Land of the Rising iPod

It's no secret that iPods are popular. I bet that if you were to pick a city at random in America to wander around in for a few hours you would see loads of people rocking out with white cords dangling from their ears (and those are the people that aren't using headphones other than the ones supplied).

However, Japan is the home of Apple's largest rival in the music industry, Sony. Common knowledge has it that Sony has the Japanese market on lock down, but according to The Japan News.net reports that in Japan 'where Sony's walkmans once reigned supreme the most prized gadget is now Apple's iPod.'

Doesn't sound good for Sony, but hey they have their own digital music store, right?