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The rise, fall, and rise of portable MP3 players
Original: The rise, fall, and rise of portable MP3 players https://www.theverge.com/column/1003566/history-apple-ipod-mp3-music-pl
The Verge has published a retrospective column tracing the history of the portable MP3 player, from the early devices that preceded Apple's iPod through the iPod's dominance and decline as smartphones took over music playback. The piece revisits how dedicated music players shaped digital listening, and points to a renewed interest in them as a niche today.
Why now: Readers are nostalgically revisiting the iPod era amid renewed interest in dedicated music devices.
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- The rise, fall, and rise of portable MP3 players https://www.theverge.com/column/1003566/history-apple-ipod-mp3-music-player # Tech # Music # History · the_verge@robot.villas · 4
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