Report: Phones Will Kill MP3 Players

According to the Yankee Group study, mobile music phones are the way to go in the future, and they will kill MP3 players.

Also in the reports it states that in the next five years, 30.3 million will switch from digital music players to mobile music phones and are more likely to pay a premium for phones with music playback function and data-related services.

The addition of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity will open new possibilities for content acquisition and distribution. Companies such as MusicGremlin are developing Wi-Fi-enabled digital audio players that can download content directly from an online store without the need for a PC. Online music services also can automatically push out content to the device removing the consumer’s responsibility to update content on the digital audio player. By subscribing to periodically updated play lists, consumers can have the spontaneity of radio without the commercials, Yankee Group said.

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