Impact Of New Technology

Impact of New Technology (Portable Audio

You are very lucky to be living at these times , when humanity is at its peak and everything is tailored for the individual . a milieu where everything spells CONVENIENCE and the by-word is portability . According to PCWorld .com , we are living in the golden age of gadgets . Gadget review says the word 'gadget ' could be defined as a new , unusual device mostly used for entertainment yet also for household and security Gadgets seem to have invaded all aspects of human life . They are so diversified they

are everywhere . They are in the office , at home , in the bathroom , in the kitchen , etc , but most of all they are with you almost all the time . Yes , you are right . it 's because you carry them with you

For the past 150 years , it is hard to believe the amount of technology that has been developed , tested and implemented in to bring us to the current condition our society operates . Various technologies have been developed and this doesn 't exempt Audio Technology

Audio technology dates as far back as 1877 when Sir Thomas Alva Edison successfully makes a recording of his voice reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb ' on a tinfoil phonograph . What followed was a lot of experimentation until Philips introduced the first compact audio cassette or cassette tape n 1962 . But it was only on 1979 that Sony introduced the Sony Walkman , a portable cassette player that has revolutionize the way we listen to music . The launch of this product created the multi-million dollar portable music industry that we know today . During this era , the 5-inch Compact Discs (CDs ) were developed along with the digital audio CDs . Sony also launched the 3-inch cassettes and the Pocket Discman playing 3-inch CDs while in Germany under the project name of EUREKA , Fraunhofer Institut Integrierte Schaltungen began the development of the MP3 (MPEG Layer Audio III

The 90 's pave the way for audio digital revolution . Sony came out with the mini-discs , IBM and Toshiba team up to create flash-memory cards MP3 .com site was founded by Michael Robertson , HYPERLINK "http /www .digitalmusicmuseum .com /rio /rio-mp3-players .php " Rio PMP300 , Napster and SACD (Super Audio Compact Disc ) were introduced Just 3 years later , November of 2001 , Apple shipped its first line of iPod portable audio players

What revolutionizing move done by Sony 's Walkman forever changed the way that people consume music by allowing them to listen to their favourite music , privately , wherever they chose , whenever . The portable music player remained fairly static for ten years or so until CD came along bringing higher fidelity and more convenience . When MiniDisc appeared it introduced personal digital music players reigniting consumer interest in mobile music showing consumers what really is possible

Manufacturers then jumped with gusto to develop and market portable music . It worked would be an understatement because in these technology-driven times everyone goes with what 's the `in ' thing Looking at the industry 's development there are...