Category: MP3 players
iPod mini killer…
Two days on from the launch of Apple's baby iPods and we already have a product that could give them a run for the money. At CES Aiwa paraded the HZ-WS2000 a 2Gigabyte (36 hours of tunes) player that…
More MP3 from Nike
Another day, another MP3 player launch. This one comes from Philips/Nike who you may remember collaborated on a range of players a couple of years back. Now the line-up has been updated. The style remains essentially the same but…
Apple unveils £199 baby iPod
As widely predicted the highlight of the Macworld Expo in San Francisco on Tuesday proved to be baby version of the iPod hard disk music player. The iPod mini is smaller and lighter than the existing iPod (though not…
Creative's big capacity small player
The difference between tiny MP3 players and larger capacity MP3 jukeboxes continues to blur with Creative announcing the impending arrival of a small player with a 4Gigabyte hard disk. Due to go on sale very shortly the Creative MuVo…
2 Gig baby MP3 players coming
Cornice, a US start up company that makes the tiny 1.5Gigabyte hard disk as used in MP3 players from Philips, Creative and Rio, has now unveiled a 2Gigabyte version of the disk. So expect to see a glut of 2Gig…
Rio Karma and Nitrus reach UK
Digital audio specialist Rio has finally launched its range of MP3 personal players in the UK. But for the moment you can only get them through Amazon. In our book top billing goes not to its 20 Gigabyte £279.99…
iPod's dirty secret
Everyone knows that the iPod's Achilles' heel it is its battery life, which at eight hours is much less than its rivals. However over in Manhattan a pair of brothers are also trying to highlight how the player's battery…
LG back in MP3 market
After a year or two's absence LG is to return to the UK MP3 market. It is lining up a series of products for 2004 the first of which will ship in the spring. The company is however not…
Creative's latest jukebox – yes it's another iPod killer
Another day, another MP3 jukebox from Creative. The Jukebox Zen Xtra comes with a 60GB storage capacity – around 16,000 tracks – making it one of the largest around for a portable player. Featuring a larger, easy-to-read LED screen,…
Squeezebox networked music player
Networked music players that can play MP3 files or CDs from your PC on your hi-fi look like being one of the hottest product categories for 2004. We've already looked at Philips' Streamium and network media adaptors from Linksys…