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WHILE APPLE APPEARS AN INCREASINGLY UNSTOPPABLE hardware force, other device makers are finding it difficult to get a foothold in the market, according to new figures.
In the last three months of 2008, Apple sold 22.7m iPods and 4.4m iPhones. While iPod sales may be hitting a plateau - they are up just 3% from the same period 2007 - iPhone sales rocketed by 88%.
Against this come figures from Microsoft that show its iPod challenger, the Zune, has dramatically underperformed. Last week Microsoft announced that Zune platform revenues decreased by $100m (#69.9m) - or 54% - in the last quarter.
Launched two years ago and only available in North America, the Zune has seen its ...