Illustrated Media Format Guides

Digital audio player

AKA
iPod, Mp3 player, Portable media player
Era
1996–2010s
Format
digital
Developed by
Various
(Max) Capacity
256 GB
Size
Various
Fun facts
  • This industry was largely defined and popularized by the Apple iPod
  • This format was marketed as "MP3 players", but it supported other popular digital audio formats like WAV, Windows Media Audio (WMA), Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), Vorbis, FLAC, Speex and Ogg
  • Some players also included FM radio tuners, voice recording and other features