Small vs. Large Audio Players
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Originally Posted by David Tucker
[...]I think the impact on the Zune will be minimal. There is a large market for MP3 players that I really just don't see going away any time soon.
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I thnk you have to look at it as two segments: small (flash) vs. large (disk) media players.
I think the market for flash-based media players will be hurt by smart phones. With an 8 GB memory card in my Motorola Q9m, I have as much storage as most iPhone 1s, iPod Nano 3Gs, Zune 2s and earlier models.
The market for disk-based media players, though, is a different beast. Those allow you to carry your entire music library or lots of video, something no phones can do (yet). If somebody really needs to carry more than 16-32GB storage, they'll need a media player.
Steve
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