|
Coming Soon: Music Player Bargains? |
|
|
|
|
Tuesday, 05 July 2005 |
Coming Soon:
Music Player Bargains?
PC World -
USA
Apple Computer's decision to cut the price of its IPod Shuffle last week
may be just a foretaste of the bargains to come for people buying a digital
music player, analysts and vendors say.
Those looking to buy a new media player may find even better bargains in the
months ahead thanks to several factors, including increased competition, falling
component costs, and fire sales on older models as vendors introduce new
devices. In short, August may be one of the best times in recent years to find
music-player bargains.
Apple cut the price of its 1GB IPod Shuffle last week to $129 from $149 in the
U.S. A spokesperson for Apple in Japan would not say why the prices were
reduced.
Other companies appear ready to follow Apple's move.
Reigncom, which makes the IRiver portable music players, normally follows
Apple's price moves, says Anna Kim, a spokesperson for the company. Reigncom has
also been keeping a watch on plunging flash memory prices, a key component in
media players, and expects to pass on savings from those price cuts to
consumers.
"We hope [flash memory] prices drop all summer so we can add more memory for a
lower price," Kim says.
Only registered users can write comments.
Please login or register. Powered by AkoComment 2.0! |
