Category: MP3 players
World's smallest MP3 player
We'd show you the MP3 player, but the battery got in the way! Yes Samsung has announced it is to deliver the world's smallest MP3 player, which it claims is only slightly larger than an AA battery. The YP-T5…
More MP3 from Aiwa
Aiwa has announced two MP3 players, each with 2Gb capacity, which it hopes will rival the Apple iPod. While the HZ-WS2000 (pictured) is very thin and stylish, like a small book or FiloFax, the DS2000 incorporates a rubber edge…
Apple iPod mini arrives (err in the US)
Apple's iPod mini went on sale in the US at the end of last week, so not surprisingly the first reviews of the ultra small four gigabyte hard disk based MP3 player are filtering through. There's a neat little…
Aiwa (Sony) MP3 players hit Europe
At CES we wrote about a range of MP3 players from Aiwa that we thought looked pretty impressive. They were also unusual in that for Aiwa read Sony. The two companies, which were always very close, are now in…
Philips hdd060 review
The MP3 personal player market is changing. Whereas once it was all about hard disk jukeboxes with large storage capacities and tiny flash memory models with just room for a few hours of tunes, a new hybrid of the…
The MP3 watch returns
Remember the Casio MP3-playing watch? It was a neat idea, but was little more than a gimmick as it only had 32MB storage – enough for about half an hour of tunes. Austrian company Laks, which manufactures data storage…
Philips adds budget MP3 player
The Guardian has the latest on Philips second foray into the hard disk personal audio jukebox market, the HD060 (on the left) , is scheduled to reach the stores early next month. A rival to the Apple iPod mini…
Wireless iPod coming soon
We have been writing about Bluetooth wireless systems for the iPod for several months now, but it seems a product that will cut the cable on the Apple player is finally heading for the stores. At both MacExpo and CES…
Three cracking MP3 players
We are starting to get a little tired of the phrase iPod killers. To be fair, given the iconic status of the Apple player, there is probably no manufacturer on the planet now that could come up with products…
Apple Vs Sony in UK music download showdown
The gossip from the recent Apple Expo in San Francisco is that its iTunes music download service will launch in the spring, possibly coinciding with the arrival of the new iPod mini. While iTunes has been enormously successful in the…