Archive for the 'mp3 players' Category

more music ranting

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

Prompted by the previous post, I have my own little rant about the way that music labels respond to the threat of digital music. I refer of course to the copy protection of CDs. Now we don’t have fair use provisions in our copyright laws, and until today there was no legal way […]

new ipod?

Monday, October 10th, 2005

Apple has announced a press conference on 12 October:
Apple’s teasingly named “One More Thing” event will be held Stateside in San Jose on 12 October 2005, with a simultaneous invite-only conference being held in London.
So it appears that the announcement of the nano is not the end of the ballgame for Apple this year, with […]

iPod nano cases

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

Playlist has a run-down on all the ipod nano cases on offer. Or of course, you could make your own.

Oakley Thump 2

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

A little while ago, we posted about the Oakley Thump MP3 equipped sunglasses. Now the Thump 2 has been released, with a cleaner look, a bigger choice on capacity and substantially cheaper than the first generation release.
The Thump 2 plays AAC encoded songs, in addition to MP3s. Songs can be listened to in order […]

IpodderX

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

 iPodderX
iPodderX features an integrated Podcast Directory, Keyword filtering, SmartSpace file management, NewsCaster text-to-speech newsreader, and much, much more!

What They’re Saying…
“iTunes isn’t the end-all, be-all podcasting application - and iPodderX proves it. There are many more power user features to be found in iPodderX, yet it’s simple enough that a podcasting newbie could pick […]

problems with nano

Monday, September 26th, 2005

Cnet has some news on how not all is light and happiness in ipod nano land.
‘ The most widespread complaint about the otherwise highly-praised device seems to be that the color display screen gets scratched extremely easily. …
 I don’t really care if the case on my Nano gets scratched but my screen has scratched up so […]

Sanyo HDP m3000

Friday, September 23rd, 2005

Sanyo has jumped into the portable MP3 market with this offering of the Sanyo HDP M3000:
Hear that? That’s the distant sound of elves furiously packing Santa’s sleigh to the brim with iPod nano’s. Yep, there’s no doubting the fact that Apple’s ultra-slim tunester will be the most popular Christmas gadget of 2005. So with this […]

nano leather cases

Friday, September 23rd, 2005

Amzer have released a series of leather Nano covers, including a horizontal cover with metal fasteners, a bifold leather case, the nano jacket and, of course, the nano thong. Can’t imagine why you would want to buy the nano thong, as it seems designed to cover the clickwheel and most of the screen […]

MPIO FL300 MP3 Player

Friday, September 23rd, 2005

Gadgeteer has a comprehensive review of a 1GB necklace MP3 player - is it actually better to switch to a smaller player?
But if I am being honest with myself, when considering my entire music collection, then I would have to admit that I have MP3s on my Seagate that I don’t even want to listen […]

Bridge iPod dock

Friday, September 23rd, 2005

This looks interesting. A home theatre system with your ipod at the centre. It basically allows you to plug in some speakers and an amplifier and blast your neighbours from your ipod.
“ Erikson Consumer has announced four new Harman Kardon (HK) A/V receiver models: the 7.2-channel AVR 740; 7.1-channel AVR 340; and the 6.1-channel AVR […]