我的MP3播放器。。。My MP3 Players...

Music has been part of my life ever since my early age where I was put under the spotlight to 'entertain' the audience with my voice. The training stages that I have gone through with singing competition lining up one after another, organized by various association, society or schools, had further cultivate my interest towards music. Which then I had requested to go through the proper music training - not vocal, but the instrument named electone or better known as 'organ'. It was only last for a short period of time which I had stopped due to the formal/ compulsory examination set by government for all Form 3 students, and had never continued since then :P

My passion towards music had never stop even my time had been occupied with studies, community services, co-curricular activities, and now job-related work and project. Have given the opportunity to learn about music composing, production when I was in university which exposed me to the process of producing a song. However, had never thought of getting a job that could continue my journey with music - have opted to be a spectator than a participant ^_^

With the advancement of technology, I could now enjoy music with no boundary - with the introduction of walkman, CD player, MD player, to MP3 players which one could carry few thousands songs conveniently anytime, anywhere. Working in a Telco company that exposed me to various types of handphones, had further ‘revealed’ me to the use of mobile phones as MP3 player.

My first 'MP3 player' was Nokia 6230 which served as my mobile and camera in the same time. Have fully utilized it with various function that it supported - my favorite one, which had proven its worth of value. Until, it quietly slipped out of my pocket and bid me a BIG goodbye :C

My next mobile - Nokia 6630 had replaced my lost 6230 with all its functionality - added with its 3G-compatible specs, until I left the Telco company to China which had discontinued me from using its 3G services. Compromising with its battery life and storage capacity (which I later found out its 'limited' compatability to external memory card in the market), I had 'survived' with its quality as a player for another few months before going for a 'real' MP3 player.

My first MP3 player - Creative MuVo V200 with its 1GB storage capacity had allowed me to carry more songs while I'm mobile. Also, serving as 'thumbdrive' that enabled me to transfer files from one machine to another - which had further 'damaged' it. Leave with no choice, I had to send it back for repair. While waiting for the 'returning' of MuVo, I had got myself the 5GB Creative Zen Neeon to accompany me through the sleepless nights.

With the new MP3 player that could store more songs (in fact much, much more ^_^), I was so excited till I forgot the lesson learnt - I had again used it as thumbdrive which resulting into the same dilemma. It was sent for the necessary 'fixing'!! :( Surviving without any music for many nights, I had finally settled to its core function and try to 'minimize' the unnecessary usage, if possible :P - have been wondering, did I really learn from the lesson? ^_<

My business trip to US with my 'resourceful' colleague had finally brought my eyes to the famous US product - Apple Ipod, which I was once amazed by its branded-with-price advertisement when I was a marketer. After playing around with it, I had decided to bring the white one home - couldn't resist with its stylish outlook, not mentioning about its bigger capacity :) With 30GB in storage, I have no idea how to make FULL use of it, despite the fact that I could use it for music storage, photo storage, and video storage - not sure about using it as thumbdrive, yet, well, won't explore that usage till I am sick with the rest of the function :P, i guess (at least for this moment in time ^_<)