I have been looking for a Shuffle 3G clone since it was first announced and until now there’s no clone in sight. I wonder why. iSuppli, which does research on the PMP market, have looked deep into what makes an iPod Shuffle 3G and found out that all told, the parts and packaging are only [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 24, 2008
Right now only about 9% of all PMPs and MP3s have Wi-Fi connectivity but iSuppli has a projection that claims Wi-Fi on a media device will be more sought after than touch screen or Bluetooth. It’s surprising to me that Bluetooth market penetration is very low, currently in less than 4% of MP3 players and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 4, 2007
The Apple iPhone is in the position to go over the 4 million mark by the end of 2007, according to iSuppli. The 4GB and 8GB iPhones have been purchased more times than BlackBerry, Palm Treos, and smartphones from Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, etc. combined. The total iPhone sales on its first month took up 1.8% [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 3, 2007
Two more days, the world will get its hands on a brand new iPod. This time the iPod very possibly will come with a wide touchscreen and even WiFi. There are several possible configurations for Apple’s new flagship MP3 player - or should we say PMP? It will run on OS X or it won’t. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 23, 2007
Flash memory is one step closer to being the storage of choice for handset, MP3 players, PMPs and other portable devices in the near future. Nanosys can double the capacity of current flash storage by adding nano crystals to the usual production process of flash memory. These nanocrytals would self-assemble like skyscraper. This gives flash [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 8, 2007
Those who like using Nand flash memory to extend their PMPs onboard storage will have to go deeper into their pockets throughout the rest of the year and possibly beyond it. Flash memory is now the storage of choice in the PMP market and with the current release of the iPhone and a new flash-based [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 9, 2007
iSuppli says that flash memory will be in 65% of portable media players worldwide. This is a sudden change of climate. Until now HDD or hard disk drives have dominated the market. In fact, only last year HDDs account for 78$ of built-in storage in PMPs sold worldwide. “NAND flash costs are nearing a point [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 27, 2007
We have brought you some of these numbers about a month ago, but I don’t mind updating some fresh stats with good news (it also gives me an excuse to play around with making silly graphs in Photoshop). Of course this is something we hoped to hear, and were pretty sure it will stay [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 28, 2007
According to iSuppli Corp. Global, the portable media player market is going to double from $14 billion in 2005 to $20.6 billion in 2010. - Global PMP/MP3 player shipments will go up to 268.6 million units in 2011 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 13% from 128.7 million units in 2005 - In 2007, PMP [...]
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