An iPod Generation

It's come to our attention that in the last 3 months alone Apple have sold 14 million of them worldwide.

Then you've also got the iPod accessories - there's shelves of them in stores and pages on line. There seems to be every concievable accessory and even clothes dedicated to them. Then you've got cars; the new Citroen C1 hatchback now comes with an iPod plug-in to its car stereo. And they're not the last with 15 car manufacturers signed up to iPod intergration.

It get's worse (or better depending on your pursuasion) as Louis Vuitton has announced the launched a carry-case for the player.

The shear volume of accessories avaliable for the iPod is a clear barrier for other MP3 manufacturers such as Creative Zen, Philips GoGear or Sony's MP3 Walkman as people are less inclined to but them as they're less able to get the add-ons.