MP3-player

plural MP3-players

1. alternativeAlternative form of MP3 player.

   This may have been a pointed substitute programme, management perhaps imagining a future where electronic presenters will simply download their minds to MP3-players.

   2005 May 24, Mark Lawson, “A day for jazz and the news from Indonesia”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2014

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   Despite the formidable array of new gadgets—electronic games, computers, portable MP3-players, mobile telephony—that is now rivalling the television set for attention, the flickering image on the 75-year-old box still captivates people.

   2002 April 13, “Power in your hand”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022

   Transferring MP3s to the Kindle is as easy as plugging it to a computer using the USB cable provided, and dragging some files over. But the sound quality is simply awful. The sixth-generation Kindle might render MP3-players obsolete, but this one sure doesn't.

   2009 November 18, Omar El Akkad, “’Kindleocracy’ cripples a pretty good e-reader”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2025