Portable Digital Audio Players: Market Growth Exceeds Expectations

Published by: In-Stat

Published: Apr. 5, 2006 - 39 Pages

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  
• Methodology
  
  • Residential Technology Survey (RTS)
    
  • Technology Adoption Panel (TAP) Survey
    
• Introduction
  
• Portable Digital Audio Players
  
  • Consumer Perspective
    
    • RTS Survey: The Average US Consumer
      
      • Which of the Following Types of Electronic Devices Do You CurrentlyOwn?
        
      • Do You Own a Digital Audio or MP3 Player?
        
      • How Likely Are You to Purchase a Portable Digital Audio or MP3 Player In the Next 12 Months?
        
      • How Much Would You be Willing to Pay for a Digital Audio or MP3 Player?
        
    • TAP Survey: The Earlier Adopter
      
      • Primary Method of Connecting to the Internet at Home
        
      • Do You Have a Home Network (Either Wired or Wireless)?
        
      • Which, If Any, of the Following Devices Do You Own?
        
      • Are You Planning to Buy an MP3 Player In the Next 12 Months?
        
      • Would You Prefer to Listen to Your Digital Music On Your Mobile Phone or an MP3 Player?
        
      • Have You Downloaded Music from the Internet?
        
  • Manufacturers
    
    • Apple
      
    • Archos
      
    • Creative Technology
      
    • iRiver
      
    • Rio
      
    • SanDisk
      
    • Samsung
      
  • Portable Player Components
    
    • Processors
      
      • Texas Instruments
        
      • PortalPlayer
        
      • SigmaTel
        
    • Memory
      
      • Flash Memory
        
      • Hard Disk Drives (HDD)
        
      • Breakdown of 2005 Portable Audio Market by Memory Format
        
  • Portable Player Forecast
    
    • 2005 Portable Player Manufacturer Market Shares
      
      • 2005 Total Unit Shipment (Flash and HDD) Market Shares
        
    • Worldwide Unit Shipments
      
      • Regional Distribution of Unit Shipments
        
    • Worldwide Revenues
      
• Expected Digital Audio Player Market Trends in 2006
  

List of Tables

• Table 1. Demographics of Respondents Who Own MP3 Players
  
• Table 2. Demographics of Respondents Very or Extremely Likely to Purchase a Digital Audio Player
  
• Table 3. What Brand(s) of MP3 Player Do You Own?
  
• Table 4. What Brand of Player Are You Most Likely to Buy?
  
• Table 5. Flash-Based and HDD-Based MP3 Players: Manufacturer Market Shares in 2005
  
• Table 6. Worldwide Portable Digital Audio Player Shipment Forecast, Solid State vs. HDD, 2004 to 2010 (Units in Thousands)
  
• Table 7. Breakout of Flash-Based MP3 Player Shipments by Capacity, 2004 to 2010 (Units in Thousands)
  
• Table 8. Breakout of HDD Player Shipments by Hard Drive Size, 2004 to 2010 (Units in Thousands)
  
• Table 9. Flash and HDD-Based Player Shipment Breakout, by Region, 2004 to 2010
  
• Table 10. Worldwide Digital Audio Player Revenue Forecast, 2004 to 2010 (US$ in Millions)
  
• Table 11. Worldwide Average Selling Price Forecast for Solid State and HDD MP3 Players, 2004 to 2010 (US$)

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Worldwide Portable Digital Audio Player Shipment Forecast, 2004 to 2010 (Units in Thousands)
  
• Figure 2. Which of the Following Types of Electronic Devices Do You Currently Own?
  
• Figure 3. Respondents Who Own a Digital Audio Player, 2004 vs. 2005 vs. 2006
  
• Figure 4. Interest In Purchasing a Portable Digital Audio Player
  
• Figure 5. Price Willing to Pay for a Digital Audio Player
  
• Figure 6. Primary Method of Connecting to the Internet at Home
  
• Figure 7. Respondents’ Cable Modem and DSL Access, February 2005 vs. December 2005
  
• Figure 8. Do You Have a Home Network?
  
• Figure 9. Which, If Any, of the Following Devices Do You Own?
  
• Figure 10. Is this MP3 Player the First One You’ve Owned?
  
• Figure 11. What Type of MP3 Player(s) Do You Own?
  
• Figure 12. Are You Planning to Buy an MP3 Player In the Next 12 Months?
  
• Figure 13. What Type of Player Are You Most Likely to Buy?
  
• Figure 14. Would You Prefer to Listen to Your Digital Music on Your Mobile Phone or an MP3 Player?
  
• Figure 15. Have You Downloaded Music from the Internet?
  
• Figure 16. Respondents Who Have Paid for Downloaded Music, February 2005 vs. December 2005
  
• Figure 17. Total Worldwide Online Music Market, 2004 to 2010 (US$ in Millions)
  
• Figure 18. Apple iPod Shuffle
  
• Figure 19. Apple iPod Nano
  
• Figure 20. Apple iPod
  
• Figure 21. iRiver U10
  
• Figure 22. Samsung 2GB YP-Z5
  
• Figure 23. Breakdown of 2005 MP3 Player Market, by Memory Format
  
• Figure 24. Flash-Based and HDD-Based MP3 Players: Manufacturer Market Shares in 2005
  
• Figure 25. Worldwide Portable Digital Audio Player Shipment Forecast, Solid State vs. HDD, 2004 to 2010 (Units in Thousands)

Abstract

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