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Karlheinz Brandenburg
20 June 1954 Erlangen, Bavaria, West Germany. Was the day and place. Karlheinz Brandenburg is a German electrical engineer and mathematician, mostly known for creating the first mp3 player -
Sony Walkman
The Sony Walkman was introduced on July 1, 1979, and was perhaps one of the first lifestyle gadget. The millennials might not be able to relate to the phenomenon – and it was truly a phenomenon that lasted for close to two decades – but the Walkman was a device that and made you cool. From Timbuktu to Trivandrum, the Walkman was what the Apple iPod became in the early 2000s a device the cool kids carried and something which everyone wanted. Sony officially retired it in 2010. -
South Korean company Saehan Information launched first MP3
It was in 1997, when South Korean company Saehan Information Systems launched the world's first MP3 player. The flash-based MP3 player came in 32MB and 64MB capacity, which meant you could store 6 or 12 songs on it. It also had a LCD screen that told users what song was playing. -
Elger Labs Introduced better MP3
In 1998 Elger Labs introduced the $250 MPMAN F10, a boxy and bulky MP3 player with only 32MB of memory. -
Apple Starts making MP3's
October 23, 2001, Apple launched iPod -
Experimenting with designs
By 2003, manufacturers were still experimenting with MP3 player designs. The Rio Karma had a 20GB drive and was adored by audiophiles for its gapless audio playback. -
Sony’s NW-MS70D
Sony’s NW-MS70D was one of the smallest players at the time, and it came with 256MB of memory plus 128MB via memory card. It could last over 40 hours on one charge, too. believe it or not, the picture is the actual thing! -
Sony officially retired The Walkman
in 2010 Sony officially retired The Walkman. Over 400 million Walkman portable music players were been sold, 200 million of them cassette players. Sony retired the classic cassette tape Walkman, and was forced to pay a huge settlement to the original inventor of the portable cassette player, Andreas Pavel. -
Karlheinz Brandenburg
Karlheinz Brandenburg, director of the institute, who after almost twenty years with Fraunhofer IDMT officially left the institute on June 30th, shortly after his 65th birthday.