1. Technical Convergence… … is the tendency for different technological systems to evolve towards performing similar tasks. The history of musical convergence The way we listen to music has varied vastly over time. But it never mattered weather you would have to carry around a boom box or spend a vast amount of money on cd’s, because despite the inconvenience…music seems to be an important part of everyday living, for millions of people. Music has started as a luxury and converged to a dependency.

2. The revolutionary music device of today Iphone and Ipodtouch sales 2009 18.5% of Apple turnover (up from 5.7%) On October 21 2001, IPod released their first portable music product. Since then the company has changed the way we buy, store and listen to music. Only a mere 10-15 years ago, we were walking around with a chunky CD player, with 1 single or album at a time. As the technical music business evolves, these devises hold one thing in common. They are gradually getting smaller, but are able to hold more songs. But they are not only holding songs, now we are able to watch videos, search the internet and play our favourite games. I think the music device is slowly diminishing and becoming integrated into mini computers. Because that is what an IPod/Iphone is…a mini computer. “ The portable music device is slowly disappearing as technology evolves”