Tag: mp3 player
IXOS launches XMI308 Tube Speaker, travel speaker for iPod
IXOS has launched the XMI308 iPod travel "tube" speaker, featuring an aluminium speaker cabinet tube and two long-throw alloy drivers. The sideways-firing speakers should deliver a large sound and the unit is ideal for travelling. Features include 2 x…
SanDisk announces Sansa View flagship video MP3 player
SanDisk has announced its new Sansa View video MP3 player, offering a number of cool features but without costing the earth.
The two new models, expected to arrive in October, are a step up from the Sansa e200 series, offering either 8GB or 16GB of built-in storage, plus up to 8GB of additional storage via optional microSD/microSDHC cards.
The players natively supporting major audio and video formats including MP3, WMA, WAV, H.264, WMV, and MPEG4, plus the ability to convert other formats, including DivX, via the Sansa Media Converter software. It also supports many music download and subscription services including Rhapsody To Go, Napster, and eMusic.
Sony unveils Rolly dancing music player: official videos
Rumours have been flying around about Sony’s Rolly player for weeks now, but this morning the company finally gave it a public unveiling. It’s a round player with built-in speaker, with 1GB of internal memory and a battery life of five hours.
First video of Sony's Rolly MP3 player hits YouTube
Can Sony ever seize back even a fraction of its former dominance of the portable music market? Apple has done a good job of turning Walkman into a duff brand (well, at least until Sony Ericsson's successful music phones), but Sony is looking to get its MP3 mojo back with Rolly, an innovative new player.
Innovative how? Well, er, it rolls around in time to your music, like a little breakdancing robot. I'd be more sold on the idea if I had a decent coffee table. Nevertheless, Rolly has been creating a stir online with a drip-feed of internetweb leaks. The latest is a video showing it in action – feast your eyes below:
IFA 07: Liveblogging Creative press conference – new Zen!
Summary: Lots of X-Fi wireless excitement but the big guns were launched ten minutes from the end in the form of the brand new Creative Zen player (Zen Vision M in miniature, essentially). Read on!
IFA 07: Sony WALKMAN A and S series – DRM and DRM-free listening
In the midst of telling us about their plans to turn the world HD (stay tuned for video of this for soon!), Sony also found time to launch a colourful new array of WALKMAN Video MP3 players that now include WMA as a supported format and bear the “PlaysForSure” Windows certification logo.
Shiny Video Preview: Samsung F210
Here’s a first look at the latest phone to be announced from Samsung. The F210 is the upgrade to the previous model, the X830. If you like your phones to be mistaken for MP3 players, or to have the chance to hang it round your neck, this one is for you…
Trevor Baylis's wind-up MP3 and video player – world first
Hippyshopper has come to the eco-friendly rescue yet again and will no doubt help save the world, along with Macgyver, Chuck Norris, oh and David Hasselhoff. Better add Al Gore and Bono in there just to be on the safe side, and to avoid any temper tantrums from either party.
The latest piece of must-have green gadgetry comes from Trevor Baylis, who first introduced the wind-up radio to consumers 16 years ago…
Is Dell planning to make a Wi-Fi personal media player?
Dell has announced plans to acquire Zing, the technology company that makes the platform for SanDisk’s Sansa Connect wireless music player. The obvious conclusion is that Dell is planning its own Wi-Fi PMP.
A "high concept" media player
Of course, in the tech blogging scene, “high concept” is slang for “practically unusable and very unlikely to ever come out this side of Korea”.
This high-concept MP3 player from Chinese designer Can-Hong Huang (yes he can!) is torch-like in design…
