Music has become even as much portable inside the last 25 years. 1st we had the
Cassette Walkman, which served us well until the portable CD player came on in
the 1990's. Then came Mini Disc, which had a short but really useful life. Now we
have entered the Millennium and the format of digital music compressed into a very
small space is now a reality.

Since 2003/4 a flood of MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3) music players have arrived
from the far east, wherever these things fly out of stores as fast as manufacturers can
make them. These small, stick-like players are no bigger than your thumb, however,
their solid state memory can hold up to 120 minutes of MP3 tracks or up to 240
minutes of WMA (Windows Media Audio) tracks.

These players, instantl