Identify common handheld portable digital devices

Multimedia player
Portable media player
  • A portable multimedia player is an electronic device that is capable of storing and playing digital media.

  • A portable multimedia player is sometimes called a PMP, and if capable of playing video as well as sound sometimes referred to as a portable video player, or PVP.

    • Digital audio players (DAP) that can also display images and play videos are PMPs.
Portable media player

  • With all of these portable multimedia players the data is typically stored on a small hard drive, a microdrive, or flash / SD memory.

  • Other types of electronic devices like cellphones are sometimes referred as PMPs because of their playback capabilities - and many cellphones now feature integrated music players and video players.