1888 (Lateral-cut disc records- Emile Berliner)
1948 (The long-playing record (the LP) was invented Columbia Records)
1949 (RCA Victor- released 45 RPM record)
1963 ( 8 track - William Powell Lear)
1978 (The Walkman - Nobutoshi Kihara)
1984 (Sony introduced the D-50 ,the first ever portable digital music player)
1987 (MP3 player - German company Frauhofer-Gesellshaft)
2001 (iPod- Apple’s Tony Fedell)
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ReplyDeleteLaTonya
I disagree with portions of this tetrad, i.e. The MP3 player is powered by a battery, is part of most smart phones, must have ear buds most of the time. You cannot listen to an IPod nano/shuffle without ear buds or a speaker system, It is not a standalone device.
I do agree with the MP3 replacing portable music devices, and the future of music right now is in the sky, or the clouds that is, the cloud player might just be the next leap in music storage
LaTonya,
ReplyDeleteI think you may have made some errors in your tetrad. iPods DO need earbuds or a sound system, they DO run on batteries (rechargeable ones) and the iPhone has NOT replaced the iPod and therefore I doubt will in the future. The 6th generation iPod (the one you picture) came out AFTER the iPhone developed a HUGE market share. If the iPhone was going to replace the iPod, I think it would already have happened.
-Christine
Hi Everyone,
ReplyDeleteLet me do a little clarifying it might help to explain my tetrad a little better. I took a different approach on the ipod. I did my tetrad on the upgrade that is currently being added to the iPod Nano Shuffle. On November 11, 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals one of the next chapters for Apple's mini media players such as the iPod shuffle and iPod Nano. Apple's proposal is to add a speaker to the media players attachment clip (http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2011/11/whats-next-for-the-ipod-shufflenano-a-speaker-clip-of-course.html.) The speaker will allow its users to be able to listen to music without the earbuds (Enhancement). Reverses: What might replace this technology in the in the future. Even though the Smartphone has not “currently” replaced the iPod, I think that in the “future” it could. My reasons behind these beliefs are 1. You can already listen to music on Smartphone 2. The features of Smartphones are constantly being enhanced. Soon why will you need a separate device to just listen to music when you can do everything from your phone? Finally, I agree I should have thought out the obsoletes a tad bit more but when I was writing it I was thinking about the batteries found in the portable CD players and cassette players. I completely forgot about the mini built-in, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that are in the iPods.
Thanks everyone for your comments and I hope this clears up a few questions.
LaTonya,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that I see the Smartphone as the technology to replace the iPod. I have found I listen to music more on my Smartphone than I previously have and I carry my MP3 player less and less. One reason for this is because I have my phone with me already so why not use it for my music as well.
Tabitha