Apple recently announced that its App Store now offers 225,000 apps which collectively have been downloaded 5 billion times.

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Although the iPod is assembled in China, it accounts for only 2% of the wages involved in its manufacture, whereas America makes up around 70% in areas such as engineering, software and distribution.

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Some 800 million camera phones will be sold this year.

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Production ended two years ago, but an estimated 300 million Polaroid cameras are still functional and traded on websites such as eBay.

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In 2010, about 120 million compact cameras and 11 million DSLRs will be sold worldwide.

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During the iPad launch, Apple announced it had recently sold its 250 millionth iPod.

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Global defence spending is about $1.5 trillion a year - compared to sales of consumer electronics which are around $700 billion a year.

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Around 5 million e-readers are expected to have been sold in 2009.

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