Why the music industry should learn to love the iPod Posted By : Sarah Maple-11606

These days the words ‘MP3 player’ almost invariably conjure to mind Apple’s iPod, in much the same way that the words ‘personal cassette player’ were once replaced in the public consciousness by Sony’s Walkman brand name. The iPod, however, was far from being the first MP3 player on the market. In fact, that distinction goes to the MPMan F10, made by Saehan Information Systems, in Korea, and first mass manufactured 10 years ago this month. It had just 32MB of Flash memory, and since USB ports were far from standard, connected via your PC’s parallel port.

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