Listen to music through Sony's Walkman by placing batteries in the device, inserting a cassette and putting the earphones over your ears. The Walkman hit the market in 1979 and throughout its history, roughly 200 million Walkmans were sold. Many Walkman devices contained clips that users could use to hook the device on their belt or pants. Some headphones were foam and sat over the ears, while others were the plastic earbuds that are inserted into the ears. A common issue with Walkmans is that they would skip when the user was moving, but Sony released a "Sport" edition that skipped less.
Enjoy your favorite music through media files at the Apple iPod. The first iPod was released in October 2001 and was marketed as a way for customers to enjoy hundreds of songs. Previously, this concept was not doable through the Walkman and Sony's portable CD player, the Discman. In the decade since its release, the iPod brand has included such models as the Mini, Nano, Shuffle and Touch. The iPods are used in conjunction with iTunes, a music download service. You can pay to download audio and video files through iTunes, and then transfer the files to your iPod.
Purchase a Zune portable media player as an alternative to the iPod. In addition to battling over computer supremacy, Apple and Microsoft are also rivals in media players. Several styles of Zune player have been on the market since 2006. Getting music for the Zune is similar to the way you acquire it for the iPod. You download Microsoft's Zune music subscription to acquire music, which you can then transfer to your Zune. Because Microsoft also owns the Xbox brand, you can swap music files between the Zune software and the Xbox.