Tag archive: digital music player

When Palm launched its new pre smartphone earlier this month, one of the phone's many advertised features is its ability to sync media with Apple's iTunes software. That's right: when you pop a pre onto a computer, iTunes seems to magically see (and treat) it like an iPod music player, enabling users to sync music, podcasts, video, and more to the device as if it were one of Apple's own. The feature raised eyebrows… Read More

SanDisk is looking to keep its momentum in going in the iPod-dominated media player market by introducing two new units designed to hit the iPod where it hurts—wireless capabilities and big-screen video playback. The Sansa Connect is a Wi-Fi enabled portable digital music player which enables users to access and recommend music and photos from anywhere they can get wireless Internet access, along with tapping into music subscription… Read More

According to a new report from research and strategic marketing firm The Diffusion Group, these households constitute a fertile target market for vendors pushing new digital devices and services. TDG's latest report, Direct-Mail DVD Subscribers: Profiling the “Blockbuster Busters”, finds households that subscribe to DM-DVD services demonstrate a much higher ownership or proclivity to purchase both fixed and portable consumer… Read More

It will now be possible to listen to music, handle phone calls and take great pictures and video, all with one device and with no compromise on quality. The Sony Ericsson W800 is the first product to combine a mobile phone, a high quality digital music player with up to 30 hours' battery life, and a 2 Megapixel camera. All of this is packaged in a slim, lightweight device with ultra-stylish design. The W800 is supplied with quality… Read More

Similar to the Apple iPod, Xdrive's music service allows people to listen to music on the go, create play lists and personal albums.  But unlike the iPod, users don't need to carry an additional device because the music is actually stored on a personal, virtual hard drive at Xdrive and streamed live over a wireless Internet connection.     By using Xdrive's music service, members can protect their music… Read More

From the press release: "iPod shuffle is smaller and lighter than a pack of gum and costs less than $100," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "With most flash-memory music players users must use tiny displays and complicated controls to find their music; with iPod shuffle you just relax and it serves up new combinations of your music every time you listen." iPod shuffle is based on iPod's pioneering and widely-used shuffle… Read More

The Wireless Digital Media Player operates on both 802.11b and 802.11g networks, works with existing PCs, and connects to the television set through popular AV jacks without needing special cables or expensive adapters. The Wireless Digital Media Player's media server software automatically catalogues every stored digital image and music file on the network, enabling customers to access the existing photo and video file organization… Read More

“After three years of being synonymous with “digital music player,” Apple's iPod will widen its horizons and gain photo-viewing capabilities within the next 30 to 60 days, highly reliable sources tell Think Secret. The new iPod, which will sit at the top of Apple's fourth-generation line-up, will pack Toshiba's new 60GB 1.8-inch hard drive, a 2-inch color liquid crystal display, iPhoto synchronization,… Read More

From the press release: Featuring digital amplification, high quality neodymium micro drivers, and MaxxBass technology, iMmini — 41% smaller than Altec Lansing's flagship product, inMotion — is a complete speaker system. iMmini is based on the same advanced technology and engineering that has made the original inMotion a sensation since its October, 2003 unveiling. Recipient of numerous awards and reviews, inMotion… Read More

But Apple needn't fear for its iPod just yet: T-Mobile's new 'Ear Phone' handsets can hold just three songs at once. And each song is limited to a 90-120s clip – as much for GPRS-based download duration reasons as handset storage capacity – and they're not cheap: £1.50 or

Apple expects to ramp up its manufacturing of the iPod mini to meet worldwide demand in the July quarter. "The iPod mini is a huge hit with customers in the U.S. and we're sure it will be the same worldwide once we can ramp up our supply in the July quarter," said Tim Cook, Apple's executive vice president of Worldwide Sales and Operations. "The iPod mini adds further momentum to the iPod, which is already the leading… Read More

The gadgets will run on Microsoft's yet-to-be-unveiled Portable Media Center software in a direct assault on iPod, Apple Computer Inc.'s hot-selling digital music player. Working with a host of manufacturing partners, Microsoft is introducing a device that plays movies and stores digital photos as well as songs in a bid to grab a share of the fast-growing digital media player market. Read the full story at Reuters… Read More

The Creative MuVo2 is a portable digital music player that has an integrated 4GB Hitachi microdrive. The drive normally retails for about $500, but photographers have noticed that the MuVo retails for $200 – and includes the same drive. So consumers are buying all of the MuVos they can get their hands on and cannibalizing them for the microdrives. The remains of the MuVo players can then be either sold on eBay or fitted… Read More

The Nokia 3300 music phone includes an MP3/AAC player, FM stereo radio and a full messaging keypad to make messaging and music mobile in one fashionable and small device.  It is currently onsale at www.nokia.com/us and at Cingular stores in the United States.  More carriers across North and South America are expected to offer the Nokia 3300 music phone in the coming weeks.  The 3300 music phone is the first of its kind in the… Read More

The stylish, portable Gateway Digital Music Player — about the size of a pack of chewing gum — is really three products in one easy-to-use device: a digital music player, USB storage device and digital voice recorder.  With 128MB(1) of storage space, the Gateway Digital Music Player has the data capacity of 88 floppy disks or two hours of music.  Its affordable price of just $129.99 makes it a must-have for anyone who… Read More