iPod shuffle is big business

IDC Consulting opened an iPod Shuffle and tells us what found: the cost of iPod shuffle is around 59 dollars and going down.

Samsung's 512 mb flash memory costs around 37.50 dollars, and is expected to go down to 31.25 in this quarter, what could mean a 46% benefit out of each Shuffle.

The second component is a Sigmatel STMP3550 chip, used to convert digital to analogic signal, USB2 driver and more features not used as FM radio or more power to code mp3 and wma, so iPod shuffle will receive interesting updates in a future.


This 46% marging grows in Europe where Apple uses a $1=1€ rate.

Sources:
Noticiasdot.com (in Spanish)
IDC's article ($3500!!!!!!)