Evolution of MP3-players in Pictures-8
If equipped with hard disk players in 2005, the presence of a color screen was the standard, then the device’s flash memory has another advantage - the relative cheapness and compactness. iPod Shuffle
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Evolution of MP3-players in Pictures-7
In 2004, the color displays in MP3-players no one is surprised. Equipped with them,
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In 2003, experiments with the design of players continued. Rio Karma had a 20-GB drive and has won fans by playing music without pauses. And Sony NW-MS70D was one of the most compact in its time. In addition to its 256 MB could use 128-MB memory card. One battery charge sufficient for 40 hours, and the device cost $ 300 - the same as released in the same year, a new iPod with 15 GB HDD.
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Evolution of MP3-players in Pictures-5
In 2002, the division of paths in the class of MP3-players demonstrated more clearly. Representative of one “branch” became the Archos Jukebox Multimedia, existed in two versions: 10 GB and 20 GB. For younger model asked for $ 400.
Evolution of MP3-players in Pictures-4
In 2001, Intel made another significant step in this segment, releasing 128-MB Pocket Concert. Player cost $ 300 and was popular, but later that same year, the chip maker closed its home electronics division, stopping the production of the device. At the same time Apple introduced the iPod
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Evolution of MP3-players in Pictures-3
Needless to say, that the greatest problem of the first models of MP3-players was the amount of memory. Ceiling - 64 MB, barely enough to cover your tracks from one CD. In 2000, 1 MB of flash memory cost $ 3-4 (about $ 3500 for 1 GB) - clearly not affordable for the ordinary consumer, and the chips were much less spacious than it is today. Device Remote Solutions Personal Jukebox committed a minor revolution in 1999, as equipped with the 4.8 GB media. Affordability has been achieved using a hard disk, used in laptops. But even that decision from today’s point of view it seems viable: Personal Jukebox was heavy and expensive - $ 800.
In 2000,
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Evolution of MP3-players in Pictures-2
The emergence of the MP3 format has brought the possibility of collecting hundreds or thousands of songs in digital format. Initially, this could be satisfied only to users of personal computers, and the next logical step was the transfer format support in devices like the Sony Walkman. In 1998, Elger Labs MPMAN F10 presented a cost of $ 250 with 32 MB of memory. Quickly followed by Diamond Rio PMP300 with similar capacity.
PMP300 has further strengthened the position of MP3, what drew the attention of the American recording industry, represented by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Organization began prosecuting subsidiary of Diamond - RioPort, because she feared the spread of piracy, when
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Evolution of MP3-players in Pictures-1
Write to the memory of MP3-player several gigabytes of your favorite music and put it in his pocket for a lightweight compact device to the road instead of polyphonic music passenger voices, the noise of the street or subway to have a pleasant hum. Wonderful opportunity, but already familiar, and sometimes even insufficient. But just recently had to find the desired tone is not a barely noticeable touch of a finger touch screen with a flashing on it the names and other attributes of files, and rewind the tape again and again by clicking the buttons in an attempt to reach “a point” - at the beginning of the song. CD-players, without doubt, improved the situation with mobile music, but their dimensions were not the greatest dignity.
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Apple offers from the App Store more than 100 thousand programs
After the informal information that is available in the App Store more than 100 thousand applications appeared official. “Apple” the company announced that the world’s largest store program operates in 77 countries and a number of programs, coupled with the number of downloads indicates that the App Store - the most successful service to sell applications.
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John Carmack: Apple not happy game status iPhone
Recently, John Carmack (John Carmack) has shifted the focus onto the platform iPhone OS. For iPhone and iPod touch games came Wolfenstein 3D, Wolfenstein RPG, as well as Doom Classic.
On the occasion of release last Carmack gave an interview to Kotaku. Work with the system Apple developer compared to a rollercoaster ride and suggested that the company is dissatisfied with the current popularity of the iPhone and iPod touch as a gaming platform.
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