Survey: Digital Music Player Sales to Grow 57 Pct

Reuters: Sales of portable digital music players are set to grow 57 percent this year after more than doubling in 2004,market research group iSuppli said.

Over the next five years, shipments of MP3 music players will expand to 132 million units in 2009 from 36.8 million in 2004...Shipments of MP3 players, of which Apple's iPod is the best known, rose by 116 percent in 2004.