New York -- A recent consumer survey found that 90% of consumers with a music collection on their computer have no more than 1,000 songs, indicating that 1,000 songs should figure as the "sweet spot" for portable digital music player capacity, according to New York-based market research firm Jupitermedia. The report points out that players offering over 5GB of storage capacity "go above and beyond not only the music that most consumers want on their portable music player, but also beyond the digital music that they own." The survey also found that 77% of consumers interested in purchasing a portable media player would want a portable music player with a capacity of 1,000 songs. "This report goes a long way towards explaining success of vendors that have focused on capacities of 4-5 gigabytes that hold approximately 1,000 songs and also explains why others have done so poorly with lower capacity devices," said JupiterResearch research director Michael Gartenberg.
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