We’ve been talking about retro Walkman players quite a bit during out Gizmodo ‘79 coverage, so it is only fitting that Sony Europe unveils two new devices aimed at the entry level market. The Walkman E-Series and B-Series.
If OLED is too rich for your blood, the E-Series comes with the following features: Read the rest of this entry »
The 20th century has been all about one thing: innovation. Every year we have new technologies and new advancements that further progress our society. 2008 was no different and offered its own assortment of technological innovations and hot gadgets.
Below is a listing of some of the most beneficial, and some of the most popular gadgets and gear to come out of 2008. They serve to improve your home, the economy, or life in general. Read the rest of this entry »
Well hello color. How ya been, and who at Aerial7 did you have to get high in order to get yourself arranged in such a, um, loud way on these new Graffiti headphones?
Seriously. Short of the DJ/rave scene these cans might have trouble finding a home. The price isn’t too bad at $80 for the Tank model, $50 for the Matador, but I go blind just thinking about them.
The Tank includes an extra cable with a microphone for answering calls, so there’s that to consider on your way to that abandoned meat packing warehouse on the city limits. Read the rest of this entry »
Battery life of MP3 players has been greatly increased the last years, with companies such as Cowon and Sony leading the way with up to 60 hours of music playback. The record is now broken, as Panasonic intros an MP3 player with a whopping 100 hours of music playback.
The internal battery will take about 3 hours to charge, which is substantially less than one would think for such a long battery life.
The player don’t have any internal memory, and relies solely on SD(HC) cards, with 2GB bundled with the player. SDHC supports means you can use 16GB cards now and 32GB in a few months, and with 16GB cards selling for as low as $60 it’s not necessarily a bad choice. Read the rest of this entry »
Oakley’s Split Thump MP3 player sunglasses’ fashion offenses are too numerous to mention, and we’re not sure this is helping matters.
According to the folks over at Tech Digest, the wrap-around music players will be getting a very special 500-piece, 1GB Jamiroquai edition, replete with purple and white camouflage design and two new remixes from the disco-aping singer’s 1993 album Emergency on Planet Earth.
Grab your glasses, get out your floppy hat, slip on some Mickey Mouse gloves, and crack open a bottle of Vicks VapoRub — it’s time to party like you don’t know any better. Read the rest of this entry »
Nokia just busted out three Bluetooth headsets this morning: the BH-803, BH-604 (pictured), and BH-602. The most interesting of the bunch are the big, “quick to charge” BG-604 stereo cans with AVRCP remote control over your Bluetooth 2.0 equipped audio device. Expect ‘em to go global in Q3 for a bit less than €140/$187. The wee 11.3-g, BH-803 and the 11-hour talk (5-hours after a 15-minute charge) BH-602 headsets are priced for less than €160/$214 and €90/$121, respectively.
[via engadget]
The iriver NV — as in NaVigation, initially outed as the M10 — is now up and official. Chances are, if you’re in the market for a PMP, the NV’s got your needs covered. The 7-inch, 840 x 480 LED backlit LCD packs T-DMB television; SiRF III GPS; 2 SD slots (1 reserved for navigation maps presumably); a USB 2.0 host jack; FM transmitter; a “GPS Camera” which presumably GPS tags its 1.3 megapixel photos; and plenty of media support including OGG audio and DivX video among the usuals. All that in a sleek slab of kit which will more than likely never leave the S.Korean market in its current form.
[Via Akihabara News]
Archos has just announced their Generation 5, their new line of multimedia players. We will get a hands-on later today, but the 605 Wi-Fi has been posted on their site. Although it looks very similar to the previous model, it has been improved all around.
First, the 4.3-inch screen is now 800 x 480 pixels. It comes with different hard drives: 30GB, 80GB and 160GB. Archos says the top model stores up to 200 1.5-hour clips with 1,000kbit/s MPEG-4 encoding. The 605 WiFi will also stream videos from your PC and record TV shows using the optional DVR Station, DVR Travel Adapter or Mini Dock. This feature also includes a new TV Program Guide.
The most important thing, according to Archos, is that you can download movies and music using their Archos Content Portal. You are not limited to this, though: It can also surf the Web and download or watch other content as well. Strangely enough, it requires you to download a Flash plug-in to see YouTube or other Flash-based video sites.
One nice touch: it reads PDF files. You know, for <em>books</em>. <span class=”byline”>– Jesus Diaz</span>
[via gizmodo]
Looks like ginormous SSDs aren’t the only products PQI’s been cranking out of late, as the firm’s latest DAP was showing off its sparkle at Computex. The JoyTone U820 features a glossy black exterior, 1.5-inch 128 x 128 resolution LCD, ID3 tag support, MP3, WMA, and SMV playback, a photo viewer, digital voice recorder, and USB connectivity.
Unsurprisingly, there was no word as to when the U820 would find its way from the show floor onto store shelves, but as you already know, more pictorial delight awaits you after the break. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’d been wondering when you’d ever hear anything more about Meizu’s M6 Second Edition PMP, today’s your lucky day. Looks like it’ll officially sport a seven-millimeter thick enclosure, support MPEG4, MPEG2, WMV9, H.263/264, and RM(VB) movies at 720 x 480 resolution (30fps, too), and include TV out for piping multimedia to your tube.
Additionally, the viewing angles have been improved and the screen size was bumped up a mere 0.01-inches (huzzah?), and we’re told that it can purportedly last 30 solid hours playing back music or between 3 to 5 hours when watching videos. The bad news, however, is that the August ship date has slipped to Q4, and we’re warned that even that may end up falling through. Way to test our patience, Meizu.
[Via MeizuMe]
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