RSS

Archive | Announcements RSS feed for this section

Philips GoGear Luxe and Raga

17. December 2008

0 Comments

The Philips Luxe is coming to the U.S. immediately after its Singapore launch. I’ve written it before: the GoGear Luxe MP3 player and Bluetooth is about the best cheap gadget you can buy this Christmas. Price for the 2GB and 4GB Luxe players are $89 and $99 repectively. [announcement at Gizmodo] Philips has also announced another [...]

Continue reading...

8Gb Sandisk Sansa Clip Available

11. November 2008

0 Comments

The Sansa Clip from Sandisk may be the highest capacity clip-on MP3 player right now with 8GB of storage. The added capacity doesn’t add bulk on the tiny player and price point at $99.99 is utterly tempting. You can store 4,000 tracks, which pretty much amounts to all the tracks you could probably afford to [...]

Continue reading...

Samsung YP-PB2 BMW Edition

7. October 2008

3 Comments

The Samsung P2 with DMB Tuner, also known as PB2, will have a BMW edition will be launched soon. As you can see from the photo, the tie-in is specific to BMW motorcycles, which is pretty cool and also pretty dangerous, ie. riding on a motorcycle while listening to your PMP or even viewing DMB [...]

Continue reading...

HTC Touch HD The Most Desirable Cellphone for Video Viewing

15. September 2008

2 Comments

Here’s one way to kill the iPhone, make a touchscreen cellphone with high-rez screen, high-def support and other specs that equal one of the best cellphones out there in the market: the HTC Touch Diamond. There is such a device now, freshly announced by HTC. The HTC Touch HD gives users 3.8 inches of touchscreen [...]

Continue reading...

Zune 3.0 Update on September 16

10. September 2008

0 Comments

It’s not only the iPods that are going to have their software updated, the Microsoft Zune will be enjoying the Zune 3.0 software soon. All Zunes will support the new firmware via the update feature. With the new firmware comes the capability to buy from FM and music updating via WiFi. In fact, we’ve already [...]

Continue reading...

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Official

4. September 2008

2 Comments

Dell has simplified matters, redubbing the formerly Inspiron 910 to the Inspiron Mini 9,. The basic Obsidian Black configuration begins at $349. It will run on Ubuntu and will have no camera or Bluetooth. Of course, since it’s a Dell, you can configure the Mini 9 to run XP and include Bluetooth 2.1 and a [...]

Continue reading...

Sony PMX-U55 PMP is 7.1mm Slim and $73 Cheap

29. August 2008

13 Comments

Sony’s China-only PMX PMP just got a boost in the portability factor. The new PMX-U55 has a 2.4-inch 320 × 240-piel screen, supports MPEG-4, H.264/AVC Baseline Profile, AVI videos and a slim 7.5mm profile. It also plays MP3, WMA and AAC in six audio modes. Its identical with the U50 and the U53 so I’m [...]

Continue reading...

Samsung YP-Q1 MP3 Player to be Announced at IFA

27. August 2008

3 Comments

The 2.4-inch YP Q1 player from Samsung will be available in 4GB, 8GB and 16GB in white, black, silver or pink. The silver color looks like gray to me and I’m glad Samsung thought of makign a gray portable device. If the Samsung Q1 has a bigger screen I’d be almost sold but the paltry [...]

Continue reading...

IFA: iRiver P20 and M3 Show Up Officially

25. August 2008

2 Comments

The iRiver P20 is an HD player with a 4.1-inch AMOLED screen and support for DMB TV. We’re expecting up to 160GB of memory but options are 80Gb and 120GB only so far. It will feature the new iRiver SPINN user interface. and plays 9 hours of video. The iRiver M3 is a PMP/ PND with [...]

Continue reading...

COWON O2 and L3 Announced at IFA

24. August 2008

2 Comments

IFA - Besides the S9 Curve, COWON has officially introduced the COWON L3, the successor of the L2 Personal Navigator. The screen is still 7 inches but with an improved resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The Shadow Touch button is also introduced in this player. It’s a full PMP with T-DMB tuner, a SIRF [...]

Continue reading...