Still remember that Sony Walkman with built-in speakers we featured a couple of weeks ago? Well, it’s just appeared on a French site and is now available for retail. Two versions are available: an 8GB (NWZ-S544) model and a 16GB (NWZ-S6545) variant. Apart from the obvious built-in stereo speakers, this new S-series Walkman features a [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 8, 2009
Google Android may be the operating system of choice for Sony Walkmans in the future. That means a more versatile PMP, which could open up new markets for Sony in apps and content downloads. Says Chairman and CEO Howard Stringer: Sony hasn’t taken open technology very seriously in the past. Its CONNECT music download service was [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Last we heard from the Singaporean company it was about a rather surprising Zen Moo Mp3 player. Last we heard anything significant from Creative, it was about the even more surprising X-Fi. So it’s arather big drop at one’s expectations level when we heard just a while ago that the player above is going to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 10, 2009
Microsoft will not miss the mark the next time they release a new version of Zune. For if this leak were to be believed, the new Zune will support HD viewing (ZuneHD) and a touchscreen(?). Engadget has practically confirmed the authenticity of the artwork above. It is the new Zune! No available specs yet, of [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The SmartQ 5 might look like a bargain, but that remains to be seen until an actual working model comes out. The Sony Mylo 2 (COM-2), on the other hand, is such a steal for $199.99 (after a $100 rebate) that there’s nothing left that only refurbished models can be bought. For refurbs, you can [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 14, 2009
Transcend has got a new PMP on their hands and it’s the MP850. It boasts of a 1.8-inch TFT-LCD display, FM tuner, voice recorder, and support MP3, WMA, WAV and WMA-DRM-10 audio formats. It also supports video playback though no specific format was mentioned except that it required re-encoding. Battery life is pegged at [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Our pals at Journal du Geek finally published their review of the Meizu M8. The phone is only available in India and China for now. The Meizu M8 is not a 3G phone but my hope is that it will be once it gets released in Europe (dubbed Meizu M8 3G or something like that) [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 24, 2008
I’m not sure it’s a good time for PMPs with interesting buttons. Creative decides on a Mondrian theme and a 1.8-inch screen. The ZEN Mosaic encodes videos and plays it in Creative’s proprietary format and supports MP3, WMA, WMA-DRM 10 as well. The ZEN Mosaic also has built-in FM radio with 32 stations, mic and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 14, 2008
Remember the iBeat Blaxx that elicited accusations of racial insensitivity from tech bloggers? The manufacturer, TrekStor, is back with a legitimate MP4 player with MP4 and AVI support. The i.Beat Move is nothing special, though it’s curiously available in 3 sizes and form factor resemble a phone or an MP3 player more than a device [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 12, 2008
The Q18 is the new kid on the block while this is face-off number 2 for the E100 (see face-off number one). The RAmos’s MUMU iShine Q18 PMP is undeniably a lookalike of the iRiver E100. Both are cute boxy players, the E100 perhaps having the more interesting dial pad up against the iShine’s Chocolatey [...]
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