Today, every smartphone is a portable media player; however, prior to the smartphone explosion in the 2007-2012 time frame, a variety of handheld players were available to store and play music.

Even in an era of multipurpose smart phones, there's still good reason to buy or gift a media player that lets you ... it has the same 4-inch Retina display, a dual-core A5 chip, and iOS 6.

VLC Media Player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

There was a brief time in the early 2000s when we carried cellphones, wallets, keys, and a bespoke digital media player loaded with a small selection of our music libraries. Devices like iPods ...

The SP4000 supports native playback of high-res PCM music up to 32-bit/768kHz and DSD512. It has built-in Bluetooth with ...

which are among the best portable music players we've tested. The stainless steel and glass design features a Full HD 6-inch touchscreen display, with 256GB of internal storage that can be expanded ...

Debuting at High End Munich 2025, the A&ultima SP4000 offers enhanced circuitry and hi-res file support alongside two new ...

[Bram] wasn’t satisfied with the portable music playback devices that were currently available. He craved an offline music player that ... A 2.2″ TFT displays the UI, which is of course ...

Toshiba just launched its Aurex AX-RP10. That is a portable/compact record player with up to 10 hours of playback and Bluetooth streaming to headphones or speakers. Toshiba has come up with its ...