Zune Still Under 1 Million in Sales But Better Than First iPod

So we got it wrong, along with the rest of the tech blogging world and a bunch of very respected print publication. Zune went over a million only through a mis-transcription by The San Francisco Chronicle. Robbie Bach didn’t say that Mcrosoft has sold over a million Zunes already since November. What he said [...]

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SMS Debuts M500: World’s First Mobile Phonewatch

The M500 from SMS Technology in Australia is supposedly the world’s smallest mobile phone. It boasts a 1.5-inch TFT touch screen at 120 X 160-pixel resolution. It’s a world phone, operating on GSM 850/900/1800/1900Mhz (GPRS) cellular networks with a SIM. SMS and MMS are also supported, which makes this phonewatch as good as any [...]

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Quanta Starts Making 5 Million 2G iPhones September

Taiwanese computer manufacturer, Quanta, has just confirmed winning the contract from Apple to make 5 million second-generation iPhones beginning September this year. That means iPhone 2G is off the drawing board and into production as soon as three months from now. Shares of Quanta jumpe NT$1.2 after the report but ended up just NT$.02 after [...]

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A Reingcom Cradle for Your iRiver Clix 2

  If you like your hands free while enjoying your new iRiver Clix 2nd-gen, why not think about getting an iRiver Cradle? Manufactured by Reingcom, it will only cost you 247 yuan or about $32 USD. It provides 7 hours of playing time on top of the battery capacity and with the provided USB cable, it [...]

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Update on Meizu’s M6 Second Edition

We have an update on the specs of the Meizu M6 Second Edition (or “Special Edition“). It’s not merely that it is thinner, from an already anorexic 10mm to a Nicole Richie-like 7mm 6.9mm, it also boasts a brushed aluminum casing (similar to the MusicCard above). It is rather Nano-like, in the same sense that [...]

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Microsoft Sells 1 Million Zune Players

There are no official figures yet, but Robbie Bach, Microsoft’s president of the Entertainment and Devices Division, is pretty sure they have sold over a million Zunes and it’s not even the end of June, their original target for selling a million players. The news comes well ahead of the iPhone debut. Robbie [...]

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Toshiba Intros Two New PMPs in the Gigabeat V Line

Toshiba’s V401 40GB and V801 80GB are more than just their hard-disk drives as their respective names might suggest. Both have 4-inch 480 x 272-pixel, 24-bit LCD screen (when are they going to make a 32-bit one?) with brightness sensor that adjusts the screen to present lighting conditions. The Gigabeat PMPs support WMA, MP3, WAV [...]

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Oppo Luna V5H Hits the Market at Lower Price

  We have talked about the nicely designed Oppo Luna (V5H) a couple months ago. The highly anticipated player comes with touch-button controls (made popular by the highly successful LG Chocolate phone) and a very attractive price point. At the time of announcement Oppo Luna was supposed to cost around $130 dollars, which was already impressive for [...]

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Dream’eo’s Solo 20GB PMP-GPS

  Here’s one PMP-GPS device that you might want to consider as an alternative to the Korean brands. The Dream’eo Solo boasts a 3.5-inch 320×240 bright LCD for clear 2D or 3D Satellite navigation or as a player for AVI, WMV and DivX videos. It plays videos at the require 30fps true cinematic playback. The Dream’eo [...]

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iPhone Unconfirmed on June 20th: Not Quite “On the Money”

Yesterday, we reported a TV cable broadcast on a possible iPhone release date. CNBC’s “On the Money” were pretty sure iPhone will be available on June 20th and even had bold letters flashing below the screen confirming the release date. Bloggers, of course, knew better and responded unenthusiastically, so unenthusiasticaly that if MacRumors didn’t [...]

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