more on CDs 'could be history in five years'

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:35:57 -0500
From: Arik Hesseldahl <arik () arik org>
Subject: Re: [IP] CDs 'could be history in five years'
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To: dave () farber net

Dave, CDs aren't going anywhere soon.

I wrote this in 2002:

"It might seem that portable MP3 players are certain to kill the personal 
CD player. But it's not that simple. Sales of personal CD players peaked in 
2000 at 18.3 million units, according to NPDTechworld. More than 3 million 
MP3 players like the Rio and iPod will ship this year according to 
InStat/MDR. Oddly, MP3 music may ensure the CD's survival. Nearly 350,000 
CD players sold in the U.S. this year support CDs with MP3 songs. Plain old 
CD players will start fading from view by 2005. "

It's part of a feature I wrote called "Technology Past Its Prime"
http://www.forbes.com/2002/09/09/0909obsolete.html

Arik Hesseldahl
Forbes.com

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