Comments on: The MP3 player turns 10 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/19/the-mp3-player-turns-10/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:10:27 -0500 hourly 1 By: arnoldg http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/19/the-mp3-player-turns-10/comment-page-1/#comment-782604 arnoldg Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:22:54 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26587#comment-782604 The first player I had was an RCA Lyra with 32mb removable compact flash card. That was in response to my friend's purchase of a Diamond Rio 300. Later I would see the value of mp3 cds and got a Panasonic CD player that could read them. The first player I had was an RCA Lyra with 32mb removable compact flash card. That was in response to my friend’s purchase of a Diamond Rio 300. Later I would see the value of mp3 cds and got a Panasonic CD player that could read them.

]]> By: arnoldm http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/19/the-mp3-player-turns-10/comment-page-1/#comment-700313 arnoldm Mon, 19 May 2008 22:59:23 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26587#comment-700313 My first player was a generic-no-name chinese player back when 128mb makes people "that's huge!" Cost me 90 dollars. But my first mp3 file, long before I bought the player is "Wannabe". I used to be a Spice Girls fan. USED TO. damnit. My first player was a generic-no-name chinese player back when 128mb makes people “that’s huge!” Cost me 90 dollars.

But my first mp3 file, long before I bought the player is “Wannabe”.

I used to be a Spice Girls fan. USED TO. damnit.

]]> By: Jonny http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/19/the-mp3-player-turns-10/comment-page-1/#comment-700179 Jonny Mon, 19 May 2008 21:12:02 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26587#comment-700179 My first player was also the MPIO FL100. I remember after class my friends and I would either share the headphones or if we were lucky we would find someone with a splitter. Had that thing for awhile. Then came my 1G Nano and then my 80gb Zune. My first player was also the MPIO FL100. I remember after class my friends and I would either share the headphones or if we were lucky we would find someone with a splitter. Had that thing for awhile. Then came my 1G Nano and then my 80gb Zune.

]]> By: Dan http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/19/the-mp3-player-turns-10/comment-page-1/#comment-700113 Dan Mon, 19 May 2008 20:20:18 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26587#comment-700113 My first player was an MPIO FL 100 128Meg MP3 player. It has an FM tuner, A-B looping, FM/voice recording, and a mirror finish. It was nice and small too! My first player was an MPIO FL 100 128Meg MP3 player. It has an FM tuner, A-B looping, FM/voice recording, and a mirror finish. It was nice and small too!

]]> By: Ben http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/19/the-mp3-player-turns-10/comment-page-1/#comment-700025 Ben Mon, 19 May 2008 19:10:14 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26587#comment-700025 Its crazy to think about. My first mp3 player was my car stereo deck. Haha. Then I bought my iPhone. I got a pretty late start on the mp3 world. Its crazy to think about. My first mp3 player was my car stereo deck. Haha. Then I bought my iPhone. I got a pretty late start on the mp3 world.

]]> By: ScottK http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/19/the-mp3-player-turns-10/comment-page-1/#comment-699998 ScottK Mon, 19 May 2008 18:52:13 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26587#comment-699998 I had the first Samsung Yepp. I had to download songs using the Parallel Port. It had 32MB of built in memory. You could buy additional memory, some kind of Yepp memory card. I bought it on clearance for $30 from Office Max or Depot. It worked well for jogging. I still have it, but I don't have a parallel port anymore... I had the first Samsung Yepp. I had to download songs using the Parallel Port. It had 32MB of built in memory. You could buy additional memory, some kind of Yepp memory card. I bought it on clearance for $30 from Office Max or Depot.
It worked well for jogging. I still have it, but I don’t have a parallel port anymore…

]]> By: Eric http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/19/the-mp3-player-turns-10/comment-page-1/#comment-699943 Eric Mon, 19 May 2008 18:18:53 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26587#comment-699943 I totally remember the first MP3 I ever downloaded, because it was my junior year of high school (1999), and one of my friends had bought this 128MB player that was the envy of our entire class. My first downloaded song... the cover of Blue Monday by Orgy, thanks to some seedy AOL Chat room where people were swapping MP3s via email. The song was like 8MB and took hours to download on my parents' 28K modem. Totally worth it. I totally remember the first MP3 I ever downloaded, because it was my junior year of high school (1999), and one of my friends had bought this 128MB player that was the envy of our entire class.

My first downloaded song… the cover of Blue Monday by Orgy, thanks to some seedy AOL Chat room where people were swapping MP3s via email. The song was like 8MB and took hours to download on my parents’ 28K modem.

Totally worth it.

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