From Twice.com: New York — Sales of iPod-docking speaker systems held up far better during the recession than sales of other home audio products, given the continued rise in household penetration of i-Pods and iPhones, the growth of multi-iPod households, the constant need to charge battery-draining iPhones, and the affordable prices of most models, at less than $199, marketers told TWICE.
The market’s strength attracted new players in 2009, including traditional audio suppliers Yamaha and Pioneer. And it will persuade suppliers to introduce new models at next month’s CES.
At the show, suppliers will expand the selection of docking speaker systems certified by Apple with the Works With iPhone designation, and they’ll add iPod and iPhone docks to more and more home audio products, such as tabletop Internet radios, sound bars, and CD-equipped microsystems. One brand will show its first DVD-equipped iPod-docking microsystem.
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