Music Consumption Timeline By sazx13 Jan 1, 1910 Radio was launched May 21, 1943 The Vinyll Jun 3, 1963 Cassette Tapes Philps Electronics Jul 1, 1979 Sony introduces Walkman Jan 1, 1982 Launch of digital compact disc (CD) Philips and Sont launched it. May 20, 1987 First digital MP3 Feb 2, 1992 Sony MiniDisc Apr 14, 1995 Online Audio Service Feb 21, 1997 DVD discs and players become commercially available Jan 1, 2001 Mobile MP3 player Oct 23, 2001 Apple introduces IPod Sep 20, 2004 IPod Shuffle Sep 22, 2007 The IPhone First Generation May 3, 2012 IPod Touch First Generation