when was the first portable mp3 player released
Portable media player The first portable MP3 player was launched in 1997 by Saehan Information Systems,[19] which sold its “MPMan" player in Asia in spring 1998.[20] In mid-1998, the South Korean company licensed the players for North American distribution to Eiger Labs, which rebranded them as the EigerMan F10 and F20.[21] The flash-based players were available in 32 MB or 64 MB (6 or 12 songs) storage capacity and had a LCD screen to tell the user the song currently playing.
Media player (software) Mainstream operating systems have at least one built-in media player. For example, Windows comes with Windows Media Player while OS X comes with QuickTime Player. Linux distributions may also come with a media players, such as SMPlayer, Amarok, Audacious, Banshee, MPlayer, Rhythmbox, Totem, VLC Media Player, and xine. Android OS comes with Google Play Music as default media player and many apps like Poweramp, Beautiful Music Player, VLC Media Player.