''Where was all this stuff when I was 15?'' muses dedicated MP3 junkie Mike Lazzo.
When he's not scheduling or watching TV 'toons, Lazzo, the programming chief at the Cartoon Network, is downloading music onto his Apple iPod. He calls it the ''most liberating'' tool he's used.
Small MP3 players have come a long way since 1998, when they were first launched as alternatives to tapes and portable CD players. While earlier models held up to only two hours of music, new models from Apple, Creative Labs, Archos and Rio can hold as many as 4,000 songs. Prices and sizes have shrunk, capacity quadrupled.
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