Digital music player market set to double in 2004 - Jul 21, 2004 11:40 AM (Reuters) LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Gadget-loving music fans will buy more than 10 million digital music players in 2004, in one of the year's biggest consumer buying crazes, a study showed on Wednesday. The popularity of gadgets like Apple Computer's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPod, which can store thousands of songs in a pocket-sized device, is propelling a spending spree in mobile music players not seen since the early years of the Sony (TOKYO:6758) Walkman. According to London-based research firm Informa Media, consumers worldwide will buy 10.8 million next-generation players in 2004, from cheaper flash-memory units to players equipped with hard drives and massive memory, bringing the total installed base to 21.5 million units by the end of the year. In the short term, the spending will have mixed effects as consumers fill the new devices with digital song versions from their CD collection and mine the Internet for free MP3 songs before buying music in any meaningful amount from download services. ... - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42632069 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.