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Portable Transistor Radio
It weighed less than a pound and allowed people to listen to the radio where ever they were. -
Compact cassette player
In 1965, Philips released the first ever compact cassette tape. Originally designed for recording dictations and other boring stuff, the cassette recorded up 45 minutes of sound on single 1/8-inch tape. -
Walkman
The Walkman’s real innovation was its size, measuring only slightly larger than a cassette tape itself. was released in Japan, allowing people to select what music they listen to where ever they were with a pair of headphones. -
Sony Discman
On the one year anniversary of the introduction of compact discs, Sony introduced their D-50 portable CD player, the first ever portable digital music player. this was much better quality music, played on CDs, allowing the user to aimlessly find songs and fast forward or rewind much easier. -
SaeHan / Eiger Labs MPMan F10
The MPMan was the very first MP3 player of all time. It featured a whopping 32MB of RAM (expandable to 64MB by sending the player back to Eiger for an upgrade,) and held about 8 average length tracks (around 32 minutes of music.)The MPMan appeared on shelves in the summer of 1998, and ran on a rechargeable NiMH battery pack. Since the player used solid state memory, it actually had about 9 hours of battery life, which is still better than many hard drive -
Microsoft Zune
The first-generation Zune device was created by Microsoft in close cooperation with Toshiba, which took the design of the Gigabeat S and redeveloped it. -
iphone and ipod touch
Apple releases iPhone and iPod Touch. These MP3 players feature touch screens, Web connectivity and downloadable software that expands their functionality. -
Apple creates better Ipod phones
With touch screens and Ipod originals holding up to 160 GB, iphones
