Facts About Mp3 Player, Mp4 Player And iPod

nvention of the MP3 player, with MP4 player andThe iPod was introduced by Apple Inc. and was
iPod following it, has revolutionized the musiclaunched in October 2001. The varieties of iPod
industry. These lightweight, reasonably priced,available today include video fifth generation iPod,
portable music gadgets are almost everywherethe small iPod nano and the display free iPod
you look. Earlier they used to be the obsession ofshuffle. You can use Apple`s iTunes software to
the geeks, nerds and the electronic enthusiaststransfer music of your choice to the devices. An
but today these players are a must haveiPod supports and plays MP3, AAC, AIFF,
consumer electronic item for almost everyoneProtected AAC, WAV and some other audio file
whether it is the stay at house mom, workingformats. The Apple iPod also has some additional
business executive, fitness freak joggers,features like displaying text files, viewing contacts
teenagers or even the bored granddad.and synchronizing it with the host computer,
MP3 player has personalized music like nevergaming facilities like the Brick, solitaire, Parachute
before. The MP3 craze has reached its peak withand Music Quiz. A lot of accessories have been
people wanting more and more features in theirmade for the iPod such as sound recorders, wired
players. What they want is to download theirremote control, FM radio tuners, and cables for
complete collection of music in their player. Youenabling TV connections.iPods have often been
can download and store more than thousands ofcriticized due to their short life-span, delicate hard
songs inexpensively into your device and listen todrives.There are also some health risks associated
it whenever you want; whether at office or atwith frequent use of these players which can lead
home or tolerating a boring lecture or evento loss in audio capacity and can also lead to
struggling past a heavy traffic jam. A musicabsent mindedness.
player seems to be in every hand nowadays.All of these music players are portable and use
These are wireless, portable, wonders of musiceither a semi-permanent rechargeable battery or
and entertainment that can store, systematizeconventional batteries that can be disposed or
and play music on demand.recharged. Some MP3 / MP4 players also have
The three main types of digital audio players areadditional features like playing FM stations, games,
MP3 CD Players that can play both data CDs andmicrophone for voice recording, address storage
audio CDs with MP3 format files, Flash-basedbook and etc.
Players that are solid state devices with internalThe MP3 player have created a huge mass
media or memory cards type external media andhysteria amongst some age groups leading to
Digital Jukeboxes like the apple iPod and Creativemany companies joining the bandwagon to design
Zen which can read digital audio files from a hardand market different types of MP3, MP4 players
drive. These types of players are the mostand iPods. It has also given rise to an entirely new
advanced in technology and have high memoryindustry of downloading sites. This heavy
ranging from 1.5 GigaByte to 100 GigaByte.competition has forced companies to find new
There is a myth regarding MP3 and MP4 player asand innovative use of these players like
Mp4 being a successor of Mp3 player, but theseincorporating features like camera, mobile and etc.
two are different things. Fundamentally, Mp3 is aThis article is under GNU FDL license and can be
specific category of audio format while Mp4 isdistributed without any previous authorization
actually a container format. But an Mp4 player canfrom the author. However the author's name and
also play Mp3 files besides MP4 format files withall the URLs (links) mentioned in the article and
complete clarity just like the original player.biography must be kept.