If you already own a mp3 or mp4, do you really need a mp5 player? Has technology advanced enough in so little time that it’s worth going out and spending another $60 to a $100 or maybe more? The short answer is yes. Technology moves faster than you think.
Buying every new upgrade on the market isn’t sensible. Sometimes the release time between one version of a product and the next is minuscule at best. I remember buying my first Microsoft Xbox. I was ecstatic until I found out that the new model was already in production. A fact that would only lead to the decreased production of games and products for the system that I had recently acquired. Big time corporations don’t see this as a problem. It wouldn’t be prudent for conglomerates to fall behind the game. Businesses must compete with the market and their competitors.
It is necessary to upgrade sometimes. Most of us aren’t riding around listening to 8-tracks in our cars anymore. If you own or operate a washer and dryer then your not scrubbing your clothes in a wooden tub in the backyard. There is a fine line between want and need. Consumers need to be able to straddle that line efficiently. Those of us still using a portable cd player when we go jogging, could stand a change.
Mp5 players are the latest in portable media players. If it seems like we just found out about mp3s, it’s because we have. With iphones, portable DVD players, and laptops an upgrade to a mp5 player is understandable. Most older mp3s don’t support video, something that is a must in today’s portable media market. If they do, the video must often be converted to a compatible format.
Mp3s never shared their popularity with the not quite next generation of mp4s. This is due to spacing of the release points. Kane Kramer designed the first portable audio player in 1979, but his idea didn’t really catch on until years after he was hired as a consultant by the then Apple Computers. The technology was already there for the mp4 when the mp3 was released but consumers were still enthralled by their ipods.
The first identifiable leap in years was made by the mp5 player. The support of new formats coupled with video recording capability’s make this a new product. The mp5 player definitely warrants an opportunity. As a consumer, the only thing to worry about is the mp6.
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