Archive for May, 2008

Have a street party this summer with Gear4

Gear4′s latest portable iPod speaker looks heavily reminiscent of the detachable part of the Duo, which launched last month. A big difference being that this speaker plays both iPods and other MP3 players and is considerably more affordable at £29.99. The Street party III looks very slim with a simple and foldable design, so it [...]

Focal IBoom HiFi an iPod dock from Japan

Focal corp Japan has announced the IBoom HiFi a curvy iPod dock. Compatible with all iPods from the Mini to the Touch the dock plays music and charges the iPod as well. True to its name it does create a boom with two speakers, one three inch woofer and one tweeter which deliver 5W×2ch. It [...]

Samsung goes Emo, Launches Emodio Site & Software

On May 30 th Samsung will launch a new portal and software called Emodio. This software seems to be just another media player but centered around Samsungs products offering features specific to their MP3 players. Users will be able to share UCI’s (User Creative Interfaces) with what I’m assuming to be a new UIC generation [...]

Thanko 4GB Solar powered MP3 player

Thanko Solar MP4 player comes with an innovative idea of integrating solar panels onto MP4 player so that you won’t run out of juice anytime anywhere. The 4 GB MP4 player with 220 × 176 pixels LCD has excellent display quality for most of the picture format. Other features include built in FM radio, mono [...]

A Stylish New Case for Your iPod, from Marubeni

Marubeni introduced a stylish new case for your iPod Classic, iPod Nano, and iPod Touch. It’s available in two versions: Ebony (in four colors: Red, Blue, Green, and Brown), and Silver. From www.akihabaranews.com

MemUp reveals new line of portable media players

Given MemUp’s recent past, we wouldn’t be too shocked to find that the outfit’s latest bundle of media players were all rips of other units, but we’ll assume innocence until proven guilty. Up first is the K-SLIM, a simplistic DAP with a 1.8-inch display, FM tuner and 2GB / 4GB of internal capacity. Moving on, [...]

New multi-track format may supplant MP3

A new audio format in the works could provide much more flexibility for both listening and editing to music, according to its creators. Developed by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute and put into public use as Music 2.0 by Audizen, the MT9 standard would provide six audio channels for different instruments, similar to multi-track [...]

SA6 In Ear Earphones

  The SA6 is the first completely adjustable in-ear earphone system. Pick the bass you like and the treble you desire, sit back and marvel at the music. These hi-fi earphones are more than just a pair of in-ear headphones; these are the finishing touch on your amazing audio and video collection. Close your eyes [...]

Button Down Tunes

  Plenty of designers have attempted to fuse fashion with gadgets. Most have been unsuccessful with often designs that were either complicated, cumbersome or just plain ugly. Here is an item that is simplicity at its best. The “Wire Button” by Jaehyung Hong untangles your headphone cables for your listening pleasure and looks subtle enough [...]

Spectra Hello Kitty 1.5" Digital Photo Frame / MP3 Player

I don’t need to convince you Hello Kitty fans as to why you need to get this awesome combo device. Not only does it look good, but also features quite a few great specs. It’s an MP3 player and digital photo frame all rolled into one. It supports MP3, WMA and WAV files as well [...]