MP3 player
RSS MP3 playerPoll: MP3 player king of commuter gadgets
News The MP3 player has been named the most popular gadget for passing the time on the daily commute by silicon.com readers. The latest silicon.com poll found 31 per cent of respondents feel listening to... [08 Feb 2008]
iPod faces challenge from $58bn MP3 player market
News The impending competition that awaits Apple's extremely popular iPod music player is the focus of the IDC study. In particular, the portable and home-based MP3 CD/MiniDisc player... [22 Sep 2004]
Virgin MP3 player no match for iPod in storage
News Virgin Electronics' new MP3 player, unveiled on Monday, appears to give style a priority over storage. The music player comes with its own ear buds but can also work with other headsets.... [20 Jul 2004]
Koreans take wraps off world’s smallest MP3 player
News Two Korean firms have unveiled a featherweight MP3 player that's so small it could easily be mistaken for a sliver coin. The companies claim the new device, which weighs a mere 15 grams and comes with... [04 Aug 2003]
iPod massacres Dell's MP3-player dreams
News The company will, however, continue to offer its 512MB flash player. The company has decided to focus on the flash memory DJ Ditty player as a way of streamlining its MP3 products, he... [07 Feb 2006]
Mobile music to kill the MP3 player?
News MP3 players face an uncertain future as analysts predict music-enabled mobiles will outnumber standalone MP3 devices by five to one come 2012. More than half of the one billion mobile handsets shipped... [08 Jan 2007]
Creative to make Apple pay over iPod patent
News Sim Wong Hoo, head of MP3 player maker Creative, has indicated the company is expecting to earn royalties from rival Apple. He said: "Hopefully this will be friendly but people have to respect... [09 Dec 2005]
Dell's news direction is music to the ears
News The PC maker is preparing to unveil a new consumer-electronics plan that involves selling two new devices, including a portable music player, under its brand name in time for Christmas. One of its first new... [24 Sep 2003]
RealNetworks unveils Web jukebox
News RealJukebox is not the first MP3 player on the market, but it launches with the support of over 60 artists, some of whom have supplied the player with exclusive content. RealNetworks has... [04 May 1999]
Transatlantic Cable: Needling Napster & mugging MP3
Comment Like many people in Silicon Valley, I have an MP3 music player that I use when I'm out networking with executives in high-level meetings (i.e.catching the bus in the morning). And like most, I think my... [30 Aug 2000]
Sharp cuts into PDA market
News Sharp hopes to distinguish itself in the market by including an MP3 player and a 64Mb memory card for storing MPEG video files. Elsewhere, Talkingbooks.org and Webgenerics are to offer children's books... [28 Nov 2000]
Minority Report: The death of the iPod
Comment Some claim the 'cool' factor that made the iPod the MP3 player of choice has since lost some of its power since it has increasingly become the device of choice for the older market demographic. Seb... [03 Nov 2006]
Lower prices key to MP3 subscription success
News The cost of subscribing to music services will have to drop below $10 (£5.50) per month to attract a significant number of MP3 player owners. According to research house Parks Associates, 62 per cent of... [26 Aug 2005]
Half of iPod owners 'will ditch Apple for Zune'
News A new report from ABI Research has discovered that of those iPod users thinking of buying a new MP3 player, 58 per cent are "somewhat likely" or "extremely likely" to spend their money on a Zune,... [02 Nov 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.09.07
Round-Up There was a deafening cheer from Microsoft's marketing legions this week as the news broke that the Zune now stands a good chance of making serious inroads into the hard drive-based MP3 player market... [07 Sep 2007]
