No One Uses Their Phones for Music

It’s a sobering thought during the week of the iPhone launch. JupiterResearch just released a report saying that while music-capable mobile phones are becoming ubiquitous in the U.S., very few of their owners are actually using them for music.

The firm found that only 2 percent of phone owners are downloading songs over the air. In addition, a slightly higher number (5 percent) are transferring digital songs onto their phones. That still amounts to more than 27 million consumers, but it pales in comparison to the 100+ million iPods and millions of other brand MP3 players floating around.

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