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Big Demand for Digital Music Players

Posted by samzenpus on from the music-on-the-go dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Market research company IDC is predicting a rosy future for MP3 player sales. They predict that by 2008 it will grow into a $58 billion industry - four times bigger than the US record industry. Also in the news, Sony will finally start making a digital music portable that plays MP3s. Their present players only read their proprietary ATRAC3 format, forcing you to transcode any MP3 files you want to play on them."

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  1. Sonys don' by KefabiMe · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Also in the news, Sony will finally start making a digital music portable that plays MP3s. Their present players only read their proprietary ATRAC3 format, forcing you to transcode any MP3 files you want to play on them."

    Why do I have a Sony CD/MP3 player sitting next to me that I purchased a little over a year ago????

  2. Dear MP3 PLAYER by Letter · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Dear MP3 PLAYER,

    MP3 PLAYER MP3 PLAYER MP3 PLAYER MP3 PLAYER!! MP3 PLAYER !!

    -Letter