| If you want the most portable and easy-to-use | | | | players can be updates with additional memory, |
| device to play music on, you will need an mp3 player | | | | though. These types of mp3 players can often be |
| and some music stored as mp3 music files. Not only is | | | | integrated into USB keydrives, and are very resilient |
| this the technology that will replace other music | | | | players. |
| players soon, but it is the most advanced way to | | | | Hard drive mp3 players, or digital jukeboxes, are |
| play music. It's also so easy to download music from | | | | digital audio players that read mp3 music files from a |
| the Internet in mp3 format that you'll never have to | | | | hard drive. This type of mp3 player has a higher |
| go to a record store again once you have an mp3 | | | | capacity than the flash player; generally from 1.5 |
| player. | | | | gigabytes to 160 gigabytes. This allows people to |
| MP3 technology is easy to use, but there are a few | | | | transfer entire music collections they have on CD to |
| differences between this and other music | | | | mp3 music files and store them in one digital audio |
| technologies. An mp3 player is a digital audio player | | | | player. Consumers can add downloadable music from |
| that organizes and stores mp3 music files, and of | | | | various commercial web sites and free music |
| course plays them as well. An mp3 player is a more | | | | download services as well. There are also hard drive |
| common name for a digital audio player. These | | | | players for video and picture files. These can also be |
| players can play other types of files, which are often | | | | just as portable as the smaller flash players, just |
| associated with a brand. Windows Media Audio, | | | | slightly bigger. Popular hard drive mp3 players include |
| Advanced Audio Coding and mp3 music files can be | | | | the Apple iPod, Creative Zen and Microsoft Zune are |
| played on these efficient audio players. | | | | examples of popular digital jukeboxes. |
| There are various other music download formats you | | | | The last type of mp3 player is the mp3 CD player. |
| may find other than mp3 music files, such as Janus | | | | These play regular CDs you buy at the store as well |
| and Fairplay, which are part of some | | | | as CDs with mp3 music files and other types of |
| subscription-based music download sites. There are | | | | downloadable music files. It's easy to transfer music |
| other varieties of patent-free file formats, as well. | | | | downloads to CD format. It's also easy to transfer |
| Three different types of mp3 players can be found | | | | your CDs into mp3 music files, so you don't have to |
| on the market. Flash players are digital audio devices | | | | worry about your old music collections aver being |
| that hold mp3 music files and other file formats on | | | | outdated formats. |
| internal or external media such as memory cards. | | | | MP3 technology is the music format of today, and |
| These have storage capacity ranging from 128 | | | | should remain the top audio technology for quite |
| megabytes to 8 gigabytes, which is smaller than | | | | some time. New gadgets and improved quality should |
| some other mp3 players. The new iPod Nano would | | | | be the only changes to mp3 technology in the near |
| be included in this category, for example. Flash mp3 | | | | future. |