Is there a future for media players?

Kelvin Low | May 05, 2009

(Credit: wmpoweruser for the Zune)

A few years back, I used to carry an MP3 player and a mobile phone. The two devices coexisted nicely, but it was a hassle carting two devices around all the time. The solution that Sony Ericsson came up with was to create the W800i, its first handset to feature the Walkman branding. This sparked off a new market trend of having media players integrated into mobile phones.

Did Sony add phone features to the MP3 player or was it vice versa? Today, the iPod touch and the Sony X-series Walkman are packed with features, as are many mobile phones. Even portable game consoles such as the Sony PSP and Nintendo DSi now support media playback capabilities. Have dedicated media players matured so much that it's impossible to improve on them anymore?

Share your thoughts with us below.

Kelvin Low is CNET Asia's very own go-to intern for Music & Play. When he's not fiddling with gadgets or setting up new PC rigs, he can be found hitting the dirt tracks on his mountain bike. Kelvin is currently studying mass communications at Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore. Email Kelvin.

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kelvinservigon says...
for me... the best future media player that can be is a morphing media player! Like Nokia's Morph concept, which can be a bracelet. I love that concept.

May 05, 2009 22:37