subject: Development Of Portable Media Players [print this page] Portable media players are known as a consumer electronics device which is capable of storing and playing digital medias. Also digital audio players (DAP) can also display images and play videos are PMPs like DAPs, the data is typically stored on a hard drive, microdrive, and flash memory. Other types of electronic devices like cellphones are referred as PMPs because of their playback capabilities. Users can also consider an iPod as a Portable media players designed and marketed by Apple, launched in 2001. Portable media players are usually packaged with an installation CD and DVD that inserts device drivers, and in few players, software that is capable of seamlessly transferring files between the player and the computer. For latest Portable media players, you can avail through online via the manufacturers' websites or natively recognized by the operating system through Universal Mass Storage (UMS) or Media Transfer Protocol (MTP).
Unlike DAPs, Portable media players are available in either flash or hard disk storage in the market. Based on these Portable media players, the storage capacities have been reached up to 64GB for flash memory and firstly reached by the 3rd Generation iPod Touch, and up to 500 GB for Hard disk drive PMPs, and then first achieved by the Archos 5 Internet Tablet. Now many Portable media players supports memory card slots which includes CompactFlash (CF), Secure Digital (SD), and Memory Sticks. These are used to directly transfer content from external devices, and expanding the storage capacity of PMPs for usages. Certain Portable media players have recently added features such as simple camera, built in game emulation, and simple text readers and editors. All these specifications of Portable media players are highly important to know. Anybody who like the usage of portable media players can visit online shops to know the latest updates of Portable media players for future benefits.
