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when was the first portable mp3 player released
The first portable MP3 player was launched in 1997 by Saehan Information Systems, which sold its “MPMan player in Asia in spring 1998.
how many songs could go on the MPMan
The MPMan held 32 megabytes of memory. One megabyte played about one minute of music, so this player couldn't hold many more than eight or nine songs.

Question: how much did the player sell for
Self-contained rewrite: how much did the MPMan sell for