Cell Phones and CD's

[Chris Palmer]

An interesting thought from Dan Bricklin

http://www.bricklin.com/recordsales.htm

is that the decline in CD sales may be linked to the Cell phone:


"More likely than a Walkman or Discman, I see people with cell phones
clutched to their ears. Style of dress doesn't matter -- rich or not,
working or strolling, they are talking to someone else. Maybe it isn't just
music or mass entertainment we want when we "tune out" the world around us,
but rather something else to do of our own choosing. And that something
else, if we had our druthers, would be to talk to someone we know and like"

......

"Extra talking while you're walking will undoubtedly cut down on time when
you can listen to music. With 500-1000 minutes a month to talk, that's
enough to listen to 10 CDs. If we say that you listen to each CD you buy 20
times (1480 minutes) that means that the avid CD buyer would probably buy
1-6 fewer CDs per year once they start using a cell phone heavily"

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