The brightest example of the trend towards touch screens is CNET's Best of CES award winner for the MP3 player category, the Samsung P3. I'm also seeing a lot of manufacturers exploring the niche designs that compete with the iPod less directly, such as Haier's fitness-focused Ibiza Trainer and SanDisk's slotRadio player (see below). Sony, Samsung, and Iriver had some beautiful, yet pricey, touch-screen devices to show off, but even budget-minded manufacturers, such as Coby, Memorex, and SanDisk, had touch-screen models on display. For better or worse, every MP3 player manufacturer at CES was tripping over itself to show off its latest touch-screen models. The biggest trend I'm seeing right now is touch screens. No, I didn't see any "iPod killers" out there, but there are still plenty of manufacturers eager to fight for second place in the world of MP3 players. Will 2009 be the year when frivolous, '80s-throwback iPod boomboxes go huge? Don't hold your breath.ĬES 2009 delivered a surprising amount of MP3 player-related product announcements compared with last year's show.
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