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Re:$149 Chromebooks by eli on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @03:26PM (#9299196)
These things are only obvious in retrospect. Why did the iPod create a new market when the Nomad MP3 Player already existed?
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Re:$149 Chromebooks by hyperpallium on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @04:13PM (#9299553)
I agree Christensen often seems a bit post hoc, but I think at least trying to see if there's a new market can help (as opposed to attacking the fortified hill of an established market).

One could argue the Nomad's market was much smaller (most people who bought iPods had never heard of it), partly because of Apple's aggressive advertising... which certainly helps "create" a market.

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Re:$149 Chromebooks by millstone on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @02:35AM (#9301957)
In the case of the iPod, the answer is surely the iTunes Music Store, which was the first legal online store that sold popular music in digital formats.
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Re:$149 Chromebooks by DanBC on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @02:45AM (#9301993)
No it wasn't.

Here's an article from 1999 about a variety of digital music distribution.

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb99/articles/netnotes.559....

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