audio players

  • Edison expanded into the entertainment field

    Edison expanded into the entertainment field
  • erliner's gramophone

    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
  • Berliner and Johnson eventually joined interests to form the Victor Talking Machine Company

    Berliner and Johnson eventually joined interests to form the Victor Talking Machine Company
  • Victrola became the industry’s premiere disc phonograph, and the era of the 78 RPM disc standard was born

    Victrola became the industry’s premiere disc phonograph, and the era of the 78 RPM disc standard was born
  • innovation in electrical

    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.
  • Columbia

    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
  • audio players became famous

    These audio players, and similar devices from other manufacturers, became immensely popular, especially as Napster grew and more users logged in to share music.
  • Apple

    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.
  • apple

    so Apple’s decision to release a Windows version of iTunes in 2003 has helped iPod sales immensely,
  • Apple

    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.