MP3 Players Turn 10 Years Old

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the world’s first MP3 player - the MPMan F10 (pictured above). The tragically named MPMan F10 was a landmark invention that laid the groundwork for modern gadgetry (and serves as an excellent reminder of just how super-sexy and amazing today’s iPods are…). Manufactured by Korea’s Saehan Information Systems, the device was launched in March of 1998 at CeBIT, and went on sale in the Summer for $250. The player featured 32MB of flash memory (which could be upgraded to 64MB via mail-in scheme), connected to PCs via parallel port, and had a miniscule LCD for playback info.

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