iPod index

Coevolving Innovations posted iPod Index, versus Big Mac Index a few months ago. While it’s fascinating to look at the calculated economics, there’s a slight flaw here. The iPod Index lists Brazil as the most expensive place to buy an iPod nano, but they’ve overlooked Iceland. Thanks to incredibly shocking import costs on all portable music playing devices (something like the RIAA gone completely out of control), combined with the local sales tax, Iceland should be positioned right in the top ten, around $205. For some reason though, the higher end iPod Touch 32GB model sells for a rocking $1,485 U.S. Of course, it probably seems somewhat overinflated because our U.S. economy is tanking; a few years ago the exchange rate would have converted to about half that.