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Regency TR-1 Transistor Radio
The Regency TR-1 was the first commercially manufactured transistor radio. First sold in 1954, it was a novelty due to small size and portability; about 150,000 units were sold despite mediocre performance. -
Stereo Belt
The Stereobelt was the first portable personal stereo audio cassette player.It was invented by the German-Brazilian Andreas Pavel. The Stereobelt was the ancestor of the Walkman and modern-day personal audio devices such as the Zune and the iPod. -
BoomBox
Boombox is a common term for a portable cassette and AM/FM radio with an amplifier, two or more loudspeakers and a carrying handle.The boombox quickly became associated with urban society, particularly African American and Hispanic youth. -
The Walkman
Walkman is a Sony brand tradename originally used for portable audio cassette players in the late 1970s. -
Discman
Discman was the product name given to Sony's first portable CD player, the D-5 (North America and various other countries)/D-50, which was the first on the market in 1984. -
MPMan
The MPMan music player, manufactured by the South Korean company SaeHan Information Systems, debuted in Asia in March 1998, and was the first mass-produced portable solid state digital audio players. -
Ipod
The iPod is a line of portable media players and multi-purpose pocket computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first line was released on October 23, 2001, about 8½ months after iTunes (Macintosh version) was released. -
Ipod Touch
The Ipod Touch is the first media player from apple to use the graphical multi touch based LCD Control.
