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