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		<title><![CDATA[10-K Watch: Apple's iPod Net Sales Dropped 12 Percent In 2009; iTunes Up]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is still selling millions of iPods but making less from them, according to the 10-K filed with the SEC late this afternoon: net sales dropped $1.1 billion&#8212;12 percent&#8212;to $8.091 billion in fiscal 2009, while unit sales of 54 million for the year were down only 1...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:40:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Analyst: Slowing iPod Sales Should Worry Record Labels]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In its spartan Wednesday event, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) boasted it&#8217;s sold 225 million iPods to date. So when we saw Forrester VP and music analyst Mark Mulligan suggest, on Guardian.co.uk, that customers upgrading to a new model every two years means an actual installed base of half that, we...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:29:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apple Flubs iPod Event, Marketing Changing?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple has been the greatest corporate master, perhaps, of the event: keep a tight lid on announcements before, invite the faithful, have Steve Jobs bring in the worship, and keep people on the edges of their seats until the end. But reaction to its announcement of new iPod models yesterday...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:45:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apple Letdown: No Word On Tablet Or Beatles (But Norah Jones Crooned)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) fans likely found today&#8217;s announcements a bit disappointing. While CEO Steve Jobs did make an appearance at the company&#8217;s event in San Francisco to detail Apple&#8217;s product lineup for the holidays, there was no mention of a Tablet device, or of any resolution with the Beatles...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:45:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Back to Normal: Prices Race Downwards]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there's one constant in the precarious consumer electronics industry, it's that prices get pushed downward continuously, and generally faster than vendors like. Some news shows that the trend is alive and well. First up, Apple, because the long term trend of average net sales per unit dropping isn't halting....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:26:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tech Law: SAP Loses, Man to Pay in iPod Scam, Psystar Sues Apple, More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAP to pay $138.6 million for patent infringement; SCO gets reprieve, judge orders jury trial to decide whether SCO or Novell owns UNIX copyright; Michigan man ordered to pay Apple $650K for iPod scheme; Psystar sues Apple to sell Snow Leopard; and Switzerland tells Google to take down Street Views...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:01:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Top Microsoft Zune Marketing Executive Leaves For Universal Music]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Chris Stephenson, who has overseen global marketing for Microsoft&#8217;s Zune music player since its debut in 2006, is leaving Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) to join Universal Music, the WSJ reports. Stephenson confirms he is leaving to the WSJ. At Universal, he will lead marketing for Interscope Geffen A & M...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apple Device Heat Problem Heating Up]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I've mentioned before, there's a long standing problem with iPhones and iPod seriously overheating. And according to various reports, Apple has been covering up problems, including trying to block reporters from getting information on the extent of the issue. And now the pressure on Apple increases as the European...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:14:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apple Abuse Detection Not New, Can Be Questionable]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AppleInsider has posted a story today about  a new patent filing by Apple that would make it possible for portable devices to detect consumer abuse. For example, there would be evidence of exposure to cold, moisture, or heat at levels that would void a warranty. However, my own experience...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Four Successful Products Launched During Downturns]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It s easy to forget, but many products that we now remember as stunning successes were actually launched during economic downturns. Here are four examples of companies that saw market opportunity where others failed to look and went on to launch superior products with the understanding that good ideas never...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gadget Lust: Mini Microphone for iPod and iPod Touch]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Various iPod models have the capacity to record audio, but lack a pivotal piece of hardware: a microphone. (Why, Apple? Why?)    Third-party developers to the rescue! The Mini Microphone adds audio-recording capabilities to the iPod Classic, iPod Nano 4G, and iPod Touch 2G.    It...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Proposed "iPod Tax" Isn't Music to New Yorkers' Ears]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's plenty of pain to go around when it comes to the austerity budget proposed by New York Governor David A. Paterson yesterday, but one line-item has caught the attention of media junkies everywhere: a plan to levy a 4 percent tax on digital downloads.    In fact,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:56:06 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[November PC sales slowed in November, but havenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t fallen off a cliff due to strong notebook and netbook unit growth, according to NPD data.    NPD has released its PC sell-through stats and November unit growth was 6 percent from a year ago compared to 10 percent in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:02:24 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apple's "Touch" Ecosystem Continues to Expand]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple may be offering a $99 iPhone at Wal-Mart. More than 300 million applications have been downloaded from AppleÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s App Store. And the iPod touch is out of stock in at key retailers. Add it up and signs abound that AppleÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s has created a virtuous cycle for its touch platform...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:07:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tech Roundup: Apple iPod, Google, IBM, Microsoft, and Activision]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple's forecast on iPod movement is off, leading to product shortages and fewer sales; consumers focus on bargains; Google tightens its belt, including cutting research; when Google called off the Yahoo deal, a DoJ anti-trust lawsuit was only a few hours away; IBM, Microsoft, and Google, among others, still plan...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:23:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sony, Kindle E-Reader Sales Grow Before Christmas; But Still No 'iPod Moment']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The twist in this plot? "Turns out Sony (NYSE: SNE) E-Book Readers sell after all," WSJ.com notes. Indeed, it's sold about 300,000 of them and three million e-books worldwide since launching in October 2006. That's exceeded the gadget-maker's forecasts, personal mobile unit SVP Steve Haber tells the site. But,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Share Your iPod]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=2145]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  It probably happens to me at least once a month. I'll be traveling with or working next to a friend or my wife and one of us will want to watch a movie or listen to some tunes. We usually end up awkwardly close to each other&#151;one with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:31:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Analyzing Apple's iPod Business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F104872-analyzing-apple-s-ipod-business%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Turley Muller submits:  Slowing iPod sales growth has been one of the chief concerns among Apple Inc. AAPL investors because the iPod has historically been a major contributor to Apple&#8217;s overall revenue growth. The concern stems from the belief that the PMP market is becoming saturated.   With...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:52:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is Apple Set to Make Its Own ARM Chips for the iPhone?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  Forbes dissects the management change announced Tuesday at Apple&#8217;s  AAPL iPhone division, concluding that Apple plans to make its own iPhone processor chips. It&#8217;s interesting speculation.What we know for sure is that Tony Fadell &#8212; the founder of iPod engineering who Fortune calls &#8220;The man who...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[An Alternative Perspective on Apple's iPod Growth]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turley Muller submits:  Apple Inc. AAPL analysts and the media have regularly cited slowing iPod sales as a major headwind for Apple shares. The iPod has been a major force in Apple&#8217;s total sales growth since it has been such a large percentage of Apple&#8217;s overall revenue. A common...]]></description>
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