Apple sells 450,000 of Dvorak’s ‘nutty’ Nike+iPod Sport Kits in under three months
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 01:14 AM EDTApple CEO Steve Jobs announced yesterday during the Cupertino Mac- and iPod-maker's "It's Showtime" media event that Apple had sold over 450,000 Nike+iPod Sport Kits in less than three months of the product's availability.
Back in May, following the announcement of the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, tech troll John Dvorak wrote for MarketWatch, "Apple has teamed up with Nike to produce an odd tennis shoe that will allow, among other features, the music to change on the user's iPod to better match their specific jogging requirements. In other words if you are headed up a tough hill the music selection will change to some motivational music to get you over the top. Does this sound a little nutty to anyone else but me?"
450,000 times US$29.99 equals gross sales of $13.5 million dollars. Oh, to be so "nutty."
MacDailyNews Take: Don't quit your day job, John. On second thought, do.
Dvorak admits to baiting Apple Mac users for hits:
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Clearly half a million people can't all be wrong compared to the insignificant ruminations of a practically burned-out hack opinion-writer.