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Samsung R0 PMP Available Now

Thursday, November 19, 2009

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The touchscreen Samsung YP-R0 has now made it to Korean retail stores. As we noticed before, this PMP doesn’t really stand out. Samsung has had some nice Yepp PMPs, and for a time we have even put them side by side with the iPod Touch for comparison. Not anymore. I’m sure the UI is pretty [...]

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Happenings in the iPhone Jailbreak Front

Monday, November 16, 2009

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You know a story’s big if it’s made it to CNN, and that’s exactly what the iPhone jailbreak front has managed to do. The article mainly centers on the history of iphone jailbreaking and unlocking with George Hultz, or better known as master Geohot in the iPhone jailbreak community, as the focal character. It talks [...]

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Creative Zii Egg and Plazma OS Official

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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It’s also official that Singapore’s Creative is back with a vengeance. Let me just say this on the get-go. As a manufacturer, Creative is wiser than Meizu, waiting until it has a product ready for launch before leaking anything. The Creative Zii Egg is a definite iPod Touch competitor with goodies like WiFi, capacitive 10-point [...]

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Apple iPod Rules PMP Market (Literally) Says SanDisk

Thursday, June 4, 2009

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As you may know, non-Apple portable media players have long operated under the iPod’s shadow. Even before the multi-featured iPod Touch, Apple PMPs have been selling counterparts with better features. The obvious answer is that iPod has become a product that far outweighs the PMP market in its entirety. So not only can’t second placer [...]

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Zune HD Official and Coming in the Fall

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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It’s time to say, yes, we believe the ZuneHD will come, but if you’re wondering if it’s going to be a one-word or two-word name, it’s probably going to be the latter. Microsoft will also unveil the details of the Zune HD at the upcoming E3 next week. Chris Stephenson, general manager of global marketing [...]

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eFinger Transparent Touchpad Multitouch Nonpareil

Sunday, April 12, 2009

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The people at Elan Microelectronics, maker of the eFinger Transparent Touchpad, are saying their invention is so good even Apple copied it for the multitouch iPhone. The infringement is not on one patent but on two by Elan Microelectronics. They have filed an injunction against the sales of iPhone, iPod Touch and the MacBook. According [...]

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Two Dell MP3 Players Powered by Zing to be Announced

Friday, August 15, 2008

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Dell is getting close to announcing its iPod rival and it’s not going to be one but two models with a new iTunes-rivaling software on board. One will be for under $100 and is WiFi enabled and the other may be a higher end MP3 player. Zing will be given the role of an iTunes [...]

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Omenex Izy Touch, an iTouch Rival from France

Friday, May 2, 2008

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Never heard of Omenex? We’ve never heard of it either until today. Their new Izy Touch could easily be an iPod Touch beater if it wasn’t so thick-looking, though the manufacturer page says it’s a decent 12mm. Good thing the Izy Touch is compatible with OS X as well as Windows Vista, XP, 98 and [...]

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Sansa Fuze Lights Up

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

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Sandisk has finally announced their iPod Nano rival, and with a $79.99 price point or just $10 more than the screen-less iPod Shuffle, it’s going to be a rough road ahead for the iPod. The Sansa Fuze has a 1.9-inch plays MPEG-4 video and a variety of audio files including WMA, MP3 and WAV. It [...]

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Inngenio 6000 iPod Touch Rival from Energy Sistem

Monday, March 10, 2008

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We’ve pegged Energy Sistem as possibly a major player in the PMP industry in the near feature and we are absolutely correct. A successor of the 5000, the Inngenio 6000 is a wholly different multimedia animal with a 2.8-inch touchscreen and a shiny steel casing. It does not have WiFi and no Bluetooth but with [...]

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