The entire content of the world's data could fit on a single iPod sooner than a lot of people think, according to Google.
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, the company's Asia Pacific and Latin America Operations vice-president, stated that if the huge drops in the price of data storage that have occurred since 1982 continue, the possibility could become a reality.
Talking at a major conference in Singapore, Ms Cassidy added that if gas prices fell by the same amount, a gallon of gas would take an individual around the Earth 2,200 times.
She added that the growth could even render the CD format unnecessary in the next eight years.
"If this trend continues, and the cost of storage continues to decrease, we estimate that somewhere around 2020, all the world's content will fit inside an iPod, and all the world's music would sit in your palm as early as 2015," she explained.
Comments on the future of music on the iPod have come after iTunes Europe revealed that Amy Winehouse and Mika had the biggest selling album and single of the year respectively through the music store.
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