Enjoying a Decade of Portable Entertainment

Timeline: 2005

2005

• While we have seen numerous developments on the physical aspect of the portable media players, it's undeniable that the technological progress also played a major role during its years of development. This was evidently apparent back in 2005, but to make it easier to digest, we'll be stepping through the major advancements from the respective manufacturers, starting with Apple and its introduction of two new devices under its wing that's worth the mentioning:- the 5th generation iPod Classic (now with video playback capability) and the petite sized iPod Shuffle .

• As always, the Creative bandwagon would be hot on the heels in the portable media player race, but beyond the product lineup such as the Creative Zen Neeon , it was the introduction of its Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi (Xtreme Fidelity) that would create a stir amongst the portable media player market in the following years to come. The advancements made in their X-Fi soundcard series would soon front a whole lineup of the Creative Zen series, but we'll be leaving that for later.

• And for entertainment's sake, we reminiscence about some of the odder things that came under the portable audio player category, one of which is the aigo F021/F022 U-watch MP3 Player , definitely a novelty item, but the practicality, not to mention the oddity of having a earphone strapped to your watch, was something of a debatable topic.