Here we have the new iLuv Portable Video MP3 & DVD player. It will not work well with the iPod classic, the iPod touch or the iPod Nano but it still is quite an interesting device. Neiman Marcus outdone themselves with a beautiful black and quite sexy design. It features an 8.4 inch screen, keypad controls that are touch sensitive and video out capability. It also has a special integrated dock for you to use your latest generation iPods. The formats supported are VCD, DVD and audio or JPEG CDs. …

Now here is something we do not see every day. Apple and Starbucks are teaming together. The popular coffee and more shops will be handing out iTunes download cards with the title “Song of the Day”. Starbucks thinks that they will hand out around 1.5 million songs per day, in a period between October 2 and November 7. This sums up to around 50 million downloads and the deal with Apple is aimed to promote the iTunes Wi-Fi store, to which Starbucks will give free access thanks to their T-Mobile …

After we got to see many complains concerning this problem, it seems that Apple has finally admitted that some early shipped units of their quite popular although just launched iPod Touch have problems with defective screens. The company claims that only a small number of units were affected and that the problem is “being remedied”. Nobody really knows what this remedy is and we still do not know any estimate figure of how many iPod Touch units were affected. Also, there are different reports connected to the iPhone. Some customers …

Apple always had problems in the past with launching new products. Their first generation line is almost always faulty. It seems that this is the case with the much talked about iPod Touch as well. Many users have reported different issues with the device’s LCD display. You can actually find a lot of images on the Internet showing various display problems, including Apple’s own forum with a picture of an iPod touch screen with black level image problems. We can notice poor black levels and the real problem is that …

I will never forget the first time I bought a Sony walkman some time ago. I was pretty happy, got quite a deal on it too, but then again, it was not Sony, it was Sunny or something. It looked exactly like the Sony walkman I wanted to purchase. This is why I am not at all surprised to see any clone to any digital product, especially if it comes from Chine. Now we have exactly the same thing with the first iPOD Nano clone. It definitely appeared very quickly …

Apple has announced today the upgrade of iPod Nano, iPod Classic and the new iPod Touch.
The iPod nano sports a 2-inch display 65% brighter than the older versions, QVGA, 320×240 pixels resolution, with a pixel density of 204 pixels per inch. This player is wider than the older version one and features a better UI, with Cover Flow. It has a battery lifetime of 24 hours of music playback and 5 hours of videos, has 3 games bundled, with the option to buy more from iTunes. It comes in two …

IOGEAR is aiming to help students with the upcoming school year. They just now introduced new products for their on-the-move student line, including a very useful 4 GB Flash Wallet Drive (GFD204B) and a 3 in 1 Wireless Phaser Presentation Mouse (GME422RW6).The Wallet Drive can be purchased for $69.95 MSRP and provides students with 4 GB of portable storage. The device stands at 3 mm thickness and is actually smaller than a business card, making it perfect for the concept of the on-the-move line. To make it even better, it …

Emtec’s new 2 GB C230 Portable Media Player has been released but it is not that special. We have a 2 GB unit that comes with a 2.2 inch color display and an expansion slot that supports SD and MMC. This is useful as users tend to want more than 2 GB of storage space. C230 supports all modern flavors of Windows, features USB connectivity and can play MP3, MPEG4, WMV and AVI with the possibility of viewing JPEG files as well. A headphone jack is of course available and …

Venzero and diversity are close friends and the launch of its 8th model was expected. The previous 7 models were not successful but 8 might be the charm now because we have some interesting features that might just offer what it needed. We have here a 4 GB flash player that includes a microSD slot and comes with a 2.4 inch screen. What is special is the inclusion of WiFi, which can manage Internet radio and can also stream music directly from your PC thanks to Windows Media Player 11. …

Most specialists think that the one feature the iPod line will not have is the wireless digital TV service. Apple Inc. might always come up with it as the company showed us that innovation is a top priority in development. Leaving fantasy aside, we have to talk about reality now and this comes with the LG T54. This device has a 2.4 inch screen and comes with the ability of playing AVI files at 30 fps, together with playing MP3s, WMA, Wav and OGG. JPEG photos display is also available. …

Apple is said to soon present the new iPod line so competition needs to be one step ahead. This is the case with Samsung as they just updated the intire DAP line with the new Digital Natural Sound Engine (DNSe 2.0). Besides this new aspect the players are the same and use flash memory with capacity of storing up to 4 GB or 8 Gb, depending on the model. The design looks a lot like an iPhone ripoff. There are three new Samsung DAP models on the market now.
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Nokia has released an all in one PMP, with Portable video, Portable audio and in-car GPS navigation, called 500. The Navigation device features a 4.3 inch display, handsfree Bluetooth calling, can direct you to addresses stored in the contacts list and give you details of the POIs you pass. Also, it sports Nokia Traffic Message Channel Service and an FM tuner.
The Nokia 500 will be priced at $410, excluding taxes, in Europe and should be available in Q4. We don’t know if it will ship in other countries.

The new Jabra BT8030 is a device that could turn very popular. The company is renowned for their innovative design solutions and this one is interesting as they basically created a transformable product that can be used in different locations and with different purposes. The first design was that of laptop speakers and as a teleconverencing speaker phone for the cubical. Now the BT8030 can transform into headphones as well. It can be used with narrow bands on VOIP, thus making it perfect for SKYPE use.
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A full quarter of a century has passed since the first ever CD (compact disc) was produced by Philips on the 17th of August 1982. The first compact disc ever recorded was a copy of ABBA’s album, “The Visitors” and since that day everything changed. We are quickly getting rid of mix tapes and are quickly even turning away from CDs with the invention of bigger and better DVDs and Blu Ray discs. The invention of these portable storage means meant the start for a lot of technological breakthroughs. Just …

Many cultures from around the world are constantly educating children and youngsters that the use of a dictionary is a good thing and we can see people that visit foreign countries packing several editions of these books. With the current rate of evolution we can see when it comes to technology it is plain to see why the invention of a portable dictionary type device was not far fetched. Atree’s UM10 e-dictionary comes to aid users in exactly dictionary problems. The problem is that it is only available in some …