(keitai-l) Re: chaku-melo vs. chaku-uta

From: Curt Sampson <cjs_at_cynic.net>
Date: 01/26/04
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.58.0401262055020.555@angelic-vtfw.cvpn.cynic.net>
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Jeffrey L. Funk wrote:

> According to
> a Forbes article http://www.forbes.com/2004/01/23/cx_ah_0123tentech.html ,
> a 128 MB memory device now retails for $70....

In Akihabara today you can find 128 MB SD-cards, which are exactly what
many phones use today, for under 4500 yen, which is about US$42.

> In summary, i-tunes may have a fairly short life.

I think this may be a bit of a hasty conclusion. After all, Chaku-uta
and i-Tunes are addressed at very different markets; a person who wants
to listen to his walkman for an hour is not likely to be satisfied with
a hundred 45-second snippets of songs.

cjs
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Received on Mon Jan 26 14:05:33 2004