MP3 players
Pocket music devices
MP3 players are portable electronic devices designed to store and play digital audio files, particularly those in the MP3 format.
They dominated personal music listening from the late 1990s through the 2000s, before smartphones absorbed their function.
The iPod became the iconic example, though dozens of brands competed.
I loaded my MP3 player with podcasts for the flight.
- ZuneDefunct Microsoft media player
- headphonesWearable speakers for ears
- earbudsTiny insertable audio devices
- iTunesApple's media organizer
- gadgetNovel small device
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- Innovationselectricity, steam engine, printing press, telephone, telegraph
- audio equipmentspeakers, microphone, headphones, amplifier, amplifiers
- 90sTamagotchi, pogs, Furby, slap bracelets, Tickle Me Elmo
- dying industriesprint newspapers, landlines, payphones, cassette tapes, VCRs
- 1998Titanic, Godzilla, Armageddon, Saving Private Ryan, Google
MP3 playersvinyl records
Analog audio discs
record players · turntables · phonographs · gramophones · cassette players
MP3 playersstreaming services
On-demand video delivery platforms
Spotify · Apple Music · Pandora · Tidal · music streaming
MP3 playerstransistor radios
Portable semiconductor-based broadcast receivers
boom boxes · Walkman · smart speakers · Amazon Echo · Discman
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