Originally Posted by Alisa
I think the Diamond Rio was the first one to gain popularity (at least here in the US) even though it wasn't the first on the market. I had one of the Rios. It had a whopping 64MB of storage. It was over $200 as I recall. Besides, according to Wikipedia, the Eiger MPMan was first but they both got released here in the US in 1998 within months of each other. The MPMan was out in South Korea slightly before. Still, we're talking about a matter of a couple months between the releases. That is practically simultaneous. Sony was years ahead of Amazon with reading devices, along with other companies, before e-ink hit the mass market and with e-ink they were still out with the PRS-500 a couple years before the Kindle. It wouldn't be much of a stretch to call the Rio the first DAP. The Kindle is just too far away from being the first reader. |