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iPod Mini Hits The 'Sweet Spot'?

Posted by simoniker on from the smaller-packages dept.

Tooky writes "The BBC is reporting on a survey carried out by Jupiter Research which found that most consumers were only storing about 1000 songs on their portable MP3 players, claiming that ' The finding seems to be borne out by the demand for Apple's Mini iPod'." According to the piece: "Jupiter said digital music players with capacities of 5,000 songs will provide too much space for most people. It added that consumers rate other features as highly as the ability to store all the songs held on their PC."

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  1. Too much space is driving me nuts! by thebra · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, I hate having extra space, it drives me nuts!
    My question is:

    Ipod mini 249.00 4gig, Ipod 299.00 15gig I don't understand why you would purchase the mini ipod. Its not amazingly smaller and only 50 dollars cheaper.

  2. Why PC only? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why mention "the songs held on their PC."? This little ol' thing is pretty big on the Mac, not just the PC.

  3. Re:Congratulations by kingofnopants · · Score: 2, Troll

    Teenaged girls like the fruity colors and chic design and will pay for it even at less storage.

    Geeks like the extra space and actually do the memory per dollar math.

    --
    Disco Stu was talkin' to you.
  4. The study is wrong. by Hanna's+Goblin+Toys · · Score: 0, Troll

    Consumers actually prefer an mp3 player that can hold about 1000 songs and doesn't consistently & horribly break in two months.

    Hopefully Apple will take this to heart.

  5. Re:More space is useful for other things, though. by MagFox · · Score: 0, Troll

    Funny? What are the mods smoking, lately? Do we need an acronym for Read the Fucking Comment now?