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    Data Discman (Japanese: データ ディスクマン, Hepburn: Dēta Disikuman) is an electronic book player introduced to the Western market in late 1991 or early 1992 by...
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    Discman (Japanese: ディスクマン, Hepburn: Disukuman) was a brand name used by Sony for their portable CD players. The first Discman, the Sony D-50 or D-5 (depending...
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    Ebook (section Reading data)
    Harkins and Stephen H. Morriss as inventors. In 1992, Sony launched the Data Discman, an electronic book reader that could read e-books that were stored on...
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    need for a backlight. Among the first commercial e-readers were Sony's Data Discman (which was using Mini CDs with special caddies) and the Rocket eBook...
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    in later publications. The player was sold concurrently with Sony's Data Discman e-book players. Unlike those devices, the MMCD Player could read full-size...
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  • (logo) Data Discman Data Media (logo) Datstation DD230 DDE DDL DAT DDS/Digital Data Storage (logo) DDS2/Digital Data Storage (logo) DDS3/Digital Data Storage...
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    environments, and can also be used for indexing other kinds of data. Sony Data Discman Nesi, H., 'Dictionaries in electronic form', in Cowie, A.P. (Ed...
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    Various FM, AM and DAB receivers have been made. Originally launched as Discman in 1984. ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, MP3 supported CD Walkman models: 2003: D-NE1...
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    players gradually came down, and with the introduction of the portable Discman, the CD began to gain popularity in the larger popular and rock music markets...
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    players gradually came down, and with the introduction of the portable Discman, the CD began to gain popularity in the larger popular and rock music markets...
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  • of the Future on three discs specifically for the Sony Data Discman. More discs for the Discman were eventually released, with Volume 5 released in 1993...
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    "...while former giant Sony (maker of the [portable] Walkman and [CD] Discman [was] struggling." This market shift was initiated when the first portable...
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    notably Sony who released professional CD-i players under the "Intelligent Discman" brand. Unlike CD-ROM drives, CD-i players are complete computer systems...
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    Sony, and it soon became the defacto standard. In 1984, Sony launched the Discman series, which extended their Walkman brand to portable CD products. Under...
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    which did not require a computer for use. It was analogous to Sony's Discman portable CD players of the time, however, unlike Sony's and most others...
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    companies jointly announced the Compact Disc (CD). In 1984, Sony launched the Discman series, an expansion of the Walkman brand to portable CD players. Sony...
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    filled and mailed a postcard were eligible to win the grand prize of a Discman and a copy of the Bomb the Bass album Into the Dragon, from which the game's...
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  • which multiple companies created. The mobile CD player, such as Sony's Discman, is another innovation in the realm of mobile music. The MP3 is step towards...
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  • power tools, robotic cleaners, watches, calculators, energy storage for data servers and homes, etc. In 2016, Sony and Japanese company Murata Manufacturing...
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  • selling only 1.5 million units. Gamate Released in 1991 CD-i Intelligent Discman IVO Released in 1991 Watara Supervision Released in 1992 Mega Duck/Cougar...
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    Sony Walkman in 1979. The introduction of the CD, along with the portable Discman player in 1984, began the displacement of LPs in the 1980s as the standard...
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    prior to that, the personal stereo. In particular, Sony's Walkman and Discman are the ancestors of digital audio players such as the Apple iPod. There...
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    typical early 1990s personal computer. An early portable CD player, a Sony Discman model D121. Mobile phones gained massive popularity worldwide during the...
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  • exchange of data. The concept of TransferJet consists of a touch-activated interface which can be applied for applications requiring high-speed data transfer...
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  • personal stereo, regardless of producer or brand. Portable CD player — Sony's Discman, released in 1984, was the first portable CD player. Sound chip — The earliest...
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  • Compact Disc player, the Sony CDP-101, with a Compact Disc (CD) itself, a new data storage format Sony and Philips co-developed. In that year, a 3.5-inch floppy...
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