Browse recent news and commentary related to MP3 player developments, using the links below.
MP3 News & Headlines
MP3 Player Commentary
Browse the Archives
MP3 Player News & Headlines
Txtspk Rise GR8 Hope For Carriers
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Yes, rates are going up, as wireless phone service providers have steadily hiked fees for sending text messages the past 12 months. Raising these fees has been a factor -- along with growth in music download services and in wireless data use overall -- in booming data revenue growth for wireless firms. And data growth is key for wireless firms as subscriber growth slows.
Tech Stocks Subject To Economic Mood Swings
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - IT vendors now have a stake in consumer products ranging from MP3 players to digital TVs, so they are more vulnerable to the ups and downs of the market.
China vows to crack down on Internet piracy
(Reuters)
Reuters - China vowed on Sunday to improve
the "grave situation" of music piracy in the country, as it
hosted the annual music industry event here to learn and
exchange ideas with companies from around the world.
NAMM Update: iKey Plus Turns Audio Into MP3s
iKEY-Audio introduced the iKEY PLUS – a device that records live audio and converts it into high quality MP3 and WAV files and saves them directly to an iPod or another USB compatible storage device.
iTunes Hits Two Billion Sold Milestone
Apple today announced that more than two billion songs, 50 million television episodes and over 1.3 million feature-length films have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store.
Griffin Intros 2007 Line Up
Griffin Technology today announced their 2007 lineup that will debut next week at the MacWorld Conference & Expo.
Apple Pumps Down the Volume
Apple today announced a software update for the iPod nano and fifth generation iPod, that lets customers set their own personal maximum volume limit.
MP3 Tech Commentary
Wolverine Data unveils 160GB portable media player
Wolverine Data, a designer of mobile data storage products, has begun shipping a 160GB version of its ESP portable media player. The Wolverine ESP Model 5160 is priced at $550.
The...
Nokia To Offer Unlimited Music Downloads
In a recent press release, Nokia has revealed that it has struck a deal with Universal Music Group to provide unlimited digital music to purchasers of certain Nokia...
RIAA Website Gets Nuked by Hackers
The website of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been subjected to a series of attacks by a group of hackers who eventually ‘hosed’ the website clean. Not...
DXG USA unveils Roadster portable media player
Digital camera manufacturer DXG USA recently introduced a new portable media player for entertainment on the road. The new DXG-Roadster (Model DXG-521) is available in black or white body colors,...
Classical Record Label Launches New Music Service
Deutsche Grammophon, part of the Universal Music Group, has announced that its large catalog of classical music is now available for download from their DG Web Shop. Deutsche Grammophon,...
Archos 704 WiFi Portable Media Player First Look
Portable media player company Archos, in addition to unveiling the Archos 404 Camcorder recently, has also unveiled the Archos 704 WiFi. As the name implies, this portable media player makes...
JVC headphones block 80 percent of background noise
JVC rolled out last week some new noise-cancelling headphones which they say significantly reduce ambient noise. The HA-NCX77 headphones are priced at around $80.
The in-ear JVC HA-NCX77 headphones reportedly cancel...
Past News Headlines:
January 21 - January 22 - January 23 - January 24 - January 25 - January 26 - January 27