Re:60M sold? that's a lot. (Score 1)

Is part of the issue here that the iPod, from its first release, has been pretty much a "mature" technology? People used to rush to replace PCs on a rapid cycle because there was a lot more they could do with them: early personal computers (in the generic sense) were very limited is capabilities. Similiarly with mobile phones - early phones were large "bricks" and so the motivation to replace it a short while later was high. By contrast, even the earliest iPod essentially does all that you need it to, has a high storage capacity, a good form factor, decent battery life, good usability, et cetera. Later releases have been developments on a mature technology, rather than updates that made a barely-useable item into a more-useable item.