For
those who are wondering who invented the mp3 player, it is very
difficult to tell. But what is known is that the British inventor
Kane Kramer was one of the first to create a digital player capable
of playing mp3s. The mp3 format itself was developed by
Frauhofer-Gesellshaft, a German company. The patent belongs to Ernst
Eberlein, Bernd Kurten, Thomas Sporer, Karl-Heinz Brandenburg and
Bernhard Grill.
More
about the Earliest Mp3 Player – MPMan
The
MPMan player was the one created by Kane Kramer back in 1997.
After
the MPMan player came out, it proved very popular and others
eventually followed in its footsteps. One of the most successful was
Diamond Multimedia with its Rio PMP300. The Rio PMP300 became
immensely popular that other companies followed suit.