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Happy 10th MP3 player! ]]>Mar 11th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
Crisys.....

Happy birthday to you!, happy birthday to you!, happy birthday dear MPmanF10!, happy birthday to yoooou! Whoooooooo! yeah! Wooohooooo!....

32 megs = dancing "All night long!"..........Lets get our cronk on!]]>Mar 11th 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
Less space than a Nomad?

Lame.]]>Mar 11th 2008 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/]]>Mar 11th 2008 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
I remember getting like 10 songs on that beast and feeling like I was the SHIT!

I later got a Rio Volt mp3 cd player which boggled my mind with how much music I could carry on ONE CD!]]>Mar 11th 2008 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 12th 2008 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
i didnt imagine they would make this kind of impact :)]]>Mar 11th 2008 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
The whole MP3 thing back then was as wild as it is today. MP3s took 20 minutes to download over dial-up, The quality was terrible, MP3.com was just stacked full of bootleg music, and you couldn't burn them to CDs because a blank CD cost you $20.00!

You kids just dont know how good you've got it!]]>Mar 11th 2008 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
"omg ur teh winz"

or something like that :P]]>Mar 11th 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
Was it that long ago?]]>Mar 11th 2008 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
Carmelo Lisciotto
www.carmelolisciotto.com]]>Mar 11th 2008 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
http://jillium.nfshost.com/censored.htm

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Shame Saehan didn't hold onto those patents... Real shame.
I still remember going to Yongsan Elec Market to pick up a CASSETTE player and I saw one of these... I was going nuts. Good times. ]]>Mar 11th 2008 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
For about four years, I've always wanted it for some reason until one day I won a bid on eBay and bought it finally for $25. I felt as if I connected with my childhood somehow and closed a chapter in my life. :P~ ]]>Mar 11th 2008 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Maaan I miss that little thing. I remember I got a 256 meg chip for it and was the talk of the freshman cafeteria :)


But when all's said and done, it was this little guy that paved the way for a certain Cupertino monstrosity to become the flagship face of MP3 players the world over.
MPMan F10, WE SALUTE YOU! Feliz cumpleanos de Mexico!]]>Mar 11th 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/32mb but with another 32mb card to make a whopping 64mb!
32mb smartmedia cost me $150 back in those days.]]>Mar 11th 2008 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/no l33t!
not unless you have the parallel port!]]>Mar 11th 2008 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/I loved it. I could go home for lunch and change all the songs in a few minutes.

I stopped paying for cd's when I was 17 and have never looked back. thanks pmp 300!]]>Mar 11th 2008 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
For all the caterwauling I hear about rip-offs of US IP, the Koreans could legitimately claim that companies such as Apple ripped them off (albeit with better design and marketing).

It was not too long ago in forums like these (such as they were ten years ago!) that Koreans were held in about the same esteem as the Chinese are today. How rapidly it all changes: Korea is such a tech powerhouse today.]]>Mar 11th 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
And yes, I miss the late 90's-early 00's... Those were the times.. much better than now. (Or maybe it is me who changed and not the world, but still I miss the times :P)]]>Mar 11th 2008 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 12th 2008 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
Amazing how far we've come in just a decade.]]>Mar 11th 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/"whatever, with most headphones you can't tell that big of a difference anyways..."
so i told myself. 32+32mb FTW!]]>Mar 11th 2008 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
That was a long time ago.]]>Mar 11th 2008 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
the next mp3 cd player was from iRiver. 15mm thin, it was the slickest and most expensive at $180. but it was worth every penny!!]]>Mar 11th 2008 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/Mar 11th 2008 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/
I had the earliest Rio PMP300 player that I purchased from a buddy of mine. The piggy-backed parallel cable was slow-as-molasses, but it worked! Besides, with only 32megs on board, you weren't ever transferring for too long.

I don't remember what happened to that player, but I eventually upgraded to the PMP500 w/ USB support and a backlit display. That thing was AWESOME! I also loved the drag n' drop via explorer method of loading it up. After that sucker got stolen, I moved on to the Rio Nitrus for awhile. A good player that had some "issues". Then an iPod, and then another iPod (didn't pay for either of them, thank you very much) and finally my Zune 30 that I have now.

No jokes. I'm quite fond of it.]]>Mar 11th 2008 11:57AM