, Apple CEO Steve Jobs highlighted and demonstrated a handful of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger’s new features, including Spotlight, Mail, QuickTime 7, Dashboard, and iChat. Unfortunately, Jobs did not offer a specific release date, only reiterating that Tiger will ship in the first half of 2005, but “long before Longhorn.”

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