A trio of computer-industry companies will launch their first portable 3-inch MP3-CD players, joining Philips in this nascent market segment. The products play low-cost recordable 3-inch CDs filled ...

The Philips MC235 Micro HiFi System won’t fit in your shirt pocket, doesn’t come with earbuds, has no hard drive or memory-card slot, and its color palette runs out of options at silver, with a dash ...

It seems as if every new hot micro MP3 player that costs less than $300 is called the iPod Mini killer. Can these mighty miniature players all of which cost about $250 or less, play WMA files and ...

In 1982, when the BBC’s prime-time technology show – Tomorrow’s World – did a segment on a new musical format called the “Compact Disc” the presenter skeptically asked "Whether there's a market for ...

Since the mid-2010s, fewer and fewer new cars have been decked out with CD players. In-dash stereos are instead usually equipped with the long-standing car radio and some kind of media playback option ...