The story of this device
Landmark for defeating the RIAA's historic copyright lawsuit in federal court, the Diamond Rio PMP300 popularized portable MP3 listening with expandable SmartMedia storage.
Diamond Multimedia
Rio PMP300
Diamond Multimedia · Audio & MP3 players · Released in 1998 · PMP300
First commercially successful MP3 player, 400K units
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- Brand
- Diamond Multimedia
- Model
- PMP300
- Release year
- 1998
- Category
- Audio & MP3 players
Specifications
- Display
- LCD showing track number and play time
- Storage
- 32MB + SmartMedia slot
- Battery
- 1× AA
- Connectivity
- Parallel port transfer
- Media
- MP3 playback only
- Notable
- First commercially successful MP3 player, won RIAA lawsuit