Room for 1000 Songs is Enough?

Jupiter Research has released the results of a recent survey that suggests that space for "1000 songs" is sufficient for average consumers. 1000 songs with Apple's iTunes AAC or with 128-bit MP3 encoding would be roughly 4GB. Not suprisingly, this is the size of the extremely popular Apple iPod Mini and Creative Nomad MuVo².

BBC News and CNet also have articles on the survey.

From the BBC News article:

"[T]he report said that almost half of those thinking about buying a portable player, 45%, would like one that could play video."

From the Cnet article:

"Hard drive size isn't the only thing that matters to music lovers. When asked which features matter most, 55 percent listed a rechargeable battery, 52 percent said small device size, and 49 percent said the ability to connect the device to their computer. Vendors should be cognizant of these priorities, Jupiter said"

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