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Edison expanded into the entertainment field
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erliner’s gramophone became especially marketable through the invention of the spring motor record player, as first used by Eldridge Johnson in a hand-cranked motorized gramophone for Berliner
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Berliner and Johnson eventually joined interests to form the Victor Talking Machine Company
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Victrola became the industry’s premiere disc phonograph, and the era of the 78 RPM disc standard was born
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innovation in electrical recording and amplification systems combined with the advent of magnetic recording to help drive the recording industry for the next two centuries.
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Columbia introduced the 33-1/3 RPM long-playing record (LP) at about the same time the Decca Record Company helped usher in the era of high fidelity with full frequency range recordings
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These audio players, and similar devices from other manufacturers, became immensely popular, especially as Napster grew and more users logged in to share music.
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Since 2001, iTunes has grown to provide millions of songs for preview that are relatively inexpensive to download (typically 99 cents a song) or entire albums that are often cheaper than a physical CD.
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so Apple’s decision to release a Windows version of iTunes in 2003 has helped iPod sales immensely,
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In 2007, Apple entered the cellular phone market with the iPhone, integrating all the features of the iPod with the modern cell phone, including a full range of multimedia applications, Internet browsing, and touch-screen technology.