Editing Portable media player (section)

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The ''Samsung SPH-M2100'', the first mobile phone with built-in MP3 player was produced in [[South Korea]] in August 1999.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Telecompaper BV |title=SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS UNVEILS SPH-M2100 PHONE |date=August 1999 |url=http://www.telecompaper.com/news/samsung-electronics-unveils-sphm2100-phone--182214 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728080403/http://www.telecompaper.com/news/samsung-electronics-unveils-sphm2100-phone--182214 |archive-date=28 July 2013 }} ()</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=I4U NEWS |title=First MP3 Mobile Phone already in 1999 on the market |author=Luigi Lugmayr |date=December 2004 |url=http://www.i4u.com/7064/first-mp3-mobile-phone-already-1999-market |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507055125/http://www.i4u.com/7064/first-mp3-mobile-phone-already-1999-market |archive-date=7 May 2013 }} ()</ref> The ''Samsung SPH-M100 (UpRoar)'' launched in 2000 was the first mobile phone to have MP3 music capabilities<ref name="iMobile">{{cite web|url=http://www.imobile.com.au/whatsnew/default.asp?ID=whatsep0001 |title=Samsung launched the World's first MP3 mobile phone – iMobile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502123021/http://www.imobile.com.au/WhatsNew/default.asp?ID=whatsep0001 |archive-date=2 May 2013 }}</ref> in the US market. The innovation spread rapidly and by 2005, more than half of all music sold in South Korea was sold directly to mobile phones and all major handset makers in the world had released MP3 playing phones. By 2006, more MP3-playing mobile phones were sold than all stand-alone MP3 players. Apple cited the rapid rise of the media player in phones as a primary reason for developing the [[iPhone]].{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} In 2007, the number of phones that could play media was over 1&nbsp;billion.{{citation needed|date=August 2011}} Some companies created music-centric sub-brands for mobile phones, for example the former [[Sony Ericsson]]'s [[Walkman]] range or [[Nokia]]'s [[XpressMusic]] range, which have extra emphasis on music playback and typically have features such as dedicated music buttons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/music-to-the-ear/329579/|title = Music to the ear|date = 2 July 2008}}</ref>[[File:Newsmy ManMan A3.jpg|thumb|An "MP4 player" from Newsmy, a major PMP manufacturer in China]]Mobile phones with PMP functionalities such as video playback also started appearing in the 2000s. Other non-phone products such as the [[PlayStation Portable]] and [[PlayStation Vita]] have also been considered to be PMPs.
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