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When the MP3 turned 10, Claudia Beaumont talked about its rise from bulky bricks to all --
You may remember 1998 of the Good Friday Agreement.
Start peace in Northern Ireland;
Monica Lewinsky scandal
For the Pokemon craze; for France's 3-
Brazil won 0 in the World Cup final.
You may not remember the release of the MP3 player.
But you should do so, for without this glorious name the world will become poorer.
Yes, 2008 marks the 10 th birthday of the MP3 player and it changes the way we listen to music.
When Saehan Information Systems released its F10 at the Cebit consumer show in Hanover, few people could predict its impact.
This compact device has 32 MB of storage
Eight songs enough.
You must connect to the computer via the serial port to load the music at a slow speed.
Saehan announced the "audio for the new millennium" format and boasted that its MPMan was "smaller than a floppy disk ".
It sold for $250 and was listed in Europe that summer.
Outside of Korea, MPMan is a regular seller, but it has sparked interest from other tech companies that are looking for the next --
Replace the generated format of the CD.
MP3 seems to be a perfect solution because it can maintain the sound quality of CD recordings to a large extent and convert them into manageable digital files.
It works on the new generation of flash.
Music player based
A device that does not require moving parts on a micro-disc, CDs, or computer hard disk.
Poor MPMan usually doesn't get the reward it deserves, which is largely because the next device takes up all the headlines.
No, not the iPod-
There's still a way to go.
But the Rio pmp300 of Diamond Multimedia.
Rio, launched in 1998, has a storage capacity of 32 MB (
Scalable though)
Found a ready-made audience in the United States
However, its popularity is almost its destruction.
When Rio Tinto went public, the American record industry association put up its ears: they thought the device would destroy the music industry.
More importantly, this is a company that can bring legal action --
Saehan pursuing South Korea is close.
It's impossible because it doesn't have an American office, and Diamond, based in California, is a sitting duck.
RIAA applied for a temporary restraining order to block the sale of Rio Tinto, claiming that it violated the 1992 audio Family Record Act as it allowed people to transfer music from a tape or CD to a music player.
The court issued an interim order, but did not repeal it until it was decided that the manufacturer was not responsible for the actions of its users.
The ruling opened the floodgates: the MP3 player was officially approved.
At the same time, more and more families surf the Internet.
With this file
Shared sites such as Napster, launched in 1999, allow people to exchange music files over the Internet.
The momentum behind the MP3, as the cost of memory and storage drops, the player can accommodate more and more music.
This paved the way for Apple to break into the scene with an iPod in 2001: a 5 gb device that stores up to 1,000 songs, easy to use and beautiful --
A world away from existing MP3 players that are bulky and moody.
The IPod's styling has won the favor of technology and music lovers, although it only works with Apple's Mac series computers, which are far less popular today.
Even so, iPod sales hit millions in the first year.
The key to Apple is to launch Windows-
The compatible version of 2003, and the iTunes music store that allows people to buy and download songs online.
Five years after 0. 15 billion ipod units, Apple continues to market.
Edge devices in MP3 format.
For example, the iPod Touch is still the best-
A touch screen multimedia device designed to play movies, Internet and music.
Competitors have been trying to match the success of the iPod.
Sony, for example, hosted 1980 for his Walkman, and as the successor to the CD, he supported the mini-disc instead of the MP3.
It is rumored that Sony's music label division Sony BMG has persuaded Sony's technical team to abandon MP3 until it finds a way to prevent illegal copying and piracy.
They believe that MiniDisc will protect the copyright of the artist and the location of the label.
How do we play music after all this?
Sales of Cd are declining, while sales of digital formats are rising.
The iTunes Music Store alone sold more than 4 billion tracks.
The facility to load the music value of a lifetime onto a device makes the album basically dead: people prefer to randomly browse their music, or play tracks with inconsistent order.
The ability to create playlists through genres and emotions means that consumers, not artists, can control.
Although most modern MP3 players are able to show cover art in their full album, album artwork and brochures are basically no longer therecolour screens. Tiny, solar-
What is the next step for MP3 players?
Does it really have a future?
The trend of meeting the "fusion" single gadget of multiple tasks --
For example, mobile phones with cameras, still cameras, web browsers, and music players --
You can connect this MP3 with history. Even sat-
Navigation device for playing music.
Apple is smart about this, and it has built the iPod into devices like the iPhone, which can be used as a web browser and movie viewing device.
Further clues about the future of MP3 players come from an unlikely source --Microsoft.
Its Zune MP3 was ridiculed for failing to weaken Apple's dominance, but it does have a beautiful feature that other manufacturers will definitely consider --
Wireless sharing.
Zune allows owners to temporarily share tracks between devices;
It encourages people to try new music before buying it.
Future MP3 players may all have wireless technology that makes them "social" devices that can communicate with other music players and exchange playlists, music suggestions and even videos.
MP3 players in the future can even become entertainment centers by themselves.
Streaming services, such as Slingbox, can transfer programs from your home TV to compatible devices anywhere in the world and can be built into MP3 players.
The game can also find a natural home where music devices can provide the gaming experience enjoyed on either the Sony PSP or Nintendo DS.
All of this will be possible thanks to nanotechnology.
A research team at the University of Glasgow estimates that manufacturers will produce tiny ones in ten years
Square drives that store up to 500,000 GB of data.
There are many songs.
And always remember the ecology
Lobby, how long will we see solar energy?
Does an MP3 player using a traditional rechargeable lithium iron battery support a smart panel that can convert sun light into electricity?
Whether we end up dancing with different tunes or not, the technical and cultural impact of the MP3 player will last for a long time.