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Thomas Edison’s tinfoil cylinder phonograph, which made the first recording of the human voice in 1877
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Edison launched his Edison Speaking Phonography Company to produce recording and playback
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1891, however, Edison expanded into the entertainment field due to his music
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By the 1920s, 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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In the 1940's, Columbia introduced the 33-1/3 RPM long-playing record
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In 1963, Phillips introduced the audio cassette tape
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introduction of Apple’s iPod in 2001 to walk around with music
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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 turned a music player to a phone
