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Invasion Of The iPod PeopleThey have little white wires coming out of their heads.
They listen to voices that nobody else can hear.
And every month, another one million people join their ranks. They're the Pod People. Or make that, the iPod People.
Now, if you don't know what an iPod is, then you must be over 25, reports Sunday Morning contributor David Pogue.
The Apple iPod is currently the world's most popular digital music player.
The concept is simple: the pocket-sized device automatically sucks in the entire music collection from your computer.
Inside the iPod is a very tiny hard drive with a very big capacity. It can fit thousands and thousands of songs - far more than most people's entire CD collection.
Apple isn't the only one getting rich. There's a whole iPod economy now: you can buy iPod speakers, iPod car adapters, iPod headphones, iPod radios, iPod microphones and iPod carrying cases.
There's even an iPod car. A BMW, to be precise, with playback controls right in the steering wheel. Yours for the low, low price of only $48,000. (iPod not included.)
"It's just hitting all demographics - all age groups," says Phil Schiller, Apple's vice president of worldwide marketing. "It's really excited people's idea of music again, and made people fall back in love with music. So, it's big in a lot of ways."
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