tiny LCD display and MegaBass, the player came in five colors. It could be connected to a PC using the bundled parallel port cable. It was powered by two 1.5V AA rechargeable batteries, and came with a docking station for recharging. Showcased first at CeBit 1998, the player aroused immense interest among visitors to the show, and Saehan put it into mass production in May the same year. Initially sold for around $250, prices were slashed to $200 soon after when a new competitor arrived -- the Diamond Multimedia Rio PMP300 (priced at $200 and with similar features). Eiger Labs promptly revisited the device, and introduced the F20 that had a 64 mb capacity, calling it "EigerMan". Till such time as Apple Computer introduced its iconic iPod in 2001, MPMan continued making MP3 players. Two years down the launch of the iPod, Apple started allowing Windows users to connect to their device with the obvious outcome -- iPod sales hit the roof, rivals couldn't keep up, and iPod rule began. Despite their much popular "Walkman" brand, Sony was too busy promoting ATRAC and MiniDiscs to look into its line of MP3 players. While Sony overlooked the iPod's phenomenal success, Saehan could hardly keep up pace, and the rest -- as they say -- is history!Source
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
MP3 Players complete 10 Years this Month
It's a major milestone for MP3 players this month. They complete ten years since introduction of the first MP3 player to be commercially sold -- the MPMan F10. Manufactured by Korean Saehan Information Systems and launched at CeBit ten years ago, the MPMan F10 was imported into North America by Eiger Labs. With 32mb flash storage, the player was capable of storing around 8 songs of 128 kbps quality. Around 91mm tall, 70mm long, and 16.5mm wide (roughly the size of the iPod classic), the F10 was but all of 65 grams approximately. Featuring a 
tiny LCD display and MegaBass, the player came in five colors. It could be connected to a PC using the bundled parallel port cable. It was powered by two 1.5V AA rechargeable batteries, and came with a docking station for recharging. Showcased first at CeBit 1998, the player aroused immense interest among visitors to the show, and Saehan put it into mass production in May the same year. Initially sold for around $250, prices were slashed to $200 soon after when a new competitor arrived -- the Diamond Multimedia Rio PMP300 (priced at $200 and with similar features). Eiger Labs promptly revisited the device, and introduced the F20 that had a 64 mb capacity, calling it "EigerMan". Till such time as Apple Computer introduced its iconic iPod in 2001, MPMan continued making MP3 players. Two years down the launch of the iPod, Apple started allowing Windows users to connect to their device with the obvious outcome -- iPod sales hit the roof, rivals couldn't keep up, and iPod rule began. Despite their much popular "Walkman" brand, Sony was too busy promoting ATRAC and MiniDiscs to look into its line of MP3 players. While Sony overlooked the iPod's phenomenal success, Saehan could hardly keep up pace, and the rest -- as they say -- is history!Source
tiny LCD display and MegaBass, the player came in five colors. It could be connected to a PC using the bundled parallel port cable. It was powered by two 1.5V AA rechargeable batteries, and came with a docking station for recharging. Showcased first at CeBit 1998, the player aroused immense interest among visitors to the show, and Saehan put it into mass production in May the same year. Initially sold for around $250, prices were slashed to $200 soon after when a new competitor arrived -- the Diamond Multimedia Rio PMP300 (priced at $200 and with similar features). Eiger Labs promptly revisited the device, and introduced the F20 that had a 64 mb capacity, calling it "EigerMan". Till such time as Apple Computer introduced its iconic iPod in 2001, MPMan continued making MP3 players. Two years down the launch of the iPod, Apple started allowing Windows users to connect to their device with the obvious outcome -- iPod sales hit the roof, rivals couldn't keep up, and iPod rule began. Despite their much popular "Walkman" brand, Sony was too busy promoting ATRAC and MiniDiscs to look into its line of MP3 players. While Sony overlooked the iPod's phenomenal success, Saehan could hardly keep up pace, and the rest -- as they say -- is history!Source
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