| The invention of the MP3 player, with MP4 player and | | | | launched in October 2001. The varieties of iPod |
| iPod following it, has revolutionized the music industry. | | | | available today include video fifth generation iPod, the |
| These lightweight, reasonably priced, portable music | | | | small iPod nano and the display free iPod shuffle. You |
| gadgets are almost everywhere you look. Earlier they | | | | can use Apple`s iTunes software to transfer music of |
| used to be the obsession of the geeks, nerds and the | | | | your choice to the devices. An iPod supports and |
| electronic enthusiasts but today these players are a | | | | plays MP3, AAC, AIFF, Protected AAC, WAV and |
| must have consumer electronic item for almost | | | | some other audio file formats. The Apple iPod also |
| everyone whether it is the stay at house mom, | | | | has some additional features like displaying text files, |
| working business executive, fitness freak joggers, | | | | viewing contacts and synchronizing it with the host |
| teenagers or even the bored granddad. | | | | computer, gaming facilities like the Brick, solitaire, |
| MP3 player has personalized music like never before. | | | | Parachute and Music Quiz. A lot of accessories have |
| The MP3 craze has reached its peak with people | | | | been made for the iPod such as sound recorders, |
| wanting more and more features in their players. What | | | | wired remote control, FM radio tuners, and cables for |
| they want is to download their complete collection of | | | | enabling TV connections.iPods have often been |
| music in their player. You can download and store | | | | criticized due to their short life-span, delicate hard |
| more than thousands of songs inexpensively into your | | | | drives.There are also some health risks associated |
| device and listen to it whenever you want; whether at | | | | with frequent use of these players which can lead to |
| office or at home or tolerating a boring lecture or even | | | | loss in audio capacity and can also lead to absent |
| struggling past a heavy traffic jam. A music player | | | | mindedness. |
| seems to be in every hand nowadays. These are | | | | All of these music players are portable and use either |
| wireless, portable, wonders of music and entertainment | | | | a semi-permanent rechargeable battery or |
| that can store, systematize and play music on | | | | conventional batteries that can be disposed or |
| demand. | | | | recharged. Some MP3 / MP4 players also have |
| The three main types of digital audio players are MP3 | | | | additional features like playing FM stations, games, |
| CD Players that can play both data CDs and audio | | | | microphone for voice recording, address storage book |
| CDs with MP3 format files, Flash-based Players that | | | | and etc. |
| are solid state devices with internal media or memory | | | | The MP3 player have created a huge mass hysteria |
| cards type external media and Digital Jukeboxes like | | | | amongst some age groups leading to many |
| the apple iPod and Creative Zen which can read digital | | | | companies joining the bandwagon to design and |
| audio files from a hard drive. These types of players | | | | market different types of MP3, MP4 players and |
| are the most advanced in technology and have high | | | | iPods. It has also given rise to an entirely new industry |
| memory ranging from 1.5 GigaByte to 100 GigaByte. | | | | of downloading sites. This heavy competition has |
| There is a myth regarding MP3 and MP4 player as | | | | forced companies to find new and innovative use of |
| Mp4 being a successor of Mp3 player, but these two | | | | these players like incorporating features like camera, |
| are different things. Fundamentally, Mp3 is a specific | | | | mobile and etc. |
| category of audio format while Mp4 is actually a | | | | This article is under GNU FDL license and can be |
| container format. But an Mp4 player can also play Mp3 | | | | distributed without any previous authorization from the |
| files besides MP4 format files with complete clarity just | | | | author. However the author's name and all the URLs |
| like the original player. | | | | (links) mentioned in the article and biography must be |
| The iPod was introduced by Apple Inc. and was | | | | kept. |