August 13, 2008
Creative Zen Mozaic 8GB
The good: The Creative Zen Mozaic offers a unique design, great sound quality, and a sweet, customizable interface. It's packed with features such as an FM radio, a voice recorder, a built-in speaker, and photo and video support. The player is also an exceptional value.
The bad: The Zen Mozaic lacks dedicated volume controls and it only works with Windows XP and Vista. Videos must be transcoded with the included software.
The bottom line: The Creative Zen Mozaic offers great bang for your buck as far as MP3 players go: get super sound quality, a boatload of features, and a cool interface--all wrapped in a funky design at an ultralow price.
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Posted by pajaro at 12:05 PM
Etymotic hf2: Hands-Free Headphones
Many states now require the use of hands-free headsets while driving and talking on a cellphone, giving even those of us who spend as little time on the phone as possible a reason to start shopping for a Bluetooth or hardwired headset. For music fans who own iPhones, this challenge offers a great opportunity to upgrade your headphones by picking up the Etymotic hf2.
Until you try a pair of really nice in-ear headphones, you simply have no idea what a wide, clean frequency response they can generate. If not for the feeling of the earbuds in your ears, you might think you were wearing full-size over-the-ear headphones. And with the hf2, Etymotic now sells a version of those great-sounding headphones with a little microphone on the cord for making and taking voice calls.
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Posted by pajaro at 9:46 AM
August 12, 2008
iRiver Releasing Svarowski Decorated MP3 Player
iRiver Japan, based in Akihabara, have announced that their new limited music players with disney license will be going on sale but limited to their very own online shops. There will be 4 different special versions all shaped like a mickey mouse head that will be decorated with Svarowski crystals pointing to a female oriented consumer base.
"Flower Array" will have the shiny crystals arranged in a flower like fashion, a brown base with light blue and gold colored stones will be serving as the design base for the "ethnic" model. For the cutesy lovers there is a "little girl" version sporting a ribbon between the ears as well as the "liberty" model that is decorated with various little crystals all over.
The players come tiny weighing only about 21 gram and can hold music data up to 1gb, according to iRiver leaving space for about 240 songs.
The price is 14800¥
Posted by pajaro at 10:03 AM
August 8, 2008
Etymotic hf2: Great-Sounding Hands-Free Headphones
Review on Wired.com:
"Many states now require the use of hands-free headsets while driving and talking on a cellphone, giving even those of us who spend as little time on the phone as possible a reason to start shopping for a Bluetooth or hardwired headset. For music fans who own iPhones, this challenge offers a great opportunity to upgrade your headphones by picking up the Etymotic hf2.
I've been a huge fan of this company's noise-isolating in-ear headphones for years; until you try a pair of really nice in-ear headphones, you simply have no idea what a wide, clean frequency response they can generate. If not for the feeling of the earbuds in your ears, you might think you were wearing full-size over-the-ear headphones. And with the hf2, Etymotic now sells a version of those great-sounding headphones with a little microphone on the cord for making and taking voice calls."
Read full review.
Posted by pajaro at 5:23 PM
Samsung YP-S2
Product Specifications
Storage: 1GB
Supported format: MP3 / WMA / OGG
Sound effect: DNSe
Others:
- Necklace integrated earphone,
- Support 3 play mode (normal-random-favourite)
Battery Life: Over 13 hours
Dimensions: 16.7 x 41.2 x 42.4mm
Weight: 17.2g
Available colors: Black / White / Green / Pink / Purple
Price: S$59
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Posted by pajaro at 1:07 PM
Samsung YP-S3
Available in pink, white, blue, and black, the S3 comes with a 1.8-inch TFT LCD screen and comes equipped with a simple ‘drop and drag' music transfer tool.
The YP-S3 also offers DNSe 2.0 Samsung Proprietary Sound Technology and EQ settings coupled with extensive file format support including MP3, WMA, OGG, MPEG4, JPG and TXT.
The YP-S3 comes in four colours and will have an RRP of $129 (2GB), $149 (4GB) and $209 (8GB).
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Posted by pajaro at 11:05 AM