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It's All About The iPod: Interesting update from CNET about the iPod, which accounted for 92.1 percent of the market for hard drive-based music players, up from 82.2 percent a year ago. The problem for the little guys, says the NPD Group, is that people looking for players in the smaller configuration appear to only know the iPod, and kids are asking their parents for iPods this year rather than just asking for MP3 players, much like kids begged parents for a Nintendo in late late 80s rather than pleading with them for a video game console. Although I usually dread "Friends & Family" time at work, being able to pick up one at a nice price makes it worth the torture.