Portable MP3 Player
What is Inside Portable MP3 Player
Private summary of portable mp3 players by Ajay Shah
portable mp3 players
A standard MP3 player comprises of an embedded processor, an audio codec microchip, a storage device, battery and earphones. Portable MP3 players are mostly made up of the above components. Storage equipment stores the music files. Hard drive based MP3 players use micro hard disk for storing MP3 files. Flash based MP3 players use internal or external flash memory for storing. Storage capacity ranges between 1 gb to 32 gb. Enough to store hundreds and thousands of standard sized music files. All MP3 players falling in this range are mostly flash based. iPod and Zune are famous examples.
Most MP3 players have built in lithium battery with usb port charger. Samsung, Creative, Sansa, and Coby enjoy great popularity too. Latest MP3 players does include other functions too. Few offers audio recording, ebook reading, alarm, calendar and Internet service.
MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV and AIFF file formats are usually supported by majority digital audio players and music phones of the most brands. These formats support DRM facility also. MP3 CD players are exception to the above storing components. Though portable, they play the audio MP3 files stored on a CD or compact disc.
Historically, the first MP3 player was the MPMan, produced by Saehan Information Systems of South Korea.
