Apple Computer reported that its third quarter net profit soared to $61 million, versus $19 million in the third quarter of 2003. It also reported that iPod unit sales reached 860,000, versus 470,000 in the year ago quarter.
With numbers like this, Wall Street-types are bound to ask, “How long can they keep this up before everyone who wants an iPod has one?” I bought one for my wife, but I still don’t have one myself. I bet that many families in America have a similar iPod deficit.