1000 Songs - Just Right?

[MacRumors]

A Jupiter Research survey reveals some interesting statistics about consumer interest in portable audio players.

According to their survey, 90% have no more than 1000 songs on their computer, while 77% of consumers would be interested in purchasing a portable music player with a 1000 song capacity.

Top features listed of interest to consumers include rechargable battery, smallo device size and computer connectivity.

Obvious comparisons are made towards Apple's most recent iPod Mini which appears to fit well with these desirable features.

 

[sabbath999]

Perhaps Apple knows what it's doing?

 

[flyfish29]

Funny this comes up today...I just realized I have 993 songs in my computer right now. I have more Cd's but that is what I have in my computer and would have in my iPod if I had one.

 

[musicpyrite]

Perhaps Apple knows what it's doing?

I agree, I think they do pretty good homework, but a 1,000 song player would not be enough room for me, I just hit 2,648 songs today.

 

[mymemory]

Well, is obvious, I have a huge amount of CD's and all of them are in one DVD Rom disc. I had to delet about 6 CDs to make them all fit but I have music there that I do not eve listen any more like 80"s stuff.

The iPod Mini would be perfect for that, I do not see sense in getting a 15GB iPod to carry just 5GB worth of music when I'm just gonna listen to 10% of that.

I would consider an iPod with video output, that would be nice, specially for presentations and imagine the iTunes visuals in an iPod, not in the LCD of course but with a s-video output.

 

[tny]

According to their survey, 90% have no more than 1000 songs on their computer, while 77% of consumers would be interested in purchasing a portable music player with a 1000 song capacity.

Guess that puts me in the 10%. 15.99 GB of music, 15 GB iPod. D'oh!

 

[Macmaniac]

Whoa I just counted and I have 905 songs in my iTunes library for 3.14gbs, of course some of that is stuff I don't even listen too, the iPod mini seems to be in the perfect sweet spot according to this survey, now if Apple could lower the price by $50 then I bet Apple could grab a 50 to 60 percent mp3 player market share!

 

[ZildjianKX]

2716 songs... the iPod caused me to get more music since it had so much room.

 

[thatwendigo]

I have 4970 songs at 24.66GB of space. That, my friends is 15 days, 11 hours, 28 minutes, and 35 seconds of continuous music.

What do I keep it on, when I leave my room?

A 5GB RevA iPod, of course!

I really do need a new one.

 

[Grimace]

I wonder why people mark this as "negative" - any thoughts?

 

[macguymike]

Maybe now all the people who were saying that 4GB on the mini isn't enough will finally realize that unless you're a music-phile, it is, in fact, plenty. I don't think most people will even carry around their complete library with them. I know I don't.

 

[PlaceofDis]

3,257 songs in my library, but i have more cds that i havent put onto my computer yet....so i am at exactly 14gbs and i have a 15gig iPod, and i am going to need some more space soon. but i will make due i guess... the iPod Mini would never work for me, but thats just me....glad that the mini is doing as well as it is though

 

[Bunzi2k4]

I have about 3,000 songs, and i listen to about 800 songs regularly...
All on a 15 gig ipod :-D

 

[LaMerVipere]

Ummm that's fab, just fabuleux...

I'll take my 15gig over a defective mini anyday.

 

[ipacmm]

2282 songs...all on a 15GB ipod

 

[Pegano]

I don't know about this 1000 song business... That might be ok if I encoded everything at 128 or so, which is not the case. 5gb rev A ain't gonna hold much longer. I have only 50 megs left!

 

[peterj1967]

Much More Music

7646 Songs 24 day 36.06 GB...

That's in iTunes, and I have about 50 more CDs to rip. I live in a studio in Manhattan, so digitizing, and getting rid of CD cases and replacing them with sleeves was a space must.

I still have the original 5 GB iPod, and it holds more then enough music for what I take on the road.

 

[PretendPCuser]

But what else do you put on there?

Just recently got a 40Gb iPod from my fiancé (she bought it from the Apple Store, too...she's the bestest!)

Since I carry my iPod pretty much everywhere and have exactly 2600 files in iTunes eating up ~13Gb of my 40Gbs, I use it as a backup for other "important" files. Could I have gotten away with a 15Gb iPod? Of course, but then i couldn't add other files (read:harddrive) and limits my new music consumption. I wouldn't consider myself an audiophile, but personally i like to be able to listen to whatever I have, whenever the mood strikes. Not to mention being able to use it to transfer large files is great.

1000 songs is great for those times when you're listening to your 100 favorite songs, but when you want to hear that one song that just wouldn't fit on a 1000 song "iPod/MP3 player", you're out of luck.

Not judging their research/your mp3 player choice, this is just my preference.

What else do you use your iPod for?

 

[SoGood]

Almost perfect

Yep, iPod mini is almost perfect for me. But just not quite right now. I'll wait for the revision where the HD capacity is increased and it has the ability to act as data storage etc.

4G just accommodates every song in my iTunes. But won't be adequate in time. 8G would be decent and would last the life of iPod Mini.

 

[Lepton]

Yeah, and I've never needed more than 64K on my computer, either...

 

[neonart]

The 1000 song thing is a "catch" phrase too. I once though when I got my first 5GB iPod. "Wow, 1000 songs. I'll never fill that up." Now at some 1300 songs and counting my 20GB Gen2 iPod fits the bill much better- now and in the future.

But people THINK 1000 is ok and will get a Mini since it's cheaper. Then, when they realize they need more (and now hooked on the iPod interface) they get a bigger one.

Count it- 2 iPod sales for Apple. Very clever.

 

[ibookin']

I have 2062 songs, down from about 4000 (I deleted stuff I don't listen to). Sad thing is it totals 9.4GB, which is 40MB more than my 10GB iPods 9.36GB formatted capacity.

My iPod has everything on it besides the Greatest One Hit Wonders collection.

 

[J-Squire]

Maybe now all the people who were saying that 4GB on the mini isn't enough will finally realize that unless you're a music-phile, it is, in fact, plenty. I don't think most people will even carry around their complete library with them. I know I don't.

Agreed. I remember when Apple launched the mini, the forums were flooded with posts saying how stupid an idea it was becuase so few people have less than 1000 songs on their computers. Although I too am in the 10%, I had never imagined Mr. Joe Average as having over 1000 songs in their collection.

 

[neonart]

Yeah, and I've never needed more than 64K on my computer, either...

LOL. I remember studding Graphics Arts and working in PS and AI on a 33Mhz Centris 610 (or 630)! That was smoking!
I also remember hearing about the folks that did the promotional art for the Miami Heat and their INCREDIBLE Quadra with no less than 256MB of RAM. I almost passed out when I heard that...

There is always room for more.

 

[Omad0n]

Interesting thread.

as for me, i still have about 70 cd's to add. Currently I'm at 1236 songs taking up a whopping 12.16GB, yeah you heard me right.