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iPod Cases Get Kinky
iPod cases are starting to get....well, a bit kinky.
Apple to Fix Broken nano Screens
Apple has announced that it will replace iPod nanos with defective screens, but does not plan to do anything about reports that nano screens scratch very easily.
Griffin Announces radio SHARK 2.0 Software
Griffin Technology has announced radio Shark software version 2.0. radio Shark is designed to make time-shift recording of AM or FM radio simple.
Apple iLife Update Adds Podcasting, Video Podcasting Tools
Apple has announced iLife '06, a major update to the Apple suite of home multimedia applications, including iWeb, a simple way to make websites, blogs and podcasts, and GarageBand 3, which now includes podcasting support.
Western world eyes up digital music markets full of Asian promise (AFP)
AFP - As digital music explodes around the world, the Western music and mobile phone industries are turning their eyes towards the massive Asian markets full of Eastern promise.
MP3 Tech Commentary
Creative goes after iPod with Zen Vision:M
Creative Technology today took another step forward in trying to dethrone Apple as king of the portable entertainment world with the unveiling of the Zen Vision:M. This portable media player comes in black, white, blue green or pink and should...
$4000 iPod Speakers
If you really, really love your new iPod, and you could honestly care less about leafy Sacajaweas (dollars), you might be interested in the new tube-based iPod speaker system from Hammacher Schlemmer. From Gadget Review: Their Studio-Quality Triode-Tube iPod...
Griffin's new iTrip Auto
Griffin has announced a new FM transmitter for iPod-to-automobile integration called iTrip Auto. iTrip Auto, the newest addition to the iTrip lineup, is the most versatile iTrip to date, accommodating every dock connector iPod, including iPod nano and 5th...
amazon.com: sandisk 1 gb mp3 player silver: electronics
... Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. ... Product Description From the Manufacturer A small, portable player that uses embedded flash memory instead of a rotating hard drive and plays for up to 15 continuous hours on a single AAA battery. ... I was considering buying an mp3 player, this would be the first one, and I did a lot of research. ... This small player 3" x 1.3" x 1" has all of the features I wanted, and is fairly easy to use. ... Unlike the sony player, this player will play MP3's any way you have ...
iPod Updater may not be ready
According to a thread in a forum on the popular iLounge website, the iPod firmware updater that was released earlier this week may not be helping that much. After reading through most of the thread, it seems that some bugs...
sunglasses mp3 player
... If the once specialized gadgets such as mobile phones and compact digital cameras can now boast MP3 playback functionality, so too can the humble sunglasses be equipped with the same audio playback capability. ... Given the pervasiveness of portable audio players, the arrival of such sunglasses is frankly not shocking. ... However, given that most pioneering attempts at new products with multiple functions have been disappointing so far, instilling strong product confidence for the Sunglasses MP3 player is not going to be an easy task. ...
MP3 tries for surround sound
The Fraunhofer Institute, the lovely people who brought us the MP3, has introduced a new surround sound version of the MP3 codec known as MP3 Surround. Having seemingly failed to persuade the digital music world to upgrade to MP3 Pro,...
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