Sony intros S-, E-, and B-Series Walkmans
Remember those new Walkmans we saw recently? Well the folks at Sony have decided to get all fancy and official with them. The electronics-maker is introducing S-, E-, and B-Series PMPs, all featuring MP3 and WMA playback, drag-and-drop file management, and a variety of storage capacities. The 4G…
New Sony Walkmans surface at IFA booth
Sony’s IFA press event isn’t for another couple of hours, but we managed to sneak these shots of Sony’s minor refresh to its Walkman lineup. Everything is looking nice and sleek, and the screens on the S-series players we saw that were on looked sharp and bright, but we’re still waiting to see t…
Samsung prepping YP-Q1 PMP for IFA
It’s not officially announced yet, but Samsung’s expected to announce the YP-Q1 PMP at IFA that week. The vertically-oriented player will come in 4, 8 and 16GB varieties with a 2.4-inch QVGA screen, support for MP3, WMA, WAV, Ogg, FLAC, MPEG4 and WMV, and an FM RDS radio. No word on pricing yet,…
New iPod nano and touch revealed by case manufacturers?
Man, Apple’s lockdown on product leaks just isn’t as tight as it used to be — remember when having new iPod designs leaked by case manufacturers seemed totally unthinkable? Yeah, those times are by — check out these silicon cases for a fourth-gen iPod nano and second-gen iPod touch that just a…
Gampark’s GP2X Wiz handheld now available
We caught a glimpse of GamePark’s new Wiz GP2X / GP3X handheld a month or so back, and the homebrew-friendly black-and-red unit is now available. $179 of your American dollars is all it takes to enjoy the 2.8-inch QVGA OLED screen, 533MHz ARM9 processor, 64MB of RAM, 16GB of flash, and 5 hour ba…
Nokia’s N96 grabs a Q4 North America launch date
You’ve seen the review, now get ready as Nokia just announced a Q4, North American release for its high-end, N96. That means localized 850/1900 HSDPA radios to go along with its GSM quad-band set, 2.8-inch QVGA display, 16GB of storage, a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss optics, WiFi…
Cowon’s S9 Curve with 3.3-inch AMOLED touch-screen kills with style
Taste that? It’s the sweet nectar of want for Cowon’s new S9 Curve. that 3.3-inch media player features a AMOLED, capacitive touch panel display sporting 480 x 272 pixels, a 500MHz dual-core CPU, T-DMB digital television, Bluetooth, FM radio, TV-out, and G-Sensor accelerometer. All that and ne…
Nurian Avatar F1 PMP wears a few other hats
It’s a UMPC! It’s a MID! It’s a multifaceted PMP that relies on Windows CE 5.0! Whatever it is, the Nurian Avatar F1 comes touting a 5.8- x 3- x 1-inch chassis and isn’t likely to stray too far from South Korea. The PMP conglomerate not only plays back MPEG1/2/4, DivX, XviD, WMV, OGG and MP3 fil…
Supposed 4th gen iPod nano case designs slip out
certain, magic man and all-around seer Kevin Rose delivered the “news” that a refreshed iPod nano is coming in the scheme that slimmed up, tapered in, longish tube of a device — but you might be looking for harder evidence. We’ve just come across two case-related designs supposedly destined for…
Yamaha starts shipping BODiBEAT, workouts and music magically align
We’ve stated it before, but that date you really have ran out of excuses to run. Thanks to Yamaha’s BODiBEAT, you can expect your tunes to automatically sync with your steps, giving you new reason to get out of the house and get to steppin’. Granted, the $299.99 price tag is pretty steep for jus…
