Evolution of Music Listening Devices.

IXI is created

Jan 1, 1979

Note that date and month could not be found. The IXI was one of the first audio devices, capable of playing back 3.5 minutes of audio. Audio device was created by Kane Kramer. He was later hired by the Apple Company.

Saehan MPman

Mar 22, 1998

Seahan MPman is created in March 1998.

PJB100 (Personal Jukebox 100) is created

May 21, 1998

Capable of holding 100 songs in a 4.8 GB, the PJ100 was released and sold around the world.

Diamond Rio

Sep 15, 1998

The Diamond Rio is created and provides 8-12 hours playback time.

Creative NOMAD is released

Jan 1, 2000

Note that Date and month could not be found. The Creative NOMAD is created in 2000 and is one of the first mp3 players in the 2000's.

Mobile phones

Jan 1, 2000

Process from 1999-2000. The Samsung SPH-M2100 was the first phone with a built in mp3 player. It was developed in South Korea and was released in 2000.

Apple iPod first gen is released

Oct 23, 2001

Apple releases an astonishing 5GB apple iPod.

Archos Jukebox Multimedia

Jul 5, 2002

Archos Jukebox Multimedia is released. Personally I think that the thing looks sorta freaky... But it has a 7 hour battery life and holds 20GB. Not bad...

Microsoft

Jan 1, 2004

This event took place throughout 2004. Microsoft was taking advantage of "portable media players" by releasing the Portable Media Center.

SanDisk Sansa

May 10, 2005

SanDisk Sansa was released by Sandisk. Yay.