Personal Mp3 Player - History in the development

What is a personal Mp3 player you may ask? It is a expedient that lets citizen listen to thousands of their beloved songs or play beloved videos (depending on the Mp3 player) without having to carry a heavy "boom box."

Mp3 players have made listening to music more convenient. citizen used to have to carry a Cd player, cram all the Cd's they could in a bag and strap it on their shoulder. Ease of transportation has increased the Mp3 players' popularity today. It can play music, show videos, even have alarms and calendar functions. Personal Mp3 players can also be attached to a phone with Internet service.

MP3 Players

Our older generation never had the privilege as teenagers to listen to their beloved music wherever they went, while teenagers have that advantage today.

A little history about Mp3 players and how they came to be starts back in the mid 1900's. Mp3 originally came from the reference of enthralling picture Experts Group - 1 Audio Layer 3. They started on developing the Mp3 player in 1959 when Richard Ehmer first came up with the idea.

At the University of Buenos Aires, Oscar Borello started developing a Pc audio card. In 1989, he introduced the first working device. Journals about this expedient being made were finally reported in February of 1988. At the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Karlheinz Brandenburg began working on how citizen perceive music in the early 1980's, completing his work in 1989.

The first personal Mp3 player ever released was September 9, 1995. Its popularity increased with Nullsoft's audio player Winamp in 1997 along with the audio player mpg123. In 1999 Napster created larger, best Mp3 players but at last had to be shut down because their new Mp3 player caused thorough copyright infringement.

When major record associates started arguing that free sharing of music (called music piracy) caused fewer sales, they pursued lawsuits making Napster shut down. Many retailers tried to keep citizen from buying the music files but in doing so, the Digital proprietary Movement was created. Later some authorized services, such as Beatport, Bleep, Juno Records and eMusic began selling unrestricted music in Mp3 format, thus spreading personal Mp3 players all over in separate stores.

Personal Mp3 Player - History in the development