Editing Portable media player (section)

===Growth of market===
On 23 October 2001, Apple unveiled the [[first generation iPod]], a 5&nbsp;GB hard drive based DAP with a 1.8" hard drive and a 2" monochrome display. With the development of a spartan [[user interface]] and a smaller form factor, the iPod was initially popular within the [[Macintosh]] community. In July 2002, Apple introduced the second generation update to the iPod, which was compatible with [[Windows]] computers through [[Musicmatch Jukebox]]. iPods quickly became the most popular DAP product and led the fast growth of this market during the early and mid 2000s.

[[File:Bärbar mp3-spelare Archos typ Jukebox 6000.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Archos Jukebox 6000]] released late 2001 was a DAP with a hard disk, one of the earliest of its kind.]]
In 2002, [[Archos]] released the first PMP, the [[Archos Jukebox Multimedia]]<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.archos.com/corporate/press/press_releases/PR_ARCHOS_Gen_5_Availability.pdf|title=ARCHOS Generation 5 Available Worldwide|publisher=Archos|date=12 September 2007|access-date=5 December 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028004929/http://www.archos.com/corporate/press/press_releases/PR_ARCHOS_Gen_5_Availability.pdf|archive-date=28 October 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> with a little 1.5" colour screen. The next year, Archos released another multimedia ''jukebox'', the [[AV300]], with a 3.8" screen and a 20&nbsp;GB hard drive. In the same year, [[Toshiba]] released the first [[Gigabeat]]. In 2003, [[Dell]] launched a line of portable digital music players called [[Dell DJ]]. They were discontinued by 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/feb/09/guardianweeklytechnologysection.dell|title=Why did Dell discontinue its hard drive MP3 player?|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=9 February 2006}}</ref>

The name ''MP4 player'' was a marketing term for inexpensive portable media players, usually from little-known or generic device manufacturers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bj.beareyes.com.cn/2/lib/200510/26/20051026011.htm|title=MP3≠MP4！区别和认识MP3与MP4的不同！|publisher=Beareyes|access-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011113630/http://bj.beareyes.com.cn/2/lib/200510/26/20051026011.htm|archive-date=11 October 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The name itself is a [[misnomer]], since most MP4 players through 2007 were incompatible with the [[MPEG-4 Part 14]] or the ''.mp4'' container format. Instead, the term refers to their ability to play more file types than just MP3. In this sense, in some markets like Brazil, any new function added to a given media player is followed by an increase in the number, for example an MP5 or MP12 Player,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lista.mercadolivre.com.br/mp12|title=Mp12 &#124; MercadoLivre 📦|website=lista.mercadolivre.com.br}}</ref> despite there being no such corresponding MPEG standards.

[[iRiver]] of South Korea originally made portable CD players and then started making digital audio players and portable media players in 2002. Creative also introduced the [[Creative Zen|ZEN]] line. Both of these attained high popularity in some regions.

In 2004, [[Microsoft]] attempted to take advantage of the growing PMP market by launching the [[Portable Media Center]] (PMC) platform. It was introduced at the 2004 [[Consumer Electronics Show]] with the announcement of the [[Zen Portable Media Center]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnet.com/4520-7912_1-5116568-1.html|title=Microsoft visualizes portable video|date=9 January 2004|access-date=30 December 2007|last=Van Buskirk|first=Eliot|publisher=[[CNET]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225050459/http://www.cnet.com/4520-7912_1-5116568-1.html|archive-date=25 February 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> which was co-developed by [[Creative Technology|Creative]]. The Microsoft [[Zune]] series would later be based on the [[Gigabeat#Gigabeat S|Gigabeat S]], one of the PMC-implemented players.[[File:IRiver H320 FIRMWARE ROCKBOX 20100322.JPG|thumb|200x200px|[[Rockbox]] was developed as a popular free and open source firmware for various PMPs]]In May 2005, flash memory maker SanDisk entered the PMP market with the [[SanDisk Sansa|Sansa]] line of players, starting with the e100 series, and then following up with the m200 series, and c100 series.

Inexpensive generic MP3 players also became popular during the mid 2000s. Many of these were based on the [[S1 MP3 player]] and included knock-offs of official brands.

In 2007, Apple introduced the [[iPod Touch]], the first iPod with a multi-touch screen. Some similar products existed before such as the [[iRiver Clix]] in 2006. In South Korea, sales of MP3 players peaked in 2006, but started declining afterwards. This was driven partly by the launch of mobile television services (DMB), which along with increased demand of movies on the go led to a transition away from music-only players to PMPs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=31245 | title=Korea Times | date=18 September 2008 }}{{dead link|date=April 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> By 2008, more video-enabled PMPs were sold than audio-only players.<ref name="overtake">{{Cite web | url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/video-to-overtake-audio-in-mobile-media-players-by-the-end-of-2008 | title=Video to overtake audio in mobile media players by the end of 2008 | date=31 August 2007 }}</ref>