iPod Marketshare

From Digital Music News' Daily Snapshot email:

Just how much market share does the iPod actually have? Numbers seem to
vary, with a recent report from the NPD Group asserting a 41.9% market share
in the US, with an 82% figure for hard-disk devices. The 82% figure was
mistakenly published by Bloomberg for the entire portable mp3 market,
leading some to conclude that Apple had a virtual lock over competitors. In
terms of overall mp3 devices, Rio placed in second with a 10% share, iRiver
ranked third with 9.3%, and RCA was fourth with 9%. Meanwhile, market
research firm In-Stat/MDR estimates that total sales of hard-disk players
will rise from 18 million units this year to 52.4 million units by 2007.