Digital audio player
The digital audio player is a device that can play digital audio, such as CD and MP3 formatted music. Such devices include MP3 players and CD players. Some are portable and use battery power.
Digital Audio Player Media
A flash-based player (Creative MuVo)
An embedded hard drive-based player (Creative ZEN Vision:M)
An MP3 CD player (Philips Expanium)
Rio PMP300, one of the earliest marketed DAPs, plays music in the MP3 format.
The third generation iPod stores audio files on a miniature hard disk drive.
The Archos Jukebox 6000 released late 2001 was a DAP with a hard disk, one of the earliest of its kind.
A recent player, Sony Walkman NW-A35, focusing on audiophilic capabilities such as the ability to play Direct Stream Digital (DSD)
Sony Walkman NW-A1000, one of the earliest Walkman players that played MP3 alongside the proprietary ATRAC format
Interior of a small unbranded flash-based DAP
An "MP4 player" from Newsmy, a major PMP manufacturer in China
An early DAP (NETrax, from 1999) in its dedicated docking station for charging and connecting to a PC
