music players

Report: MP3 players threaten users' hearing

CNET Tech blog  Sun, 10/12/2008 - 4:30pm

People who listen to personal music players for only five hours a week at a high volume may be doing permanent damage to their hearing, according to a team of EU experts.



 

Searching the city for Zune-friendly Wi-Fi

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 09/22/2008 - 6:00am

CNET News' Ina Fried traverses San Francisco with one of Microsoft's latest music players, to mixed results.



 

Analyst: 50 percent of phones will play music by 2011

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 03/24/2008 - 2:27pm

Music players are losing out in popularity to phones that pull double-duty, according to a market research report released Monday.

More than 500 million music phones were shipped worldwide in 2007, which puts that category of device 300 million units ahead of regular old portable music players, according to the ...