According to techcrunch.com, a technology blog, in the first five years following the launch of the Ipod over 100 million have been sold.
Fox News recently surveyed 1,200 undergrad students on what was “in.” Nearly three-quarters, or 73 percent of students surveyed said iPods were “in” — more than any other item in a list that also included text messaging, barhopping and downloading music.
Between all the business that come with being a full-time student, somehow college aged kids are squeezing in iPod time. Some use them to keep tabs on the Dow Jones and others for Perez Hilton updates.
Dylan Hoffman, a sophomore studying exercise science, said he spends a total of two hours per day listening to his iPod. “I don’t think listening to my iPod inhibits me from talking to people as much as it inhibits others from talking to me,” Hoffman said.
However over the past few years there have been several reports of accidents here on campus where someone was wearing their iPod
Abram Langston, a freshman studying mechanical engineering, said he owns an iPod, but does not listen to it on campus because he does not want to go through the hassle of putting it on and off within the 15 minutes intervals of class. He prefers interacting with people to cutting them off with his iPod.
 “It is better to know what is going on around me than to be cut off,” Langston said.
ReAna Dutton, a junior studying music therapy, said listening to music on her iPod is a way to focus and shut off the environment around her and relieve stress on the mind. She turns it off if she has to talk to someone. “Listening to the iPod all the time is as bad as playing video games all day long,” Dutton said.
 “While modern technological advancements can enhance the work of the Lord, we must be careful not to fall victim to their destructive side. We must guard against becoming so attached to digital devices that we become detached from God [and friends],” said Elder Scott D. Whiting in the March 2010 Ensign.