Tomorrow's MP3 digital music - will it be small with tons of storage, larger with a video screen, or non-existent and end up in a cellphone.
Changes in the market will likely split into all three markets the way as stated in the title above. Most of it really depends on the Americans and Europeans and which continent will be more aggressive in marketing. Basically Europeans tend to like their gadgets in one source. But Americans seem to have more than one gizmo on them. Music players probably will not get much smaller because they are at the limit of there usability.
Future of digital music
Flash memory players may eventually not be able to keep up with the hard drive mp3 players due to manufacturers working on potentially offering more storage where 5 to 10 gigabit players will become available on the hard drive end. Going forward, they could be all about video and image playback just like they are now all about music. This will not move forward until manufactures and software companies are convinced their copyright is secure since being such a new area in music development.
Future music around the house
More music digital video will eventually change music listening at
home. Manufactures are constantly creating devices to take music
from a computer and have it play hi fi digital music on your home
stereo. There are a few wireless systems currently available on
the market, like the wireless music centre from Phillips, the Sonos
digital music system, or Microsoft's media center extender. Apple
also has it own product called airport express. All of these can
stream wireless music around your home.
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