Portable MP3 Hardware Sales Up

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 10, 2003 @02:38AM from the hide-your-shock dept.

prostoalex writes "In December of 2002 only 12% of US music downloaders owned a digital music player, while for this year the number has increased to 17%. Jupiter Research expects the sales of the digital music players to double this year, while another research agency notes a remarkable shift towards paying for music. Even the music industry tends to agree that online music stores are a boon and expects the Web sales to really take off in 2004." (And the sales of Ogg-capable hardware are up, too, since there finally is some.)

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What's a cheap alternative for an iPod? by Threni · 2003-12-10 02:57 · Score: 0, Redundant

I sort of want an iPod, but would rather

i) not give any money to Apple (just don't like them)
ii) spend nearly 300 UKP on something I'll easily lose/break.

Can anyone recommend a cheaper alternative? I don't mind the fact that some of the others are a bit larger, as it'll be in a jacket pocket, rucksack or on my desk, rather than in a shirt pocket. 20/30 gb would be nice, as would USB 2, firewire or (preferably, but i'm probably dreaming here as it's only been out for 2 or 3 years) Bluetooth.