Who Invented the MP3 Player?
You might be wondering, "what company actually invented the MP3 player?" Apple certainly had a huge hit with the iPod, but was it the first one?
Actually, the iPod didn't appear till sometime in late 2001. The first MP3 player came out years before that, in 1998!
As reported by Engadget, the very first mp3 player was called the MPMan. It was called the "Eiger Labs MPMan" and held a whopping 32 MB. Yes, megabytes! (Hey, at least it was small and portable, unlike the first cell phones!)
The MPMan was developed in South Korea (where else?) by SaeHan Information Systems and then imported by Eiger Labs, hence the name.
Later in 1998, another MP3 player came out. It was produced by Diamond Multimedia and called the Rio PMP300. It also contained 32 MB of memory, but it had a few more features and better distribution in the US, making it more successful than its predecessor.
And the rest is history!
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