Immediately after activating the MP3 player on a computer, widget icons (also called "widgets") appear on a PC and interactive desktop tools give quick and easy access to the most used activities. The ...

The term MP3 player is used loosely here, as playing lossy MP3 files is the least of what these digital audio players or DAPs can do. From the powerful DACs and amplifiers for premium sound when ...

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The best budget MP3 players are no longer in prominence thanks largely to the presence of smartphones which can let you play music at will regardless of where you are. Even though MP3 players are also ...

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Though it seems as if the iPod has been around forever, the device is actually only eight years old as of last week. Portable digital music players in general aren’t much older, as the first clunky, ...

Don't worry. You're not the last person to buy an MP3 player. Thanks to the wide array of models and types, millions of marathoners and Sunday mountain bikers are going without digital tunes. It's ...

With its compact size, slick design and big storage capacity, the Apple iPod is the hottest MP3 player around. We've singled out a few MP3 players that, though bulkier than the iPod, provide the same ...

Just as some people are very thoughtful and particular about how their computers or gaming systems look, some take their MP3 players pretty seriously. Well, maybe not seriously, maybe they enjoy them ...

It seems like the iPod and cell phones have killed the MP3 player market. I can only find a handful of devices that straddle between (a) very large devices with bad UIs designed for FLAC playback (b) ...

Like many other commentators, I greeted last month's SlotMusic announcement from SanDisk with befuddlement. I don't understand why a consumer would pay $14.99, which is almost the same price as a CD, ...

These days, the personal MP3 player has been largely replaced by the the smartphone. However, [Justinas Petkauskas] still appreciates the iPod for its tactility and portability, and wanted to bring ...