Friday, July 2, 2010

What Is Portable Mp3 Players?

By Ricky Belekan

Portable media players, or MP3 players, have been on the market since 1997, when the Audio Highway Listen Up player was first released. The basic design was around since 1979 when Kane Kramer invented a device that could only play up to 3.5 minutes of audio. The two decade wait, in part was due to how to convey the audio files. When early prototypes were software-based, they were energy hogs, unfeasible. When a decoder chip was invented that could read from flash memory, the industry could flourish.

The portablemp3player is basically a media player that is portable and allows you to store music. Currently on the market you can find an MP3 player in almost every budget, style and versions. Some will only play music while others can play video and games along side of many other apps like web browsing. When you choose one you will have to base it off a few things.

Since we are concerned with playing music, sound quality should be a high priority in any choice. Sound quality, in part, depends on price, but also on brand. The iPod series is a popular brand due to bells and whistles, but without a decent headphone amp, it lacks in quality. Reviews show very favorably for Cowon iAudio or S9, Sony products, Samsung YP-P3, and MicroSoft Zune HD.

Some MP3 players use memory chips while others will use hard drives to store a someone music data. Some examples of MP3 internal memory devices are the 160 iPod Classic and also the Zune. Other MP3 players such as the ones made by iPod, Sony, Cowon and Coby seem to prefer using a memory chip.

Many MP3 players nowadays are able to play video and even download videos. Some of the more popular brands that offer such capabilities are 4th and 5th generation ipod products, Walkman, Zune HD, Cowon and many others. When buying one of these you must think about screen resolution and the size of the screen.

Some of the higher quality players will have many fancy features to go along with standard functions. Many can record videos, pick up satellite radio, can connect to the Internet, and can play games. The iPhone even has a camera and a phone. Many other companies are now trying to catch up to what the creators of the iPhone have produced but none have caught up to them yet.

Budget is always a consideration. Some of the MP3's mentioned are upwards of $500. Larger video screens, greater memory capabilities, and multitudes of features keep these prices high. You can get a basic music player with small screen and little else for $100 or less with Coby, Sony, and SamSung products. iPod's Shuffle series offers many of the features of the iPods in a more stream-lined form for much less than the newer iPods and may be a good option.

The very best overall MP3 players may well be the Apple iPod series, MicroSoft Zune HD, Cowon products and SanDisk Sansa products. For quality-driven people who can foot the bill, the 5th generation iPod touch or nano, the Zune, or the Cowon are ideal. For budget-conscious people, the best options are iPod shuffles and the SanDisk line, quality products at budget-friendly prices.

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